Marshall, Gerstein & Borun Named Top Tier Illinois Intellectual Property Law Firm by U.S. News & World Report and Best Lawyers
Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP, an intellectual property law firm, has been named a Tier 1 metropolitan law firm in Illinois as part of the inaugural 2010 Best Law Firms rankings from U.S. News & World Report and Best Lawyers. The report includes 30,322 rankings of 8,782 law firms in 81 practice areas, and provides a comprehensive view of the U.S. legal profession. It is unprecedented both in the range of firms represented and in the range of qualitative and quantitative data used to develop the rankings.
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