Jeffrey S. Sharp, Managing Partner

Marshall Gerstein and 17 of its attorneys have been recognized in the IAM Patent 1000: The World’s Leading Patent Professionals 2024. The firm earned the highest recommendation for its patent prosecution, freedom-to-operate and competitive landscape analysis, IP due diligence and transactional work. According to IAM, “its professionals are deeply knowledgeable about the science as well as the law and work hand-in-hand with in-house counsel in giving business-targeted strategic IP guidance.” This year’s honorees include:

• Pamela Cox – IP Transactions
• Heather Kissling – Patent Prosecution
• Benjamin Horton – IP Litigation
• Julianne Hartzell – Medical Devices
• Jeffrey Sharp – Patent Prosecution
• Randall Rueth – Patent Prosecution
• Michael Furmanek – Patent Prosecution
• Robert Gerstein – IP Transactions
• Julie Watson – IP Transactions
• Tom Duston – IP Litigation
• Sandip Patel – IP Litigation
• Mark Izraelewicz – IP Litigation
• Kevin Flowers, Ph.D. – IP Litigation
• John Labbé – IP Litigation
• Michael Muczynski – Patent Prosecution
• Katherine Neville, Ph.D. – Patent Prosecution
• Jeremy Kriegel – Patent Prosecution

The firm was recognized for the following practice areas:

• Prosecution
• Transactions
• IP Litigation

IAM states that Marshall Gerstein “has an outstanding leadership team in place” including IP transactions chair Pam Cox, prosecution chair Heather Kissling, IP litigation chair Ben Horton, medical devices chair Julianne Hartzell, and managing partner Jeffrey Sharp. The guide also recognizes former electrical and computer technologies head Randy Rueth and former industrial and mechanical technologies head Mike Furmanek.

The guide praises Marshall Gerstein’s IP Transactions team, referring to Robert Gerstein and Julie Watson as “highly adept licensing professionals, negotiators and strategists” and describing Cox as someone that “really understands her clients and is phenomenally quick on the uptake, with an ability to spot issues that others do not.”

IAM calls Marshall Gerstein’s litigation practice “a go-to for ITC investigations,” mentioning Tom Duston as a hard-hitting trial lawyer and Sandip Patel as an all-rounder with extensive court and post-grant experience. The guide further commends Mark Izraelewicz, Kevin Flowers and John Labbé as key contributors that make the firm a “go-to for high-exposure pharmaceutical and biotechnology litigations,” and praises “life sciences mavens” Michael Muczynski and Katherine Neville, as well as “medical devices maestro” Jeremy Kriegel for their refined prosecution skills.

IAM Patent 1000

IAM’s Patent 1000 is compiled after an extensive, five-month research process. A team of full-time analysts conducted 1,800 interviews with industry specialists around the world, resulting in the definitive directory exclusively dedicated to identifying the world’s leading patent service providers.

View our Awards & Rankings page for a full list of firm honors.