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Recognition
Lee & Hayes provides industry leading counsel to global companies. Our work protecting and commercializing technology innovations and investments for clients has won national attention. Here's what others are saying about us:
Gold Standard in Quality
For a second year in a row Lee & Hayes was awarded the top rated law firm award for meeting the Gold Standard in Quality in all of the U.S. by IAM Magazine. This award is featured in the “Quality Counts” article in the May/June 2011 edition. Along with being rated #1 Overall, Lee & Hayes was also ranked #1 in quality for information technology.
Kings of Quality
In its March/April 2010 issue of Intellectual Asset Magazine, Lee & Hayes was recognized as being the top rated law firm overall for securing the highest quality patents. The IAM issue, with a cover title “Kings of Quality”, features an article titled “Counting on Quality” that assessed the overall quality of the patents in four technology areas: healthcare, information technology, consumer electronics, and industrials. Lee & Hayes finished #1 in IT. But also and more significantly, L&H finished #1 Overall!
Tops in Patent Prosecution
In the December 2009/January 2010 issue of IP Law & Business, Lee & Hayes was ranked as one of the top law firms that corporations turn to for patent prosecution.
Quick Work
In its 2011 article of IP Law Firms | Patent Representation, IP Today ranks Lee & Hayes #1 for its Innovation Cycle Time™ and 8th overall on the Patent Scorecard™.
Law Firm on the Cutting Edge
IP Law & Business lists Lee & Hayes as a "Law Firm on the Cutting Edge" in the category of Patent Prosecution in 2008. Lee & Hayes comes in second behind Fish & Richardson. Only 25 law firms are listed internationally as “this year's go-to patent prosecution firms for the world's most forward-thinking companies.”
Premium Clients
Corporate Counsel magazine recognized Lee & Hayes as a recipient of premium work from the Boeing Company, Goldman Sachs, and Microsoft in a 2007 survey of the Fortune 100
High Quality
American Lawyer ranked Lee & Hayes #1 for prosecuting the highest quality computer/software patents
A Go-To Firm
Corporate Counsel magazine recognized Lee & Hayes as a “Go-To” IP firm, named by Microsoft in a survey of the top 250 corporations in America
Big Name Client
IP Law & Business magazine recognized Lee & Hayes as one of eight IP firms named by Hewlett-Packard as its primary IP counsel in a survey of the world's largest 100 corporations
