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CHICAGO - Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione, one of the largest intellectual property law firms in the country, is pleased to announce that 23 of its Chicago attorneys have been named “Illinois Super Lawyers” in a survey conducted by Law & Politics magazine. The Brinks attorneys were named Super Lawyers in the practice area categories of Intellectual Property, Intellectual Property Litigation and Appellate.

Additionally, both Meredith Martin Addy and Gary M. Ropski were named among the top 100 lawyers in Illinois and Ms. Addy was named among the top 50 female Illinois attorneys.

Super Lawyers surveyed more than 47,000 Illinois attorneys, representing 65 areas of practice, and asked them to identify the best Illinois lawyers they had personally worked with or had observed in action. Attorneys from firms of all sizes were considered as well as those in private practice, prosecutors, in-house counsel and public service lawyers. The complete list of Illinois Super Lawyers appears in the May 2005 issue of Chicago magazine and in Illinois Super Lawyers magazine.

Congratulations to the following:

Meredith Martin Addy
Glen P. Belvis
Joel W. Benson
Jack C. Berenzweig
Michael P. Chu
Timothy O. Delaney
Thomas J. Filarski
David S. Fleming
William H. Frankel
Jerome Gilson
Raymond W. Green
Jeffery A. Handelman
Roy E. Hofer
Cynthia A. Homan
Jerold A. Jacover
Richard A. Kaplan
Richard G. Lione
Laura Beth Miller
James P. Naughton
Gary M. Ropski
Gustavo Siller, Jr.
James R. Sobieraj
Mary M. Squyres

Founded in 1917, Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione provides intellectual property legal services worldwide. The firm is one of the largest intellectual property law firms in the country, with approximately 150 attorneys who specialize in IP litigation and all aspects of patent, trademark, copyright, trade secret, Internet, unfair competition and related licensing matters.