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SALT LAKE CITY - Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione, one of the largest intellectual property law firms in the United States, is pleased to announce that Ryan L. Marshall, an intellectual property attorney based in Brinks' Salt Lake City, Utah office, has been named a Super Lawyers "Mountain States Rising Star" in intellectual property law for 2009 in a survey conducted by Law & Politics magazine. The Mountain States region consists of Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Utah and Wyoming.

Mr. Marshall prosecutes patent applications in the chemical, pharmaceutical and biochemical arts in the U.S. and abroad; counsels and prepares opinions in patent matters; and performs intellectual property evaluations, audits and due diligence reviews. Mr. Marshall also litigates intellectual property and unfair competition claims. He received his J.D. from the J. Reuben Clark Law School, an M.S. in organic chemistry and a B.S. in chemistry, all from Brigham Young University.

Law and Politics surveyed lawyers in the "Mountain States" region, representing 70 practice areas, and asked them to identify the best 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 "Rising Stars" category recognizes lawyers that are under the age of 40 or have been in practice for 10 years or less. While up to 5 percent of lawyers in the state are named as Super Lawyers, no more than 2.5 percent are named to the Rising Stars list.

The complete list of "Mountain States Super Lawyers" and "Rising Stars" appears in the 2009 Mountain States Super Lawyers magazine and in select consumer magazines and is distributed to all attorneys in the region, the lead corporate counsel of the Russell 3000 and ABA-approved law school libraries.

Founded in 1917, Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione is based in Chicago with five additional offices across the country serving the intellectual property needs of clients from around the world. The firm is one of the largest IP law firms in the country, with more than 170 attorneys, scientific advisors and patent agents specializing in intellectual property litigation and all aspects of patent, trademark, copyright, trade secret, unfair competition, intellectual asset management, and technology and licensing agreements. Brinks routinely handles assignments in fields as diverse as electrical, chemical, mechanical, biotechnology, pharmaceutical, nanotechnology, Internet and computer technology, as well as in trademarks and brand names for a wide variety of products and services.