Best Lawyer Magazine has named it’s 2019 Best Lawyers in Washington, D.C., including Maier & Maier’s Stephen G. Kunin among its Intellectual Property Law recognitions.

Mr. Kunin’s illustrious career includes more than three decades at the United States Patent Office, spending one of those decades as the Deputy Commissioner for Patent Examination Policy, and 13 years of private practice counseling clients and testifying as an expert in patent litigation cases. His work has earned him many notable awards including the Meritorious Executive Presidential Rank Award, The Vice President’s Reinventing Government Hammer Award, multiple Gold, Silver and Bronze Medals from the Department of Commerce, and a Career Achievement Award from the USPTO.

Mr. Kunin’s work has continued at Maier and Maier, where he provides opinions and expert testimony on all areas of patent law. His areas of expertise include post-issuance proceedings at the United States Patent Office, complex patent prosecution matters, patent litigation strategy, and United States Patent Office patent policy, practice and procedure.

This recognition from Best Lawyers for his continued work in IP comes after he was named one of Intellectual Property Today’s most influential people in IP law an “IP Star” by Managing Intellectual Property last May. The 2019 Best Lawyer recognition can be found here, while more information about Mr. Kunin and his practice at Maier & Maier is available here.