Fred Bartlit Named as One of the Thirteen "Most Influential Intellectual Property Lawyers in the United States"

This week's National Law Journal has a supplement listing the 100 most influential lawyers in America. Thirteen of the lawyers are involved with intellectual property.  Here is a list of the thirteen lawyers:

• Fred H. Bartlit, Jr. (Bartlit Beck Herman Palenchar & Scott LLP, Chicago) Large patent litigation practice
• Morgan Chu (Irell & Manella, Los Angeles) Litigator of complex intellectual property
• Gordon K. Davidson (Fenwick & West, Palo Alto) Highly regarded adviser to Silicon Valley
• Donald Dunner (Finnegan Henderson Farabrow Garrett Dunner, Washington) Noted patent and trademark litigation specialist
• Craig W. Johnson (Venture Law Group, Menlo Park) Leading figure in venture capital in Silicon Valley
• William F. Lee (Hale and Dorr, Boston) Powerhouse in complex litigation, particularly intellectual property
• L. Lawrence Lessig (Stanford Law School, Stanford) Constitutional scholar (special master in Microsoft antitrust case)
• John F. Lynch (Howrey Simon Arnold White, Los Angeles) Intellectual property litigator, particularly biotech
• Pierce O'Donnell (O'Donnell & Shaeffer, Los Angeles) Intellectual property litigation
• Pamela A. Samuelson (UCal Berkeley Law School, Berkeley) Key figure in intellectual property law and legal issues relating to software and the Internet
• Herbert Schwartz (Fish & Neave, New York) Prominent intellectual property litigator
• Larry W. Sonsini (Wilson Sonsini Goodrich Rosati, Palo Alto) "King of the IPO and dominant lawyer in Silicon Valley"