{"id":4127,"date":"2021-09-07T08:30:56","date_gmt":"2021-09-07T13:30:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dunlapcodding.com\/?p=4127"},"modified":"2023-03-08T15:51:29","modified_gmt":"2023-03-08T21:51:29","slug":"ten-dunlap-codding-attorneys-selected-for-inclusion-in-the-best-lawyers-in-america-2022-three-named-lawyers-of-the-year-four-lawyers-selected-as-ones-to-watch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dunlapcodding.com\/ten-dunlap-codding-attorneys-selected-for-inclusion-in-the-best-lawyers-in-america-2022-three-named-lawyers-of-the-year-four-lawyers-selected-as-ones-to-watch\/","title":{"rendered":"Ten Dunlap Codding Attorneys Selected for Inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America\u00ae 2022\u2014Three Named Lawyers of the Year. Four Lawyers Selected as Ones to Watch."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Dunlap Codding is pleased to announce that Marc A. Brockhaus, Emily E. Campbell, Nicholas D. Rouse, Jordan A. Sigale, Douglas J. Sorocco, Evan W. Talley have been selected by attorney peers for inclusion in <em>The Best Lawyers in America<\/em>\u00ae<em> 2022,<\/em> the oldest and most respected peer\u2013review publication in the legal profession. Firm managing shareholder Nick Rouse said, \u201cWe are happy to be listed alongside our distinguished competitor colleagues. Our goal is always to strive to help our clients create and protect robust and strategic intellectual property portfolios, and we are pleased to be recognized for our achievements.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The following were selected as 2022 Oklahoma City Lawyers of the Year:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Marc A. Brockhaus\u2014Trademark Law<\/li><li>Emily E. Campbell\u2014Copyright Law<\/li><li>Nicholas D. Rouse\u2014Patent Law.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Dunlap Codding attorneys were recognized in seven intellectual property-related areas of law: Copyright Law, Litigation \u2013 Intellectual Property, Litigation \u2013 Patent, Patent Law, Technology Law, Trade Secrets Law, and Trademark Law.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dunlapcodding.com\/team\/marc-brockhaus\/\">Marc A. Brockhaus<\/a> was recognized for five areas: Litigation \u2013 Intellectual Property, Patent Law, Technology Law, Trademark Law and Trade Secrets Laws.&nbsp;Marc leads Dunlap Codding\u2019s Electrical Engineering &amp; Systems group.&nbsp;His practice includes all areas of intellectual property, including technology, computer, and patent law, and extends to counseling, transactions, litigation, and prosecution before the United States Patent and Trademark Office.&nbsp;Mark is ranked in the top band of Oklahoma\u2019s intellectual property practitioners by the highly regarded&nbsp;<em>Chambers USA: America\u2019s Leading Lawyers for Business<\/em> and is also listed in <em>Super Lawyers 2021 \u2013 Oklahoma. <\/em>Marc has served as an adjunct faculty member at the&nbsp;University of Oklahoma College of Law&nbsp;and received his J.D. and his Master of Business Administration from the&nbsp;University of Oklahoma&nbsp;in 1997, where he was inducted into Beta Gamma Sigma. He received his B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Oklahoma in 1993.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dunlapcodding.com\/team\/emily-e-campbell\/\">Emily E. Campbell<\/a> was recognized for Copyright Law and Trademark Law. Emily provides strategic counsel to clients on trademarks, copyrights, Internet law, and licensing. She is ranked in <em>Chambers USA: America&#8217;s Leading Lawyers for Business <\/em>for Intellectual Property Law. Attorney peers also selected her for inclusion in&nbsp;<em>Oklahoma Super Lawyers\u2013Rising Stars Edition (2013-2017).<\/em>&nbsp;Emily serves on the University of Oklahoma\u2019s College of Engineering Industrial &amp; Systems Engineering Advisory Board.&nbsp;She received her J.D. from the Oklahoma City University School of Law and received her B.S. in Industrial Engineering from the University of Oklahoma.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The publication recognized <a href=\"https:\/\/dunlapcodding.com\/team\/nicholas-rouse\/\">Nicholas D. Rouse<\/a> for Patent Law, Technology Law, and Trademark Law. Nick has served as Dunlap Codding&#8217;s managing shareholder since 2007 while continuing an active practice.&nbsp; In its inaugural coverage of intellectual property law in Oklahoma, the highly regarded <em>Chambers USA: America\u2019s Leading Lawyers for Business<\/em> ranked Nick in the top band of leading practitioners, and he continues to be ranked in the top band. He is also listed in <em>Super Lawyers 2021 \u2013 Oklahoma. <\/em>Nick provides a broad range of intellectual property counseling to clients ranging from individual inventors to large multinational manufacturing companies. Nick graduated from the University of Oklahoma in 1987 with a B.S. in Petroleum Engineering and received his J.D. from the University of Oklahoma College of Law in 1990.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dunlapcodding.com\/team\/jordan-sigale\/\">Jordan A. Sigale<\/a> was recognized for Litigation \u2013 Intellectual Property. He is also listed in <em>Super Lawyers 2021 \u2013 Illinois. <\/em>Jordan chairs the firm\u2019s Litigation Practice Group and focuses on patent, copyright, trademark and trade secret litigation and alternative dispute resolution. His work extends to client counseling on issues of corporate and strategic planning involving copyrights, patents, trademarks, and trade secrets.&nbsp;He&nbsp;is extensively involved in patent prosecution for a variety of clients with specific focus on the interface between computers and end-users in an array of situations and transactions. Jordan received his B.S. from the University of Illinois College of Electrical and Computer Engineering in 1989and received his J.D. from the same institution\u2019s College of Law, <em>magna cum laude, <\/em>in 1992.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dunlapcodding.com\/team\/douglas-sorocco\/\">Douglas J. Sorocco<\/a> was recognizedfor Litigation \u2013 Intellectual Property, Litigation \u2013 Patent, Patent Law and Technology Law.&nbsp; Doug practices in the areas of intellectual property, technology, licensing, life sciences and patent law and is involved in counseling and transactional work involving all aspects of intellectual property, including acquisition and commercialization of intellectual property, portfolio management, licensing and transactional matters. He is ranked in the top band of Oklahoma\u2019s top intellectual property practitioners by the highly regarded&nbsp;<em>Chambers USA: America\u2019s Leading Lawyers for Business <\/em>and is also listed in <em>Super Lawyers 2021 \u2013 Oklahoma.<\/em> He is an adjunct faculty member at the&nbsp;Oklahoma City University School of Law&nbsp;and in the Physiology Department at the&nbsp;University of Oklahoma&#8217;s Health Sciences Center. Doug received his J.D. from the University of Dayton and his B.S. in Chemistry from Butler University.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dunlapcodding.com\/team\/evan-talley\/\">Evan W. Talley<\/a> was recognized for Litigation \u2013 Intellectual Property, Litigation \u2013 Patent, and Trademark Law. Evan\u2019s practice focuses on disputes concerning intellectual property rights (patent, trademark, trade dress, copyright, trade secrets, rights of publicity, unfair competition, and deceptive trade practices) and ranges from pre-litigation dispute resolution through trial and appeal. Evan was selected by attorney peers for inclusion in <em>Oklahoma Super Lawyers\u2013Rising Stars Edition<\/em> <em>2019 \u2013 2021. <\/em>&nbsp;He received his J.D. from the University of Oklahoma College of Law, with Distinction, and was an editor of the <em>American Indian Law Review<\/em> during law school. Evan received his B.B.A. with Distinction from the University of Oklahoma College of Business.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This year, for the second time, <em>Best Lawyers<\/em> selected lawyers with 10 or fewer years in practice as Ones to Watch, honoring four Dunlap Codding attorneys with that distinction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dunlapcodding.com\/team\/alyssa-grooms\/\">Alyssa N. Grooms<\/a> was selected for the areas of Intellectual Property Law, Life Science Practice, and Patent Law. Alyssa\u2019s practice focuses on advising clients on a variety of intellectual property issues. She has represented clients in intellectual property matters involving a wide range of technologies and industries, including chemicals, biotechnology, materials science, engineering, oil and gas, and medical arts. Her experience includes patent and trademark prosecution; licensing; due diligence; patent litigation; and opinion preparation, including freedom-to-operate, infringement, and invalidity opinions. Alyssa received her J.D. degree from Oklahoma City University School of Law and her B.S. from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dunlapcodding.com\/team\/elizabeth-isaac\/\">Elizabeth E. Isaac<\/a> was selected for Intellectual Property Law. Elizabeth Isaac helps businesses, innovators, entrepreneurs, and artists assess and protect their inventions, brands, designs, and creative works to leverage their intellectual property portfolios and enhance their business options. She counsels clients regarding a breadth of intellectual property with an emphasis on creatively and strategically identifying holistic and dynamic ways to improve the value of various creative and technological assets. Elizabeth was selected by attorney peers for inclusion in <em>Oklahoma Super Lawyers\u2013Rising Stars Edition 2018 \u2013 2021. <\/em>She received her J.D., <em>summa cum laude,<\/em> from Oklahoma City University School of Law, and received her B.A., <em>magna cum laude, <\/em>from Austin College.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dunlapcodding.com\/team\/jeremy-mckinney\/\">Jeremy McKinney<\/a> was selected for Intellectual Property Law. His practice involves patent drafting and prosecution, licensing, prior art searches, and patentability analysis. Jeremy\u2019s areas of technical focus are electrical, mechanical, and software. He received his J.D. degree from the University of Oklahoma School of Law and his B.S. in Health Science, <em>cum laude<\/em>, from Trident University International in 2011.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dunlapcodding.com\/team\/ann-robl\/\">Ann M. Robl<\/a> was selected for Intellectual Property Law and Patent Law. Ann\u2019s work on behalf of clients includes patent preparation, patent prosecution, patent post-grant proceedings, patentability analyses, prior art searching, opinion preparation, licensing, intellectual property agreement preparation and analysis, trademark protection, and intellectual property strategy and portfolio management. Ann\u2019s areas of technical experience include mechanical devices and systems, optics, software-based and computer-based systems, optics, and data transmission and networks. She was selected by attorney peers for inclusion in <em>Oklahoma Super Lawyers\u2013Rising Stars Edition 2021.<\/em> Ann received her J.D. degree from the University of Oklahoma College of Law and her B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, <em>cum laude<\/em>, from Villanova University.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since its inception in 1983, Best Lawyers has become universally regarded as the definitive guide to legal excellence. Because Best Lawyers is based on an exhaustive peer\u2013review survey on the legal abilities of other lawyers in their practice areas, and because lawyers are not required or allowed to pay a fee to be listed, inclusion in Best Lawyers is considered a singular honor. <em>Corporate Counsel <\/em>magazine has called Best Lawyers \u201cthe most respected referral list of attorneys in practice.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dunlap Codding is pleased to announce that Marc A. Brockhaus, Emily E. Campbell, Nicholas D. Rouse, Jordan A. Sigale, Douglas J. Sorocco, Evan W. Talley have been selected by attorney peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America\u00ae 2022, the oldest and most respected peer\u2013review publication in the legal profession. 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