Heim, Payne & Chorush, Individual Firm Attorneys Earn 2025 Chambers USA Rankings for Intellectual Property Expertise
Heim, Payne & Chorush, LLP, is recognized in the recently released Chambers USA guide as one of the top firms in Texas for technology cases, including antitrust claims involving patents, trade secret claims, inter partes review proceedings, appeals, and other related areas.
Heim, Payne & Chorush partners Michael Heim and Les Payne earned individual listings in the 2025 Chambers USA rankings for their work in federal district courts nationwide, including the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.
The annual Chambers USA guide is produced by London-based Chambers and Partners, which has covered the worldwide legal industry for over three decades. The lawyers and firms recognized in the rankings are selected based on a research process that includes interviews with clients, lawyers, and other industry professionals.
In those interviews, one firm client noted Heim, Payne & Chorush’s combination of “excellent general litigation skills with deep technical understanding and experience with the Texas courts.” Another praised the firm for its “mastery” of litigation issues and providing “great strategy options.”
Mr. Heim is described as “knowledgeable, sophisticated,” and someone who “understands the commercial landscape,” and Mr. Payne as “great in the courtroom” with “particular experience in developing strategy.”
Heim, Payne & Chorush, along with the two firm leaders, have been ranked in the Chambers USA guide for years for their work in cases involving various cutting-edge technologies, including audio and video streaming, cellular communications, data processing, local area networks, and many others.