Heim, Payne & Chorush, LLP, is recognized for the firm’s expertise in patent trials in the recently released 2026 Best Law Firms rankings from the publishers of The Best Lawyers in America.
Heim, Payne & Chorush and several of the firm’s experienced attorneys are recognized for their work before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office’s Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) in the 2025 PTAB Intelligence Report. California-based Patexia Inc., a leading provider of intellectual property research and data for companies worldwide, publishes the annual report. For
Read moreThe publishers of the annual Texas Super Lawyers and Texas Rising Stars rankings once again have selected a group of experienced attorneys from Houston’s Heim, Payne & Chorush for their work in high-stakes intellectual property trials and nationwide antitrust cases involving pharmaceutical patents. Firm founder Michael Heim has earned selections in Super Lawyers rankings every
Read moreSix experienced attorneys from Heim, Payne & Chorush in Houston are recognized in the 2026 Lawdragon 500 Leading Litigators in America rankings based on their years of successful work for clients in intellectual property, patent, antitrust, and business lawsuits. Named partners Michael Heim, Leslie Payne, and Russell Chorush are joined in this year’s rankings by
Read moreA dozen attorneys from Heim, Payne & Chorush are highlighted in the 2026 edition of The Best Lawyers in America, including firm founder Michael Heim, who once again has been named the city’s Patent Litigation Lawyer of the Year. Fellow firm partner Alden Harris was Houston’s top lawyer for patent trials last year, and Mr.
Read moreHeim, Payne & Chorush’s Michael Heim, Chris Limbacher, Eric Enger, and Wills Collier recently helped firm client Four Batons Wireless LLC overcome a series of legal challenges filed by communications giant Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. in four inter partes review (IPR) proceedings before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. The decision issued on July 17
Read moreHeim, Payne & Chorush has added experienced attorney Kyle Friesen as Senior Counsel. Mr. Friesen focuses on patent disputes before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office’s Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, and federal district courts in Texas and across the United States. Mr. Friesen’s track
Read moreHeim, Payne & Chorush partners Michael Heim and Allan Bullwinkel are recognized in the latest IP Stars rankings published by Managing IP, a London-based provider of news, information, and analysis covering intellectual property in all forms. Business leaders have consulted the annual IP Stars rankings each year for over a decade to gain insights into
Read moreHeim, Payne & Chorush partners Michael Heim, Les Payne, Russell Chorush, Allan Bullwinkel, Blaine Larson, and Eric Enger have once again been named among the top intellectual property attorneys in the world. The six attorneys are ranked in the recently released 2025 IAM Patent 1000 guide published by UK-based Law Business Research. All the honored
Read moreHeim, 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
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