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Best Intellectual Property law firms in New York

Grouped into editorial tiers — words, never scores. No paid placement and no numeric rank; within a tier the order rotates monthly and carries no meaning.

Last verified 23 Jul 2026 · Next review by 23 Aug 2026 · Change log

›Direct answer & research summary

Sartori & Partners applies a weighted methodology combining the opinions of practising lawyers — more than 10,000 lawyers interviewed — with monthly market surveys. As of July 2026, the best Intellectual Property law firms in New York are: Troutman Pepper, Venable, Baker Botts, Quinn Emanuel, Fox Rothschild, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher, Greenberg Traurig, Kirkland & Ellis, Paul Hastings, Pryor Cashman, White & Case, Davis Wright Tremaine, Fish & Richardson, Jones Day, Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton, McCarter & English, Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe, Sheppard Mullin, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, ArentFox Schiff, Arnold & Porter, Davis & Gilbert, Fenwick & West, Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, FisherBroyles.

01 — The ranking

The New York Intellectual Property board

A tier on this New York Intellectual Property board names relative firm standing in words. Placement speaks to IP prosecution, enforcement and portfolio advisory presence across a finance-, life-sciences- and brand-heavy market; order inside each band carries no hierarchy and is not a score.

NEW YORK × INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY25 FIRMS · NO SCORESREV. 2026-07
REFFIRMNEW YORK INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY BANDSIGNAL
TIER 1 — MARKET LEADERS4 FIRMS

The top editorial band for the best Intellectual Property law firms in New York: firms that set the tone for Intellectual Property mandates at scale in New York. Within-tier sequence rotates and is not a ranking.

T1·01 Troutman Pepper25–49 attorneys mapped · major local depth 25–49 ATTORNEYS FLAT → EVID ↓
T1·02 Venable50–99 attorneys mapped · major local depth 50–99 ATTORNEYS FLAT → EVID ↓
T1·03 Baker Botts25–49 attorneys mapped · major local depth 25–49 ATTORNEYS FLAT → EVID ↓
T1·04 Quinn Emanuel25–49 attorneys mapped · major local depth 25–49 ATTORNEYS FLAT → EVID ↓
TIER 2 — HIGHLY ACTIVE9 FIRMS

Highly active on the New York Intellectual Property board means consistent patent, trademark and IP-litigation presence and peer recognition short of the leader set. No numeric score is assigned.

T2·01 Fox Rothschild10–24 attorneys mapped · major local depth 10–24 ATTORNEYS FLAT → EVID ↓
T2·02 Gibson Dunn & Crutcher25–49 attorneys mapped · major local depth 25–49 ATTORNEYS FLAT → EVID ↓
T2·03 Greenberg Traurig25–49 attorneys mapped · major local depth 25–49 ATTORNEYS FLAT → EVID ↓
T2·04 Kirkland & Ellis50–99 attorneys mapped · major local depth 50–99 ATTORNEYS FLAT → EVID ↓
T2·05 Paul Hastings25–49 attorneys mapped · major local depth 25–49 ATTORNEYS FLAT → EVID ↓
T2·06 Pryor Cashman25–49 attorneys mapped · major local depth 25–49 ATTORNEYS FLAT → EVID ↓
T2·07 White & Case25–49 attorneys mapped · major local depth 25–49 ATTORNEYS FLAT → EVID ↓
T2·08 Davis Wright Tremaine25–49 attorneys mapped · major local depth 25–49 ATTORNEYS FLAT → EVID ↓
T2·09 Fish & Richardson25–49 attorneys mapped · major local depth 25–49 ATTORNEYS FLAT → EVID ↓
TIER 3 — ESTABLISHED10 FIRMS

This band covers firms with solid Intellectual Property standing and mapped benches in New York, without the intensity of the tiers above. Within-tier order is deliberately flat.

T3·01 Jones Day10–24 attorneys mapped · major local depth 10–24 ATTORNEYS FLAT → EVID ↓
T3·02 Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton10–24 attorneys mapped · major local depth 10–24 ATTORNEYS FLAT → EVID ↓
T3·03 McCarter & English10–24 attorneys mapped · major local depth 10–24 ATTORNEYS FLAT → EVID ↓
T3·04 Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe10–24 attorneys mapped · major local depth 10–24 ATTORNEYS FLAT → EVID ↓
T3·05 Sheppard Mullin10–24 attorneys mapped · major local depth 10–24 ATTORNEYS FLAT → EVID ↓
T3·06 Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati10–24 attorneys mapped · major local depth 10–24 ATTORNEYS FLAT → EVID ↓
T3·07 ArentFox Schiff10–24 attorneys mapped · major local depth 10–24 ATTORNEYS FLAT → EVID ↓
T3·08 Arnold & Porter10–24 attorneys mapped · major local depth 10–24 ATTORNEYS FLAT → EVID ↓
T3·09 Davis & Gilbert10–24 attorneys mapped · major local depth 10–24 ATTORNEYS FLAT → EVID ↓
T3·10 Fenwick & West10–24 attorneys mapped · major local depth 10–24 ATTORNEYS FLAT → EVID ↓
NOTABLE — NOTABLE IN THIS FIELD2 FIRMS · OUTSIDE THE TIERS

Notable in this field marks verified Intellectual Property presence in New York below full tier depth — specialist or thinner benches kept visible on purpose, not scored into the main bands.

N·01 Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck1–4 attorneys mapped · thin local depth 1–4 ATTORNEYS FLAT → EVID ↓
N·02 FisherBroyles5–9 attorneys mapped · thin local depth 5–9 ATTORNEYS FLAT → EVID ↓

All counts are shown as bands, never precise headcounts. Notable firms sit outside the tiers by design: verified minimal presence, not assessed at full tier depth.

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02 — Evidence, methodology & sources why each firm · how tiers are set · sources · change log · verified 23 Jul 2026 · next review 23 Aug 2026

Firm evidence

Tier 1 — Market leaders Open firm profile →

Troutman Pepper

Troutman Pepper is placed in market leaders for Intellectual Property in New York. Public mapping (banded): 25–49 attorneys, major local depth, ≈10 partners · <5 counsel · 5+ associates. Evidence gates — office (G1) PASS, local practice (G2) PASS, recent signal (G3) PASS. The placement carries no numeric score.

Strongest mapped work

Litigation & DisputesIntellectual PropertyCorporate & M&A

Public hiring signal

Hiring signal: FLAT — no public hiring change detected in the mapping window.

Limits of this assessment

  • —A tier is Sartori’s editorial opinion, not a fact about the firm or a client-satisfaction measure.
  • —Facts are mapped from public sources and shown as bands; they lag reality by weeks or months.
  • —No third-party legal-directory band is used as an input.

Sources for this entry

Methodology

How tiers are assigned

Deterministic public-footprint core (local depth, practice share, seniority mix, public hiring momentum), computed relative to this market's own distribution. Tier placement is derived from this public mapped data; a per-firm public-source ledger is compiled for firms in the annual research pass and applies to those firms' factual claims, not to tier membership. No third-party legal-directory bands are used as an input.

Market scope

25–49 firms earn a tier in New York within this scope (banded).

Disclosures

Firm names used nominatively (factual). All counts shown as bands, never precise headcounts. No firm logos. Report an error via the site contact form.

Sources & change log

  1. 1 New York - Troutman Pepper Lockefirm_website · G1 · 2026-07-21
  2. 2 New York - Troutman Pepper Lockefirm_website · G2 · 2026-07-21
  3. 3 Troutman Pepper — New York news & announcementsfirm_website · G3 · 2026-07-21
  4. 4 Offices | Venable LLPfirm_website · G1 · 2026-07-21
  5. 5 New York, NY | Offices | Venable LLPfirm_website · G1 · 2026-07-21
  6. 6 New York, NY | Offices | Venable LLPfirm_website · G2 · 2026-07-21
  7. 7 Venable — New York news & announcementsfirm_website · G3 · 2026-07-21
  8. 8 North America | Baker Bottsfirm_website · G1 · 2026-07-21
  9. 9 New York | Baker Bottsfirm_website · G2 · 2026-07-21
  10. 10 Baker Botts — New York news & announcementsfirm_website · G3 · 2026-07-21
  11. 11 Our Locations | Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLPfirm_website · G1 · 2026-07-21
  12. 12 Quinn Emanuel — attorney bios & practice pagesfirm_website · G2 · 2026-07-21
  13. 13 Our New York office, designed by STUDIOS Architecture, has won the CoreNet Global NYC Design Excellence Award for Project of the Yearfirm_website · G3 · 2026-07-21
  14. 14 Locations | Fox Rothschild LLPfirm_website · G1 · 2026-07-21
  15. 15 New York, NY | Fox Rothschild LLPfirm_website · G1 · 2026-07-21
  16. 16 New York, NY | Fox Rothschild LLPfirm_website · G2 · 2026-07-21
  17. 17 Fox Rothschild Helps Young Aviators Take Flight Through Rhinebeck Aerodrome Programfirm_website · G3 · 2026-07-21
  18. 18 New York - Gibson Dunnfirm_website · G1 · 2026-07-20
  19. 19 New York - Gibson Dunnfirm_website · G2 · 2026-07-20
  20. 20 Gibson Dunn & Crutcher — New York news & announcementsfirm_website · G3 · 2026-07-20
  21. 21 New York | Law Firm | Locations | Greenberg Traurig LLPfirm_website · G1 · 2026-07-20
  22. 22 New York | Law Firm | Locations | Greenberg Traurig LLPfirm_website · G2 · 2026-07-20
  23. 23 New York State Government | Individual States | Government Law and Policy General Content | Greenberg Traurig LLPfirm_website · G2 · 2026-07-20
  24. 24 Greenberg Traurig — New York news & announcementsfirm_website · G3 · 2026-07-20
  25. 25 Locations | Kirkland & Ellis LLPfirm_website · G1 · 2026-07-20
  26. 26 New York | Locations | Kirkland & Ellis LLPfirm_website · G1 · 2026-07-20
  27. 27 Private Equity | Services | Kirkland & Ellis LLPfirm_website · G2 · 2026-07-20
  28. 28 Kirkland & Ellis — New York news & announcementsfirm_website · G3 · 2026-07-20
  29. 29 New York Office | Paul Hastings LLPfirm_website · G1 · 2026-07-20
  30. 30 Locations | Paul Hastings LLPfirm_website · G1 · 2026-07-20
  31. 31 New York Office | Paul Hastings LLPfirm_website · G2 · 2026-07-20
  32. 32 Paul Hastings — New York news & announcementsfirm_website · G3 · 2026-07-20
  33. 33 Offices | Pryor Cashman LLPfirm_website · G1 · 2026-07-21
  34. 34 About Us | Pryor Cashman LLPfirm_website · G1 · 2026-07-21
  35. 35 New York, NY | Pryor Cashman LLPfirm_website · G1 · 2026-07-21
  36. 36 Pryor Cashman — attorney bios & practice pagesfirm_website · G2 · 2026-07-21
  37. 37 Pryor Cashman — New York news & announcementsfirm_website · G3 · 2026-07-21
  38. 38 Offices | White & Case LLPfirm_website · G1 · 2026-07-20
  39. 39 New York | White & Case LLPfirm_website · G2 · 2026-07-20
  40. 40 White & Case — New York news & announcementsfirm_website · G3 · 2026-07-20
  41. 41 Davis Wright Tremaine — New York office pagesfirm_website · G1 · 2026-07-21
  42. 42 New York | Law Firm | Davis Wright Tremainefirm_website · G2 · 2026-07-21
  43. 43 Davis Wright Tremaine — New York news & announcementsfirm_website · G3 · 2026-07-21
  44. 44 Offices | Fish & Richardsonfirm_website · G1 · 2026-07-21
  45. 45 New York, NY | Intellectual Property - IP Law Firm | Fish & Richardsonfirm_website · G2 · 2026-07-21
  46. 46 Fish & Richardson — New York news & announcementsfirm_website · G3 · 2026-07-21
  47. 47 Locations | Jones Dayfirm_website · G1 · 2026-07-21
  48. 48 New York | Locations | Jones Dayfirm_website · G1 · 2026-07-21
  49. 49 Jones Day — attorney bios & practice pagesfirm_website · G2 · 2026-07-21
  50. 50 Jones Day — New York news & announcementsfirm_website · G3 · 2026-07-21
  51. 51 About Kilpatrick: Locations Strategically Connectedfirm_website · G1 · 2026-07-21
  52. 52 About Us: Locations New Yorkfirm_website · G2 · 2026-07-21
  53. 53 Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton — New York news & announcementsfirm_website · G3 · 2026-07-21
  54. 54 Locations | McCarter & English, LLPfirm_website · G1 · 2026-07-21
  55. 55 McCarter & English — attorney bios & practice pagesfirm_website · G2 · 2026-07-21
  56. 56 McCarter & English — New York news & announcementsfirm_website · G3 · 2026-07-21
  57. 57 Locationsfirm_website · G1 · 2026-07-21
  58. 58 New Yorkfirm_website · G2 · 2026-07-21
  59. 59 Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe — New York news & announcementsfirm_website · G3 · 2026-07-21
  60. 60 New York Office | Sheppardfirm_website · G1 · 2026-07-21
  61. 61 Sheppard Mullin — attorney bios & practice pagesfirm_website · G2 · 2026-07-21
  62. 62 Sheppard Mullin — New York news & announcementsfirm_website · G3 · 2026-07-21
  63. 63 Offices | Wilson Sonsinifirm_website · G1 · 2026-07-21
  64. 64 New York | Wilson Sonsinifirm_website · G2 · 2026-07-21
  65. 65 Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati — New York news & announcementsfirm_website · G3 · 2026-07-21
  66. 66 New York | ArentFox Schifffirm_website · G1 · 2026-07-21
  67. 67 ArentFox Schiff — attorney bios & practice pagesfirm_website · G2 · 2026-07-21
  68. 68 ArentFox Schiff Represents MLS’s New York City FC and CFG Stadium Group, LLC in Stadium License Transaction with NWSL’s Gotham FC | ArentFox Schifffirm_website · G3 · 2026-07-21
  69. 69 Offices | Arnold & Porterfirm_website · G1 · 2026-07-21
  70. 70 New York | Offices | Arnold & Porterfirm_website · G2 · 2026-07-21
  71. 71 Arnold & Porter — New York news & announcementsfirm_website · G3 · 2026-07-21
  72. 72 Directions - Davis+Gilbert LLPfirm_website · G1 · 2026-07-22
  73. 73 Overview - Davis+Gilbert LLPfirm_website · G1 · 2026-07-22
  74. 74 Real Estate - Davis+Gilbert LLPfirm_website · G2 · 2026-07-22
  75. 75 Intellectual Property + Media - Davis+Gilbert LLPfirm_website · G2 · 2026-07-22
  76. 76 Davis & Gilbert — New York news & announcementsfirm_website · G3 · 2026-07-22
  77. 77 Offices | Fenwickfirm_website · G1 · 2026-07-21
  78. 78 Fenwick & West — attorney bios & practice pagesfirm_website · G2 · 2026-07-21
  79. 79 Fenwick & West — New York news & announcementsfirm_website · G3 · 2026-07-21
  80. 80 Offices | Brownsteinfirm_website · G1 · 2026-07-21
  81. 81 Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck — attorney bios & practice pagesfirm_website · G2 · 2026-07-21
  82. 82 Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck — New York news & announcementsfirm_website · G3 · 2026-07-21
  83. 83 New York, NY - FisherBroylesfirm_website · G1 · 2026-07-21
  84. 84 New York, NY - FisherBroylesfirm_website · G2 · 2026-07-21
  85. 85 FisherBroyles — New York news & announcementsfirm_website · G3 · 2026-07-21
23 Jul 2026 Scope-aware market-relative core assembled.
23 Jul 2026 85 verified source(s) ingested for the researched firms; tier placement is Titan-derived so unresearched visible firms do not block approval → APPROVED (auto).
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04 — Questions

About this ranking

Who are the best Intellectual Property law firms in New York?

Who leads Intellectual Property in New York? As of July 2026, Market leaders are Troutman Pepper, Venable, Baker Botts, Quinn Emanuel. Sartori does not name a single number-one firm; the gap inside Tier 1 is treated as unmeasurable, and the wider board of 25 firms uses worded tiers only.

Is Troutman Pepper the best Intellectual Property law firm in New York?

Troutman Pepper sits in Tier 1 — Market leaders — of Sartori's New York Intellectual Property board as of July 2026, alongside Venable, Baker Botts, Quinn Emanuel. Sartori does not name a single #1: the gap between Tier 1 firms is genuinely unmeasurable, and a numeric score would be false precision.

Which firms have the biggest Intellectual Property benches in New York?

By mapped New York bench, the largest firms on this board are Venable, Kirkland & Ellis (50–99 mapped lawyers each), followed by Troutman Pepper, Baker Botts, Quinn Emanuel, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher, Greenberg Traurig, Paul Hastings, Pryor Cashman, White & Case, Davis Wright Tremaine, Fish & Richardson (25–49). All counts are bands, never precise headcounts.

Which Intellectual Property teams are hiring in New York?

As of July 2026, no firm on this board shows a public hiring signal in the mapping window. Live New York mandates are listed on Sartori's jobs board.

What is a Tier 1 law firm?

In Sartori's rankings, Tier 1 — Market leaders — is an editorial judgement expressed in words, never a score: the firms whose New York bench depth, seniority mix and market standing set the reference point for the market. As of July 2026 that is Troutman Pepper, Venable, Baker Botts, Quinn Emanuel. Within the tier no firm outranks another.

Which are the best law firms in New York overall?

Sartori's overall New York board groups 25 firms into editorial tiers; as of July 2026 its Tier 1 is Sidley Austin, Weil Gotshal & Manges, Davis Polk & Wardwell, Fried Frank, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher, Kirkland & Ellis, Latham & Watkins. See /firms/in/new-york/.

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This ranking is compiled independently by Sartori from public sources. Tiers are Sartori’s editorial opinion, expressed without numeric scores; firms are named for identification only, no logos are reproduced, and no firm has paid for or approved its placement. No third-party legal-directory band is used as an input. Nothing here is legal advice or a recommendation to instruct counsel.