Why Fish

No one does IP like Fish

Intellectual property is critical to your business, and protecting your IP is our business. As the leading IP law firm, we help innovators change the world through our unmatched litigation, prosecution, and post-grant experience across venues and prosecution needs. We touch more PTAB cases, IP appeals, and utility patents than anyone else, and no national firm handles more District Court patent cases. Many of our 450+ attorneys and technology specialists are also scientists who are as comfortable in a lab or cleanroom as a courtroom or patent office. We’re ready to hit the ground running to support your innovations, while distilling our vast technical and legal knowledge to resonate with business leaders or juries. You can be confident in every Fish lawyer in your corner because we intentionally build talent from the ground up and share knowledge generously and eagerly across the firm, leading to faster, fuller insights for you. Visionaries across eras have trusted us to protect their IP — from Alexander Graham Bell to today’s largest phone makers — and we’re ready to help build your IP strategy today with tomorrow in mind. Let’s change the world together.

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

Pro Bono & Social Responsibility | Legal Operations

IP is all we do, and we do it all

At Fish, we are laser-focused on the practice of intellectual property law. Every part of our firm, from our leadership and practice groups to our administrative departments, is staffed with insightful professionals equipped to support you on every legal nuance you encounter. 

You can feel confident in every Fish attorney, because we grow outstanding IP lawyers from the ground up. We carefully pass our decades of industry-leading IP knowledge to our next-gen lawyers by giving them early opportunities to excel – that’s why our mid-level associates often have more in-the-ring experience than partners at other firms.

The Fish Community

  • Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion

    Discover how a diversity of people, experiences, and perspectives creates a productive and inclusive culture that fuels our success.

  • Pro Bono Work at Fish

    Pro Bono & Social Responsibility

    Learn how our robust pro bono practice strengthens our bond to the communities in which we live and work, informs our practice, and allows those of limited means to access justice.

  • Legal Operations

    Fish’s world-class legal operations experts bring business sensibility to the firm’s engagements. Clients return to us again and again because they know they can count on us to accurately predict costs, ensure steady progress, and bring years of experience and wisdom to each and every matter we handle.

  • Our People

    Over 350 attorneys and over 75 technology specialists, including over 120 with Ph.D.s, deliver excellence to each and every client matter.