Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton is an international law firm headquartered in

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, Georgia. The firm has nineteen offices, including U.S. offices in California, Colorado, North Carolina, New York, Texas, Washington State, and the District of Columbia, and has presence via international offices in Japan,

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, and Sweden. The firm is particularly well known for its

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practice. Clients have included

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in litigation related to its Google Print product, and

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in its suit against 21-year-old hacker

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for jailbreaking the PS3.

History

In 1997, the firms Kilpatrick & Cody (founded, 1874 in

), and Petree Stockton (founded 1918 in

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), merged to form Kilpatrick Stockton LLP. On January 1, 2011, Kilpatrick Stockton, and Townsend and Townsend and Crew (founded in 1860) merged to form Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP. In 2011, the firm assisted Sony in its lawsuit against

and some people associated with the group fail0verflow for " jailbreaking" the PlayStation 3. This included the attempted subpoena of Hotz's webhost to gather information about visitors to the site, as well as attempted subpoenas of

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and

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Key people

Partners

Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton has over 270 partners. The firm's most notable partners include the following: *Miles J. Alexander was the recipient of the International Trademark Association's 2002 President's Award. **Alexander was honored in 'The Best Lawyers in America 2006' for his prowess in the fields of Alternative Dispute Resolution, Antitrust Law, Corporate Law, and Intellectual Property Law. ** James Cain, Former US Ambassador to Denmark and Former President of the NHL Team,

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*Joseph M. Beck is known for representing clients in high-profile cases. **Beck is lead counsel for Google in the Google Print case, and he has represented the family of

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in intellectual property matters. **Beck also defended the musical group OutKast in 1999, when OutKast was sued by

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over one of the group's most successful radio singles, which bore Parks' name as its title. **In 2006, Beck was honored as one of 'The Best Lawyers in America' in the fields of Alternative Dispute Resolution, Entertainment Law, and Intellectual Property Law. *William H. Brewster was named one of 'The Best Lawyers in America 2006' in the field of Intellectual Property Law. *Adam Charnes served as the Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Legal Policy at the United States Department of Justice. He also served as a law clerk to Supreme Court Justice Anthony M. Kennedy and to Judge J. Harvie Wilkinson III of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. * Keith Harper is one of the United States' leading Native American attorneys, and is no longer with the firm as of 2020. **Harper has been involved in the Cobell v. Kempthorne case since its inception. He first represented the plaintiffs while working at the Native American Rights Fund, before he joined Kilpatrick Stockton. **Harper is a member of the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma, and serves as an appellate judge on the highest court of the

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Tribal Nation. *J. Henry Walker IV serves as the firm Chairman. *David M. Zacks is a past chairman of the American Cancer Society. **Zacks was named one of 'The Best Lawyers in America 2006' in the fields of Alternative Dispute Resolution, Health Care Law, and Personal Injury Litigation.

High-profile clients

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* Adidas *

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* DuPont * Facebook *

* Hanesbrands *

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* Levi Strauss & Co. * Office Depot * Oracle * PepsiCo, Inc. * Premera *

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References

External links

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