News
AUGUST 2017
Pirkey Barber Attorneys Named Leaders in the Field
August 7, 2017
Pirkey Barber congratulates Lou Pirkey, Bill Barber, Steve Meleen and Shannon Vale for their inclusion as WIPR Leaders Directory, which recognizes the best and brightest intellectual property attorneys in the world. Attorneys are selected based on practice history, industry expertise and notable cases. All four Pirkey Barber attorneys have been included in the publication since the 2015 inaugural edition.
JULY 2017
Jered Matthysse Elected to Texas Bar Foundation
July 31, 2017
Pirkey Barber Member Jered E. Matthysse has been elected to membership in the Fellows of the Texas Bar Foundation in recognition of his outstanding professional achievement and demonstrated commitment to the improvement of the Texas justice system. Founded in 1965, the Texas Bar Foundation is the largest charitably funded bar foundation in the country and has distributed more than $17 …
Anna Kuhn Included in the 2017 Top 250 Women in IP by Managing Intellectual Property
July 24, 2017
Pirkey Barber Senior Counsel Anna Kuhn was recently honored with inclusion in the 2017 edition of IP STARS Top 250 Women in IP. This is the second consecutive year that Ms. Kuhn has been included in this prestigious list. The annual list recognizes female IP practitioners in private practice who have performed exceptionally for their clients and firms in the …
Six Pirkey Barber Attorneys Recognized in Who’s Who Legal
July 10, 2017
July 10, 2017 Pirkey Barber is pleased to announce that Lou Pirkey, Bill Barber, Shannon Vale, Chris Kindel, Tara Vold, and Paul Williamson have been included in the 2017 Who’s Who Legal: The International Who’s Who of Trademark Lawyers. Since 1996 the publication has identified the top legal practitioners in business law based on peer and client nominations along with …
MAY 2017
Travis Wimberly Recognized in the 2017 Texas “Rising Stars” list by Super Lawyers®, a Thomson Reuters Service
May 1, 2017
Super Lawyers Magazine®, a Thomson Reuters service, recently named Associate Travis Wimberly as a “Texas Rising Star” in the Intellectual Property and Business Litigation categories. Super Lawyers® identifies outstanding lawyers who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. The selection process is multi-phased and includes independent research, peer nominations, and peer evaluations. No more than 2.5 percent …
APRIL 2017
Pirkey Barber Welcomes Senior Counsel Anna Kuhn and Associate Kate Swint
April 14, 2017
Pirkey Barber PLLC is pleased to announce that attorneys Anna Kuhn and Kate Swint have joined our team. Ms. Kuhn’s practice has focused on trademark law for 20 years and joins Pirkey Barber as Senior Counsel. The San Antonio native received her J.D. from Yale Law School after earning a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Texas at …
FEBRUARY 2017
Pirkey Barber Member Bill Barber is Reappointed as Vice Chair to United States Trademark Public Advisory Committee
February 15, 2017
Pirkey Barber is pleased to announce that founding member Bill Barber has been re-appointed to the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) Trademark Public Advisory Committee (TPAC) where he will again serve as Vice Chair during his three-year term. Created in 1999, TPAC advises the Undersecretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the USPTO on matters relating …
Pirkey Barber Honored by World Trademark Review’s WTR 1000 for Seventh Consecutive Year
February 8, 2017
Pirkey Barber PLLC was named one of the top firms in the country for trademark law in the 2017 edition of World Trademark Review’s WTR 1000. The firm achieved Silver status nationally and was one of just two firms to receive the top Gold ranking for the State of Texas. After merging with the highly respected Northern Virginia firm Vold …
Pirkey Barber Member Shannon Vale Leads Rice Alumni Association
February 8, 2017
Pirkey Barber member Shannon Vale has assumed the duties of President of the Association of Rice Alumni (“Rice Alumni”), the organization representing that elite university’s more than 50,000 living alumni around the world. In this role, Shannon chairs the group’s 28-member Board of Directors, which reflects a broad cross-section of the university’s global alumni community. Shannon is the first Austin …
JANUARY 2017
Pirkey Barber Bolsters its Practice with Expansion into Washington D.C. Area
January 4, 2017
Pirkey Barber PLLC, a leading trademark and copyright law boutique, is pleased to announce the highly-respected law firm Vold & Williamson PLLC has merged into the firm adding outstanding trademark and copyright professionals and establishing a new Pirkey Barber office in the Washington, D.C. area. The principals of Vold & Williamson, Tara Vold and Paul Williamson, are experienced and accomplished …