Kirkland & Ellis’ intellectual property practice is home to 260 attorneys spread among six domestic offices as well as outposts in London and Shanghai, China. In addition to their legal training, 75 percent of the practice’s attorneys have science or engineering backgrounds.

In a high-profile case, IP partner Dale Cendali helped The Associated Press fight an unauthorized use of a photograph by artist Shepard Fairey, who turned the picture of President Barack Obama into the now-iconic “Hope” campaign poster. Cendali’s team noticed some irregularities in the electronic data submitted by the defense. Having recently tried cases where the “other side fabricated evidence in order to help their case,” Cendali said this immediately caught her attention.

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