7/22/2011
San Diego, CA – Two Mintz Levin attorneys have been named to the San Diego Daily Transcript’s 2011 Top Attorneys list. The Top Attorneys list is determined by a peer voting process used to identify the best lawyers in private, corporate, academic and government practice. Each year, San Diego County lawyers are asked to nominate their peers with whom they have had professional experience and feel are worthy of recognition. The Mintz Levin 2011 Top Attorneys are:
- Intellectual Property Transactional – Carl Kukkonen
- Intellectual Property Litigation – Mitch Danzig
Mr. Kukkonen is a founding Partner of the firm’s San Diego office, practicing in the Intellectual Property section. He is recognized as a leading intellectual property portfolio manager and provides strategic intellectual property counseling, including advice on patent infringement and validity, preparation and prosecution of patent applications, U.S. and international trademark counseling and prosecution, branding strategies, trademark and copyright infringement, domain name disputes and licensing. His clients range from individual inventors to large multinationals in diverse technical areas including clean technology, high technology and medical devices.
Mr. Danzig is a Member in the firm’s San Diego office, practicing in the Employment, Labor and Benefits, Litigation, Israel Business and Intellectual Property Sections. He has extensive experience in intellectual property litigation. His work has focused on litigation in the areas of trade secrets, employee mobility, wrongful termination, discrimination, harassment, contracts, defamation, wage and hour, and unfair competition.