Month: August 2025

Four Hanley Flight & Zimmerman attorneys are included in the 2026 edition of The Best Lawyers in America®.

James Flight and Michael Zimmerman were honored as Best Lawyers for patent law, placing them among the top lawyers with more than a decade of experience in the Chicago area. In addition, Justin Lizalek and Mary Vollmar were honored as “Ones to Watch” for intellectual property law. “Ones to Watch” are recognized attorneys with less than 10 years of private practice experience.

Every year Best Lawyers analyzes more than 13 million lawyer evaluations to compile its rankings, which are based on peer review and feedback. More information about Best Lawyers’ methodology is available here.

James (Jim) Flight, a founding member of Hanley Flight & Zimmerman, was selected for the fourth straight year to the IAM Strategy 300: The World’s Leading IP Strategists.

The 2025 IAM Strategy 300 identifies “individuals who are leading the way in the development of strategies that maximize the value of IP portfolios.” The list includes leaders from a variety of arenas, including service providers, corporations, research institutions and universities.

The roster of honorees was compiled through an editorial process based on peer nominations, plus independent research and source interviews with members of the global IP community. More information on the methodology is available here.

IAM has also honored Jim in its Strategy 300 Global Leaders 2025 publication, which acknowledges leaders from across in-house, private practice and service provider roles in IP. Jim and the firm were also recommended in the latest IAM Patent 1000 rankings.