Sutton McAughan Deaver PLLC Partners Recognized By Best Lawyers in America

HOUSTON, Aug. 20, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Mike Sutton, Bob McAughan, Al Deaver, and Jeff Andrews were selected by their peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America^® 2015 in the field of Patent Law.  Name partners Mike Sutton, Bob McAughan, and Al Deaver were additionally selected in the fields of Litigation – Patent and Litigation – Intellectual Property; Mike Sutton was also selected in the field of Copyright Law.

Best Lawyers has selected Mike Sutton for inclusion every year for the past 20 years since 1995 and Bob McAughan every year for the past 10 years.  Bob McAughan has twice been named a Houston Lawyer of the Year—in 2014 for Litigation – Patent and in 2012 for Litigation – Intellectual Property.

"We are very pleased that all partners of our firm have been recognized by Best Lawyers in America," said founding partner Mike Sutton.  "This recognition reflects the high regard in which our firm is held by our peers in the legal community."

About Best Lawyers

Since it was first published in 1983, Best Lawyers has become universally regarded as the definitive guide to legal excellence.  Because Best Lawyers is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey in which more than 36,000 leading attorneys cast almost 4.4 million votes on the legal abilities of other lawyers in their practice areas, and because lawyers are not required or allowed to pay a fee to be listed, inclusion in Best Lawyers is considered a singular honor.  Corporate Counsel magazine has called Best Lawyers "the most respected referral list of attorneys in practice."

About Sutton McAughan Deaver PLLC

Sutton McAughan Deaver PLLC is a premier intellectual property boutique focusing exclusively on IP litigation and strategic counseling in a fee sensitive environment.  SMD's five partners have more than 100 years of combined experience handling complex IP matters in the courts and in arbitration proceedings, as well as identifying and cultivating IP rights in a variety of industries and technologies. Having managed and practiced in the IP sections at leading AmLaw 100 firms, SMD's partners formed the firm because they were convinced that a smaller, more focused platform dedicated to IP law could provide more effective, more efficient, higher quality representation than available in a traditional law firm model. SMD has been named a top IP law firm in Texas by Chambers USA and as a Go-To Law Firm for the Top 500 Companies by Corporate Counsel magazine. The firm has also been recognized nationally for IP litigation—and ranked Tier 1 in Houston for multiple practice areas—by U.S. News – Best Lawyers "Best Law Firms."

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