This year Heslin Rothenberg Farley & Mesiti P.C. celebrates its 50th Anniversary. The firm, based in Albany and Rochester, is proud to have earned the confidence of our clients over five decades by providing knowledgeable legal advice and exceptional service. Having grown to nearly 30 attorneys and patent agents and more than 70 employees, the firm has become the largest law firm in upstate New York dedicated exclusively to intellectual property law and related litigation.
This year Nick Mesiti who was elected to a second term as the firm’s President and Managing Partner, stated “we could not be prouder of what we have accomplished as a firm over the past 50 years, and we have confidence that we will continue our outstanding service to our clients throughout the country and around the world.”
The firm has received national recognition in the area of Intellectual Property Law and has been listed among the “Top Patent Firms” and “Top Trademark Firms” in Intellectual Property Law Today. The firm was ranked fourth in the nation among the Top Patent Firms in patent applications relating to Computer Architecture Software and Information Security by Juristat. The firm also ranks as one of the Top 10 Firms with the Best Patent Allowance Rate with an 86.82 Alice allowance rate over a 3-year time period.
The firm’s partners are recognized leaders in the legal community. In 2018, Susan Farley was the honored recipient of the American Inns of Court Professionalism Award for the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, for which she was honored at the United States Supreme Court. In 2015, David Miranda was elected to serve as President of New York State Bar Association, the largest voluntary state bar association in the country.
New York Super Lawyers magazine highlighted several partners of the firm. Nick Mesiti and Victor Cardona were listed under the intellectual property law heading, Susan Farley and David Miranda were listed as top intellectual property litigators, and Erica Hines, Teige Sheehan, and Amanda Keyes were listed as top intellectual property rising stars. Of all upstate New York law firms, Heslin Rothenberg Farley & Mesiti P.C. enjoyed the highest number of attorneys recognized in the intellectual property categories. The New York Super Lawyers represents the top five percent of attorneys in the State of New York, as chosen by their peers from nominations and a panel of lawyers selected by the editors of Law & Politics Media, Inc.
The firm is devoted exclusively to helping its clients protect and capitalize on their intellectual property and handles all aspects of acquiring and enforcing intellectual property rights, both domestic and foreign, including patent, trademark, trade dress, trade secret, copyright, unfair competition, licensing, computer and internet law as well as related litigation and trials.
This year Heslin Rothenberg Farley & Mesiti P.C. celebrates its 50th Anniversary. The firm, based in Albany and Rochester, is proud to have earned the confidence of our clients over five decades by providing knowledgeable legal advice and exceptional service. Having grown to nearly 30 attorneys and patent agents and more than 70 employees, the firm has become the largest law firm in upstate New York dedicated exclusively to intellectual property law and related litigation.
This year Nick Mesiti who was elected to a second term as the firm’s President and Managing Partner, stated “we could not be prouder of what we have accomplished as a firm over the past 50 years, and we have confidence that we will continue our outstanding service to our clients throughout the country and around the world.”
The firm has received national recognition in the area of Intellectual Property Law and has been listed among the “Top Patent Firms” and “Top Trademark Firms” in Intellectual Property Law Today. The firm was ranked fourth in the nation among the Top Patent Firms in patent applications relating to Computer Architecture Software and Information Security by Juristat. The firm also ranks as one of the Top 10 Firms with the Best Patent Allowance Rate with an 86.82 Alice allowance rate over a 3-year time period.
The firm’s partners are recognized leaders in the legal community. In 2018, Susan Farley was the honored recipient of the American Inns of Court Professionalism Award for the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, for which she was honored at the United States Supreme Court. In 2015, David Miranda was elected to serve as President of New York State Bar Association, the largest voluntary state bar association in the country.
New York Super Lawyers magazine highlighted several partners of the firm. Nick Mesiti and Victor Cardona were listed under the intellectual property law heading, Susan Farley and David Miranda were listed as top intellectual property litigators, and Erica Hines, Teige Sheehan, and Amanda Keyes were listed as top intellectual property rising stars. Of all upstate New York law firms, Heslin Rothenberg Farley & Mesiti P.C. enjoyed the highest number of attorneys recognized in the intellectual property categories. The New York Super Lawyers represents the top five percent of attorneys in the State of New York, as chosen by their peers from nominations and a panel of lawyers selected by the editors of Law & Politics Media, Inc.
The firm is devoted exclusively to helping its clients protect and capitalize on their intellectual property and handles all aspects of acquiring and enforcing intellectual property rights, both domestic and foreign, including patent, trademark, trade dress, trade secret, copyright, unfair competition, licensing, computer and internet law as well as related litigation and trials.