Neal Gerber Eisenberg (NGE) is pleased to announce that the Intellectual Property practice and four of its leading patent attorneys have once again been named in IAM Patent 1000: The World’s Leading Patent Professionals 2025. This directory recognizes the top patent professionals worldwide.
NGE has once again secured a Bronze ranking for Litigation in Illinois. The directory highlights that “collaboration is a driving force” and “by seamlessly blending expertise across portfolio management and protection groups, the firm fuels innovative success.”
Life Sciences partners Emer Simic and Jeff Ward and Intellectual Property practice partners Tom McDonough and Brad Rademaker retained their rankings. The guide commends Jeff for his “long-term strategic advice across the IP landscape, deftly navigating the best global clearance routes to ensure comprehensive protection,” Emer for providing “compelling arguments in court, expertly blending scientific insight with legal judgement to navigate complex cases in the pharmaceutical and biotech realms,” Tom for having “excellent advocacy skills, developing patent portfolios on a global scale by coordinating across jurisdictions,” and Brad, as “a distinguished lead trial attorney, specialising in risk management to safeguard his clients’ market positions.” Their individual rankings are below:
- Thomas McDonough – Recommended – Individuals: prosecution
- Jeff Ward – Recommended – Individuals: prosecution
- Bradley Rademaker – Bronze – Individuals: litigation
- Emer Simic – Silver – Individuals: litigation
The firm launched its Intellectual Property practice group in 2002 with just three attorneys. Today, the group consists of approximately 33 attorneys supporting clients in managing, prosecuting, and enforcing global trademark portfolios for cutting-edge technology and Fortune 500 companies, as well as obtaining significant litigation victories for clients in Chicago and beyond. It also has a corps of four experienced paralegals, a robust docket team, 11 legal secretaries and project assistants, and a dedicated IP operations director who assists in managing portfolios and litigation.
Click here to read NGE’s profile in the 2025 Edition of IAM Patent 1000.
