intellectual property attorneys

The law firms of Goodell, DeVries, Leech & Dann and Astrachan Gunst Thomas are pleased to announce they have combined, effective February 1, 2022. The combination joins Goodell DeVries’s powerful litigation experience with Astrachan Gunst Thomas’ business, intellectual property, and transactional expertise, and significantly expands the services offered to local, regional, and national clients. Learn more here.

You can find Jim, Donna, Kaitlin, and Victoria here:

Business Litigation Attorneys

Business litigation

We regularly litigate cases in the United States District Court for the District of Maryland and in Maryland Circuit Courts. Our lawyers are admitted to the bars of Maryland, the District of Columbia, Pennsylvania and California, and are admitted to practice in the federal courts in these jurisdictions and others.

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Intellectual property lawyers

Intellectual property

We provide legal services relating to the selection, protection, defense and exploitation of intellectual property, including trademarks, copyrights, software, literary and artistic works, advertisements and trade secrets. We are frequent lecturers and teachers of intellectual property subjects.

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Employment law attorneys

Employment law

We help develop and institute creative, effective and practical workplace solutions for small and large employers, and often lecture on employment-related subjects, including the Family Medical Leave Act, violence in the workplace, and employees’ use of social media.

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Business law attorneys

Business law

We counsel clients on the formation, financing, operation, maintenance, licensing, reorganization, acquisition, and disposal of businesses and business assets. We have an extensive merger and acquisition practice, often involving clients with creative products or services such as advertising agencies, media, software developers, and more.

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Entertainment law lawyers

Entertainment law

We represent clients in music, motion pictures and documentary filmmaking, book publishing, television, theatre and multimedia ventures. We have successfully represented Grammy® award winning and nominated artists, best-selling authors and professional athletes.

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Tax controversy attorneys

Tax controversy

We regularly counsel and help taxpayers to find workable solutions to problems they encounter (or have been the primary cause of) with the Internal Revenue Service and the Maryland Comptroller.

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Advertising and mass communications lawyers

Advertising and mass communications

We know how business is done in this industry; we wrote the book on the law of advertising and mass communications—literally. It’s 6 volumes, published by LexisNexis® and titled, The Law of Advertising and Mass Communications.

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Trademark mediation lawyers

Trademark mediation

Jim Astrachan is one of the select members appointed to the International Trademark Association’s (INTA) Panel of Trademark Mediators (the only one in Maryland), a panel of neutrals who help those involved in trademark disputes resolve their issues short of litigation.

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