Richards Layton’s IP Practice and Directors Honored in Managing IP’s IP Stars Lists
June 3, 2025
Firm News| Intellectual Property
WILMINGTON, Delaware (June 3, 2025) – Richards, Layton & Finger director Kelly Farnan is named among the Top 250 Women in IP in Managing Intellectual Property’s 2025 edition of IP Stars—the only Delaware attorney to make the international Top 250 Women list. Richards Layton has earned Managing IP’s top Highly Recommended firm ranking, and Kelly and Fred Cottrell are recognized as Patent Stars.
Richards Layton has one of the most active and respected intellectual property litigation practices in Delaware. We are nationally recognized for tackling difficult, large-scale IP matters in the Delaware District Court, one of the leading venues for IP litigation in the United States, as well as in the Delaware Court of Chancery and Superior Court.
Fred Cottrell, chair of Richards Layton’s Litigation Department, is a leading force in Delaware’s IP bar. He handles significant IP litigation in Delaware’s state and federal courts, regularly representing industry giants in complex patent disputes. Praised as a “standout trial attorney” with “phenomenal knowledge of the judges and courts” (Chambers USA), Fred handles several other areas of litigation, including antitrust, products liability, and commercial law.
Kelly Farnan is “a great advocate” who has “instant credibility whenever she enters the courtroom” (Chambers USA). Head of the firm’s Intellectual Property Group, she represents clients in high-stakes intellectual property and complex commercial litigation in Delaware’s federal and state courts. Kelly has helped clients achieve significant trial victories in Delaware in a variety of IP and commercial disputes.
About Richards, Layton & Finger
Defining Delaware law since 1899, Richards, Layton & Finger helps sophisticated clients navigate complex issues and the intricacies of Delaware law. We advise global companies, business partnerships, leading financial institutions, local businesses, and individuals across a wide range of practices, including corporate law, alternative entities, commercial law, bankruptcy and corporate restructuring, intellectual property, tax, trusts and estates, commercial real estate, and litigation.