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Events / Recognitions (continued)
• Managing Intellectual Property Honors Katten powerhouses Live Nation and Insomniac. He has
and Multiple IP Stars in 2025 Rankings represented Reznor — the creative force behind
Managing Intellectual Property (Managing IP) Nine Inch Nails — across all of his projects for
revealed its 2025 ranked attorneys and practices, over two decades, including the band’s 2025
naming several IP attorneys in Katten’s Chicago, tour and Reznor’s acclaimed and award-winning
New York and Washington, DC, offices, as well film and TV score work. Katten’s representation
as Katten among firms that “dominated their also includes Reznor’s newly formed production
respective markets” in New York and Illinois. company, With Teeth.
This year’s Trademark Stars include Karen Artz
Ash, who was also honored among the Top • Deepro Mukerjee and David Halberstadter
Tapped for 2025 Law360 Editorial Boards
250 Women in IP 2025, and Floyd Mandell,
Kristin Achterhof, Bret Danow and Michael On March 19, Law360 announced that
Justus. Additionally, Katten was named a “Highly Deepro Mukerjee and David Halberstadter
Recommended” firm in the areas of trademark were selected to serve on its editorial boards
prosecution in New York and trademark litigation for intellectual property and media and
in Illinois. entertainment, respectively. The board members
provide feedback on Law360’s coverage and
• Katten IP Practice Receives Acclaim in World insight on shaping future coverage plans. Deepro
Trademark Review 1000, 2025 was selected due to his prowess in patent trials
World Trademark Review recognized Katten and over his career of more than 20 years, while
10 of our attorneys in the 2025 edition of WTR David was selected to serve for a second term
1000 – The World’s Leading Trademark Profession- due, in part, to his reputation among leading
als. WTR 1000 is a research directory that solely entertainment companies as a skilled litigator.
focuses on trademark practices and practitioners, • Nathan Smith Recognized by the International
identifying the leading trademark practitioners Trademark Association as a Rising Star
and firms in key jurisdictions worldwide.
The firm was ranked nationally as well as Nathan Smith was honored as a Rising Star by
the International Trademark Association (INTA).
regionally in Illinois, New York and Washington, Selections for the Rising Star program are made
DC. Individually ranked attorneys included Karen by INTA committee chairs, vice chairs and staff
Artz Ash, Floyd Mandell, Kristin Achterhof, Bret
Danow, Michael Justus, Jessica Kraver, Terence liaisons who identify honorees within their com-
mittees and networks. Criteria include a demon-
Ross and Nathan Smith, along with David
Halberstadter and Carolyn Passen. strated commitment to the IP profession or INTA
by exemplifying substantive and dynamic skills
• Zia Modabber Named Once Again to Billboard through achievements as a speaker, author, proj-
Magazine’s Top Music Lawyers List ect team contributor or committee contributor.
For the seventh consecutive year since 2019, Zia • Terry Green Named to UK Pro Bono
Modabber was recognized in Billboard Magazine’s Collaborative Plan’s Pro Bono Recognition List
(Billboard) 2025 Top Music Lawyers. The list, Terry Green was named among 17 lawyers
compiled by Billboard editors, features attorneys
such as Zia who are making the most significant from Katten’s London office to the Pro Bono
Recognition List by the UK Collaborative Plan
contributions to the music industry. for Pro Bono. The list recognizes those who have
Zia’s impressive client roster includes Trent provided at least 25 hours of legal pro bono work
Reznor, Stevie Wonder, the Estate of Michael in 2024 and highlights the honorees’ efforts to
Jackson and Andre 3000, as well as industry improve access to justice in the United Kingdom.
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