Fish & Richardson

Fish & Richardson is an intellectual property law firm founded in 1878 in Boston. Nearly 150 years after its establishment, the firm employs more than 400 attorneys and technology specialists and serves clients across the United States, Europe and China. Its client base ranges from startups to Fortune 500 companies.

The firm's practice spans the full range of intellectual property work: patent litigation and broader IP litigation, patent prosecution and strategy, post-grant proceedings, and trademark and copyright counseling. Technology specialists work alongside lawyers on matters, reflecting the technical depth required in patent-focused practice.

For lawyers and law students, the firm runs development programmes including the 1L Emerging Leaders Fellowship, aimed at first-year law students, and the School of Fish STEM program, an education initiative intended to build the next generation of legal professionals. The firm describes its culture as creative and inclusive, and has been named one of the country's top firms for diversity, equity, and inclusion.