Partners at Sutton McAughan Deaver PLLC Recognized as Top IP Litigators by Thompson Reuters and Euromoney Legal Media Group

HOUSTON, Sept. 12, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Mike Sutton and Bob McAughan, founding partners of Sutton McAughan Deaver PLLC (www.smd-iplaw.com), have been named to Super Lawyers list for Intellectual Property Litigation, as published in the 2013 Super Lawyers Business Edition. Bob McAughan has additionally been named to the Top 100 Houston Super Lawyers list.  Both Mike and Bob have been named to the Texas Super Lawyers list every year since it began in 2003.  Super Lawyers, a Thomson Reuters business, is a rating service of outstanding lawyers who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. No more than 5 percent of the lawyers in a state are selected by Super Lawyers.

In addition, Mike Sutton has been recognized by Benchmark Litigation 2013, the Guide to America's Leading Litigation Firms and Attorneys, as a Litigation Star for Intellectual Property for the state of Texas.  Benchmark, published by Euromoney Legal Media Group, is the only publication on the market to focus exclusively on litigation in the US.  The guide's results are the culmination of a six-month research period that includes exhaustive interviews with litigators and their clients.

About Sutton McAughan Deaver PLLC

Sutton McAughan Deaver PLLC is a team of experienced, efficient, and effective intellectual property lawyers that is focused on providing outstanding value-based services for its clients. We have over a century of combined experience pursuing our clients' best interests from the courtroom to the boardroom, and have successfully obtained, evaluated, enforced, and challenged IP rights throughout the United States and around the world for our clients. Our long history of successful case settlements, verdicts, and judgments speaks for itself. Our effectiveness is reflected in the results our lawyers have achieved for our clients, and our highly-skilled and experienced staff focuses on achieving our clients' business objectives with the most efficient, effective, and timely IP solutions possible.

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