Jackson Walker has been shortlisted by Managing IP for the 2026 Americas Awards for Firm of the Year in the United States for Patent Disputes and Trademark Disputes. Additionally, partner Shannon Zmud Teicher has been shortlisted for the Trademark Litigator (South) award.
Introduced in 2006, the Managing IP Americas Awards program is the premier annual awards event for intellectual property firms and professionals worldwide. Each year, research analysts in London, New York, and Hong Kong conduct interviews and online surveys to identify the leading firms and IP practitioners across several practice areas and more than 50 jurisdictions. The selection process is extensive, acknowledging companies and individuals for their remarkable achievements and developments in the last year. Shortlisted firms are evaluated for their expertise, case outcomes, and market reputation across multiple practice areas and jurisdictions.
Jackson Walker’s Intellectual Property team has been named among a select few regional firms in the South for its work in patent and trademark disputes, representing clients from emerging innovators to global enterprises. The firm has a proven track record of success in high-stakes litigation, skillfully handling complex IP cases across federal courts to protect clients’ innovations and brand identities. Beyond litigation, the team provides end-to-end IP services, including portfolio management, licensing, and strategic advising on patents, trademarks, copyrights, and trade secrets.
The Americas Awards event will be held in New York City on April 9, 2026. More information about the 2026 shortlists can be found on the Managing IP website.
Meet Jackson Walker
As the largest law firm in Texas, with over 500 attorneys across the state, Jackson Walker is nationally recognized for its Intellectual Property Law and Intellectual Property Litigation experience. The firm has been named a Best Law Firm® by Best Lawyers for over a decade, earning top national and metropolitan rankings in Litigation – Intellectual Property and Litigation – Patent. The firm has also been recognized in the Chambers USA Guide for Intellectual Property and Intellectual Property: Trademark, Copyright & Trade Secrets in 2025 and was shortlisted for Managing IP’s Firm of the Year Awards for Patent Disputes and Trademark Disputes in 2025.
Our IP practice primarily focuses on representing some of the world’s technology leaders secure and protect critical patents, trademarks and copyrights both domestically and abroad. Our clients range from single inventors to large multinational companies, including Microsoft Corporation, Dell Inc., Cirrus Logic, and Goldman Sachs, among others. Additionally, we provide counsel to top public and private universities in Texas innovating cutting-edge technologies which stand to transform our lives. To help protect those innovations, many of our attorneys have advanced science and engineering degrees in engineering and are licensed to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
Meet Shannon
Shannon Zmud Teicher is an advocate and counselor with deep experience in intellectual property, media, and technology. Her practice consists of advising, protecting, licensing, and litigating in the areas of trademark, copyright, trade secrets, advertising, marketing, and entertainment. She is also a seasoned First Amendment lawyer who provides counsel on prepublication review and defends defamation, libel, privacy, and related claims. In recognition of her practice, Shannon has been named to The Best Lawyers of America list for Commercial Litigation, Chambers USA Guide for Intellectual Property: Trademark, Copyright & Trade Secrets, and Lawdragon’s list of the 500 leading U.S. litigators.