FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: (of interest to editors covering: Legal/Law firms, Awards/Honors, Calif. Business News) Best Lawyers and Super Lawyers Honor Virtual Law Partners Attorneys PALO ALTO, Calif., Sept. 30, 2010 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- VLP is pleased to announce that Trademark Partner Brian M. Davis was included in the Best Lawyers Annual Guide to Intellectual Property Law, which was published with the September 2010 issue of Corporate Counsel magazine. In addition, VLP Patent Partner Richard G.A. Bone was named a 2010 "Rising Star" by Northern California Super Lawyers as one of the top up-and-coming attorneys in the state for 2010. Brian focuses his practice on trademark clearance and prosecution, and has provided advice to the owners of some of the world's most famous brands. He has been named to the Best Lawyers list in 2008, 2009, 2010 and was also recently named to the 2011 list. Richard focuses his practice on counseling clients in all aspects of worldwide patent portfolio strategy and management, including patent preparation, prosecution, and post-grant review, and opinions on third party patent rights. He was also named to the 2009 "Rising Star" list. Best Lawyers is the oldest and a highly respected peer-review publication in the legal profession, and is regarded as one of the most valued referral sources for lawyers. Because lawyers are not required or allowed to pay a fee to be included, a listing in Best Lawyers is widely regarded within the legal profession as a significant honor, conferred on a lawyer by his or her peers. More information about the Best Lawyers referral guide is available at www.bestlawyers.com . Northern California Super Lawyers selects attorneys each year for recognition through a rigorous nomination process that includes peer review by practice area and independent research on candidates. Lawyers recognized on this list have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. No more than 2.5 percent of the lawyers in the state receive this honor each year. More information about Super Lawyers is available at www.superlawyers.com . About VLP: Founded in 2008, VLP is a virtually connected and geographically distributed law firm. VLP started with 8 attorneys and now has close to 35 attorneys, each with outstanding credentials and an average of more than 10 years of experience. VLP has attorneys in 6 states and our practice groups include corporate, securities, mergers and acquisitions, tax, patent and trademark prosecution, advertising and promotions, insurance, real estate, commercial lending, energy, project finance and technology transactions. VLP attorneys operate virtually, and VLP's proprietary technology platform allows the firm to collaborate easily with clients. With low overhead, VLP operates with a small, highly specialized staff, passing the savings to clients through substantially lower rates or flat fee arrangements (VLP has taken 50 percent out of the cost of traditional legal services without sacrificing quality). VLP's practice reaches across multiple industry sectors, including high tech, financing and venture capital, life sciences, clean tech, tax and real estate, and represents clients that vary in size from early-stage startups to Fortune 500 companies. VLP has grown and is thriving because their clients recognize the superior value and experience the firm provides. VLP is dedicated to proving that expensive buildings don't provide great service - great people do. For more information about VLP, visit www.virtuallawpartners.com . - Logo 72dpi: send2press.com/mediaboom/10-0907-vlawpart_72dpi.jpg - Virtual Law Partners news RSS feed: http://send2pressnewswire.com/topics/virtual-law-partners-llp/feed . NEWS SOURCE: Virtual Law Partners LLP Send2Press(R) is the originating wire service for this story, issued on behalf of the news source. Copr. 2010. # # # // RELEASE END // MEDIA ONLY CONTACT(S): [ contact info below not for publication online or in print ] Grace Liu Director of Administration VLP Management LLC +1-650-331-2814 gliu @ virtuallawpartners.com //Note to editors: * Images and interviews available on request. .......... Plain Text Copy (UTF-8): http://www.Send2PressNewswire.com/mediadrome/2010-09-0930-005.txt Release PDF: http://www.Send2PressNewswire.com/mediadrome/news_2010-09-0930-005.pdf Story Permalink: http://www.Send2Press.com/newswire/2010-09-0930-005.shtml Text provided by news source (and/or the source's authorized agency), who is solely responsible for accuracy and legality of content transmitted. Information is believed accurate but is not guaranteed. The original version of this release was issued on behalf of the above organization (the "news source"), by Send2Press(R) Newswire, a service of Neotrope(R). (http://www.Send2Press.com). It may be redistributed and re-posted in part or in whole by members of the media. Copr. (c) 2010 Send2Press, a unit of Neotrope(R). For news aggregation sites, blogs, and bureaus, you must retain Send2Press Newswire as the "originating wire service" source. For information on syndicating our content electronically in real-time on your news portal, free of charge, please visit: http://feeds.Send2Press.com/ . .......... SEPTEMBER 2010 Press Release / S-4S(CA, NC, NY, VA) / pre = x / ytv = x / --------- META DATA: lawfirm, legal, lawyers, award, recognition, VLP --------- /END OF DOCUMENT - ARCHIVAL COPY/