Robins Kaplan Attorneys Named Northern California Super Lawyer and Rising Star

Robins Kaplan LLP is pleased to announce that Steven Carlson has been named a “Northern California Super Lawyer” for the eleventh consecutive year. Additionally, Belle Borovik has been recognized as a “Northern California Rising Star” for the second year in a row.

According to Super Lawyers, the “Super Lawyers” and “Rising Stars” selection process is a comprehensive, good-faith, and detailed attempt to produce a list of lawyers that have attained high peer recognition, meet ethical standards, and have demonstrated achievement in their field. No more than five percent of attorneys can be recognized as “Super Lawyers” in any given year, and no more than 2.5 percent may be named “Rising Stars.”

Steven Carlson is a partner in Robins Kaplan’s Intellectual Property and Technology Group and a nationally recognized intellectual property litigator. He represents clients in complex patent, trade secret, and copyright disputes across a broad range of technologies, including medical devices, semiconductors, AI/machine learning, genomics, telecommunications, and robotics. A first-chair trial lawyer, Steven practices in state and federal courts nationwide and teaches advanced patent litigation at UC Berkeley School of Law. He is also a co-author of the Patent Case Management Judicial Guide, a Federal Judicial Center resource distributed to federal judges throughout the United States.

Belle Borovik represents clients in a broad range of intellectual property matters involving emerging and innovative technologies. Her practice includes patent, trademark, copyright, trade secret, and advertising disputes across industries such as artificial intelligence, blockchain technology, software, telecommunications, consumer products, and media. Belle also counsels companies on intellectual property strategy, portfolio management, brand protection, licensing, and commercialization. Prior to joining Robins Kaplan, she served as Head of Intellectual Property and Associate General Counsel for a leading blockchain technology company, where she managed and monetized a global intellectual property portfolio.