We bid a fond farewell to one of our Founding Fathers, Pete Salsich, as he heads off on a new adventure as general counsel of our clients, the Coolfire companies.

We are pleased to announce that BrickHouse principal Michael Kahn has once again been selected for inclusion in the Best Lawyers in America for its 2013 edition. This year he has been honored in the following practice areas of Copyright Law; Entertainment Law – Motion Pictures & Television; Entertainment Law – Music; Litigation – First Amendment; Litigation – Intellectual Property; and Media Law. This year’s edition marks the tenth year in a row that Mike has been honored by Best Lawyers.

Since it was first published in 1983, Best Lawyers has become regarded as the definitive guide to legal excellence. Because Best Lawyers is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey in which more than 36,000 leading attorneys cast almost 4.4 million votes on the legal abilities of other lawyers in their practice areas, and because lawyers are not required or allowed to pay a fee to be listed, inclusion in Best Lawyers is considered a singular honor. Corporate Counsel magazine has called Best Lawyers “the most respected referral list of attorneys in practice.”

The BrickHouse Law Group Professional Corporation is a boutique law firm, which focuses on intellectual property litigation and counseling and has an active entertainment law practice. For more information about The BrickHouse Law Group and its services, call 314-932-1070 and visit www.brickhouselaw.com.

The BrickHouse Law Group is pleased to announce that Michael Kahn and Pete Salsich have been chosen for inclusion in the 2012 Missouri Super Lawyers list, an honor reserved for those lawyers who exhibit excellence in the practice. Indeed, only five percent of the attorneys in Missouri are named to the Super Lawyers list each year, according to the publisher Thomson Reuters.

Mike Kahn received his recognition in the field of intellectual property litigation and Pete received his in the field of intellectual property. Mike’s 2012 Super Lawyer designation marks the eighth year he has received that honor. Pete has now been named a Super Lawyer two years in a row.

According to Thomson Reuters, “Super Lawyers is a rating service of outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who have attained a high-degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. The selection process is multi-phased and includes independent research, peer nominations and peer evaluations.”

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The BrickHouse Law Group is proud to announce its designation as a Best Law Firm in America by U.S. News & World Report. Specifically, the BrickHouse is the only firm in St. Louis designated as “first-tier” in the areas of Entertainment Law—Motion Pictures & Television and Entertainment Law—Music. It is also one of only six St. Louis law firms designated a Best Law Firm in the field of Copyright Law and one of just twelve in St. Louis to receive that honor in Intellectual Property Litigation.

“We are also the smallest firm to make the cut in St. Louis,” noted Geoff Gerber, one of the firm’s three principals, pointing out that BrickHouse is ranked at the same level in I.P. Litigation as the 250-lawyer firm of Armstrong Teasdale and at the same level in Copyright Law as the international law firm of SNR Denton.

“Although the three of us started our careers in Big Law,” Geoff explained, “we believe that our clients are best served by the innovative approach to legal problems made possible in our uniquely collaborative practice.”

U.S. News & World Report explains that its Best Law Firm “rankings are based on a rigorous evaluation process that includes the collection of client and lawyer evaluations, peer review from leading attorneys in their field, and review of additional information provided by law firms as part of the formal submission process. An unprecedented amount of data was collected in the project’s second year, and this combined data resulted in the 2011-2012 ‘Best Law Firms’ rankings.”

The BrickHouse Law Group is proud to announce that two of its attorneys have been named Best Lawyers in America® for 2012. Mike Kahn received that honor in five categories: Copyright Law, Media Law, Intellectual Property Litigation, Entertainment Law (Motion Pictures and Television) and Entertainment Law (Music). Pete Salsich received that honor in both categories of Entertainment Law. Additionally, Mike was named Copyright Lawyer of the Year 2012.

St. Louis Magazine published the announcement of these honors for the St. Louis region in its February 2012 issue. The Best Lawyers in America®, issued annually by Woodward/White, is, according to St. Louis Magazine, “the preeminent referral guide to the legal profession in the United States.”

Woodward/White explains that it compiles its lists of outstanding attorneys by “conducting exhaustive peer-review surveys” in which “leading lawyers confidentially evaluate their professional peers.” As a result, Woodward/White states, “A listing in Best Lawyers is widely regarded by both clients and legal professionals as a significant honor, conferred on a lawyer by his or her peers.”

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