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Lewis Roca Phoenix traces to 1950 and had 131 attorneys named to Best Lawyers in a single recent year, with a second-largest practice group dedicated entirely to intellectual property.
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At a Glance
| Firm | Lewis Roca (formerly Lewis Roca Rothgerber Christie) |
| Founded | 1950 (as Lewis & Roca), Phoenix |
| Size | One of the largest law firms based in the Western U.S.; combined with Womble Bond Dickinson effective January 2025 |
| Focus | Commercial litigation, intellectual property (second-largest practice group firmwide), real estate, banking and finance, corporate and securities, gaming, energy and utilities, labor and employment |
| Notable Attorneys | Kory J. Koerperich, Best Lawyers 2025 – Commercial Litigation; Joshua T. Chu and Gregory S. Lampert, IP Practice Group Leaders |
| Office | 201 E. Washington St., Ste. 1200, Phoenix, AZ 85004 |
| Contact | lewisroca.com |
Sources: lewisroca.com, Best Lawyers 2025 announcement, In Business Magazine, LinkedIn. Compiled August 2026.
Origin
Lewis Roca Phoenix: 75 Years From Lewis & Roca to a Transatlantic Firm
The firm traces its roots to 1950, when Lewis & Roca began practicing in what was then an agricultural community of just over 100,000 people, playing a role in Phoenix’s growth into a major metro. The firm combined with Rothgerber Johnson & Lyons to form Lewis Roca Rothgerber, later Lewis Roca Rothgerber Christie, and most recently combined with UK-headquartered Womble Bond Dickinson effective January 1, 2025, forming what the firm describes as a transatlantic firm. The Phoenix office remains a core location within that larger structure.
Practice
Full-Service Commercial Practice, With IP as the Second-Largest Group Firmwide
Lewis Roca’s practice spans commercial litigation, intellectual property, business transactions, real estate, banking and finance, corporate and securities, bankruptcy, mergers and acquisitions, gaming, energy and utilities, tribal nations law, healthcare, and labor and employment. Intellectual property is specifically the firm’s second-largest practice group, and many of its IP attorneys hold science and engineering backgrounds — a genuine technical credential for patent work. The group has handled hundreds of trademark, copyright, patent, trade secrets, and rights-of-publicity cases in federal and state courts nationwide and before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, including more than 100 cases before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board and numerous matters before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board and the International Trade Commission. Named IP Practice Group Leaders Joshua T. Chu and Gregory S. Lampert head that group. The litigation group separately handles commercial disputes, shareholder and securities litigation, antitrust, appellate matters, and white collar defense.
Track Record
Awesome Attorneys did not identify a single, independently itemized case-results table for the firm; the volume and breadth of Best Lawyers and Chambers USA recognition, plus the IP group’s documented TTAB/PTAB case volume described above, serve as the primary independently sourced indicators of the firm’s standing reviewed for this profile.
Past-Results Disclaimer: Every case is different, and no past result guarantees a similar outcome in any future matter.
Client Voice
Awesome Attorneys did not identify a substantial volume of independently sourced, individually attributable client reviews for the firm, which is typical for a firm serving primarily institutional and corporate clients rather than individual consumers.
Community
Awesome Attorneys did not identify a single firm-wide community initiative specific enough to summarize meaningfully in this profile; the firm’s own materials reference broad civic and industry engagement typical of a firm this size.
Recognition
In a single recent year, 131 Lewis Roca attorneys were named to Best Lawyers in America, including 83 recognized attorneys and seven firm-wide “Lawyer of the Year” designations. Kory J. Koerperich was specifically recognized for Commercial Litigation. The firm is also recognized in Chambers USA, Super Lawyers, World Trademark Review 1000, Benchmark Litigation, and IP Stars — the latter three specifically IP-focused independent rankings — per the firm’s own materials; Awesome Attorneys independently confirmed the Best Lawyers figures via the firm’s public press announcement but did not independently verify every additional ranking claim listed. Arizona does not offer a state specialty certification in intellectual property law.
The Arizona Legal Backdrop
What follows is general legal information, not legal advice.
Commercial litigation in Arizona proceeds under the Arizona Rules of Civil Procedure in state court or the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure in federal court. Patents, federal trademarks, and copyrights — the firm’s IP focus — are governed almost entirely by federal law, filed with and enforced through the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, the U.S. Copyright Office, and federal courts including the specialized Federal Circuit Court of Appeals. Gaming law, another named practice, intersects with tribal-state gaming compacts under the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act.
The Awesome Attorneys Assessment
Lewis Roca Phoenix’s clearest differentiator is scale and breadth of independently verified peer recognition across two distinct practice areas: 131 Best Lawyers selections firmwide, and an IP practice large enough to be the firm’s second-biggest group, with documented volume before specialized federal tribunals (TTAB, PTAB, ITC).
The honest trade-off: as a large, multi-office, recently-merged firm, Lewis Roca is likely to carry fee structures and matter minimums suited to substantial institutional disputes in either practice area, and clients should confirm which specific attorney and office will handle their matter given the firm’s recent combination with Womble Bond Dickinson.
Methodology & Sourcing
This profile was researched in August 2026 from lewisroca.com, lrrc.com’s intellectual property practice page, the firm’s Best Lawyers 2025 press announcement, In Business Magazine, and LinkedIn. Lewis Roca did not commission, review, or pay for this profile.
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