ATLANTA  -- Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton announced today that the firm received a Rising Star Award for Intellectual Property & Information Technology for the second consecutive year at the 2012 International Legal Alliance Summit Awards ceremony held recently in Paris. 

The International Legal Awards recognize the best law firms in each domestic market for their excellent results of the year and lasting performance in management and leadership and their ability to innovate and to find new solutions while fine-tuning the highest standards of excellence. Twenty-five specialist jury panels with more than 120 General Counsels in total determine the winners of each category. The panels are renewed every year and made of in-house Counsels.

The International Legal Alliance Summit & Awards is conducted in conjunction with the Practical Law Company, Association of Corporate Counsel (Europe), The European Lawyer, The International Jurists Council, leading bar associations, and in-house counsel from many of America’s top companies.

For more information about the International Legal Alliance, please visit: http://www.ilasummit.com/

For more information about Kilpatrick Townsend, please visit: www.kilpatricktownsend.com.

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