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Mar. 10, 2025

Better together

Intellectual property litigators at Friedland & Cianfrani say personal connection still matters.

When intellectual property litigators Michael K. Friedland and Joseph S. Cianfrani teamed up to hang a shingle in August 2023, one detail was non-negotiable.

"I like working with people - I mean every day, face-to-face, being able to stick my head in somebody's office," Friedland said. "Joe agreed. He wanted to have that, too, where we started a firm with everybody in the office."

Friedland and Cianfrani first met 25 years ago at Knobb... (continued)

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