Welcome to Gardner, Linn, Burkhart & Flory, LLP

Located in Grand Rapids, Michigan, Gardner, Linn, Burkhart & Flory, LLP, specializes in the protection, enforcement, and defense of intellectual property including patents, trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets, as well as unfair competition and related agreements. Our Grand Rapids intellectual property attorneys represent clients ranging from large, multi-national corporations to sole-proprietorships and individuals in the United States and throughout the world.

Gardner, Linn, Burkhart & Flory, LLP has been given the highest AV rating by Martindale-Hubbell the most recognized lawyers listing service in the United States.  Individual attorneys in the firm have also received the highest AV rating available by Martindale-Hubbell.

In addition, Gardner, Linn, Burkhart & Flory, LLP attorneys have been recognized in the Best Lawyers in America for Intellectual Property, in the Grand Rapids Magazine as Best Lawyers in West Michigan by specialty in intellectual property practice, and in Michigan Super Lawyers in intellectual property.

Gardner, Linn, Burkhart & Flory, LLP is the only firm in West Michigan ranked as a First-Tier Firm in the 2011-2012 Edition of the U.S. News- Best Lawyers listing of Best Law Firms in each of the categories of “Patent Law,” “Trademark Law,” “Copyright Law,” and “Litigation- Patent”, and shared that distinction in the category of “Litigation – Intellectual Property” with only two other firms.