Harold McElhinny was named Litigator of the Year at the Benchmark Litigation Awards 2013 and was recognized by The Recorder as among its top Attorneys of the Year for 2012. He is recommended as a leading lawyer by Chambers Global 2013, Chambers USA 2012, Legal 500 US 2012, PLC Which lawyer? 2012, Best Lawyers In America 2013, Euromoney’s Expert Guides, and Super Lawyers 2012. In 2007, Portfolio.com named Mr. McElhinny one of the ten best patent trial lawyers in the United States, and he was named a California Local Litigation Star in the 2013 edition of Benchmark Litigation. He was also named one of the Daily Journal’s Top 75 Intellectual Property Litigators in California in 2009, 2010, 2012, and 2013, and one of its 100 Top Lawyers in California in 2009.