SAN FRANCISCO, July 13, 2011 – Nan Joesten was named a Super Lawyers top Intellectual Property Litigation attorney in Northern California for 2011. Super Lawyers, a Thomson Reuters business, is a rating service of outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. The annual selections are made using a rigorous multi-phased process that includes a statewide survey of lawyers, an independent research evaluation of candidates, and peer reviews by practice area.