When the Daily Report named Thad Kodish to its 2013 “On the Rise” list, a colleague of his at Fish & Richardson noted that many of his clients preferred to have lawyers with 25 years of experience serve as expert witnesses, but Kodish was ahead of the curve.

Last year, Kodish went ahead of the curve again when he won a decision from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit for his client, Dalton-based carpetmaker Shaw Industries, against Automated Creel Systems.