Kristin Achterhof is the national co-chair of Kattenâs Intellectual Property Litigation practice and serves as Kattenâs national hiring partner. She has represented some of the worldâs most recognizable companies and is often the first phone call that leading technology, manufacturing, consumer goods, entertainment, and fashion-industry clients make on difficult trademark, copyright, and intellectual property issues. As a first-chair trial attorney, she handles intellectual property and all manner of complex business disputes in court. As an adviser on transactions, she maximizes her clientsâ rights and revenues. Both in and out of the courtroom, Ms. Achterhof is an advocate and adviser, with an eye to helping clients optimize and protect their tangible and intangible property rights and assets.