Workman Nydegger Attorneys Recognized with “Lawyer of the Year” Distinction by Best Lawyers

SALT LAKE CITY – August 21, 2025 – Workman Nydegger is proud to announce that attorneys Dana Tangren, David Todd, and John Stringham were selected as 2026 “Lawyers of the Year” for the Salt Lake City metro area by Best Lawyers in America®. This prestigious honor, awarded to only a single lawyer per practice area in each region, recognizes their exceptional professional achievements. Mr. Tangren was selected for Trademark Law, Mr. Todd for Intellectual Property Litigation and Patent Litigation, and Mr. Stringham for Patent Law.

Workman Nydegger’s Managing Shareholder, Dana Tangren, leverages his engineering degree to counsel clients on patent strategy. With over three decades of experience, he specializes in prosecuting patents for medical devices and mechanical technologies and advising on enforcement and portfolio management.

David R. Todd focuses his practice on complex IP litigation, including patent, trademark, and trade secret disputes. With experience in over 40 Federal Circuit appeals and numerous PTAB trials, he is a seasoned advocate for his clients. His background includes clerking for the Federal Circuit, authoring amicus briefs for the AIPLA, and teaching patent law as an adjunct professor at Brigham Young University.

John Stringham is a seasoned intellectual property attorney with over 30 years of experience. His practice focuses on building strategic patent and trademark portfolios for companies, from startups through IPOs, in software, business methods, and medical technologies. He is highly experienced in domestic and international patent prosecution, IP licensing, and proceedings before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

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Workman Nydegger specializes in intellectual property law and litigation. The firm represents a wide array of clients in all areas of intellectual property law, including patent, trademark, copyright, litigation and prosecution, unfair competition, and related licensing matters, and possesses expertise in a diverse range of technologies, including computer systems, software, e-commerce, and information technology; electronics and electrical engineering; pharmaceutical, nutraceutical, chemical, biotechnology, and medical and life science technologies; physics and optics; mechanics and mechanical engineering and alternative energy.  For additional information, please visit www.wnlaw.com.