Who We Are
As the leading intellectual property law firm in the Pacific Northwest, for over 70 years Christensen O'Connor Johnson Kindness PLLC has excelled at fulfilling our clients' intellectual property needs and requirements. Providing comprehensive services to our clients requires more than just expert knowledge of the law; it requires teams of highly motivated and responsive attorneys who have an intimate knowledge of your specific industry. Our attorneys have graduate or undergraduate degrees in the sciences, engineering, and the arts, covering a comprehensive spectrum of disciplines. Additionally, a great number of our attorneys have extensive practical experience in their field of expertise. This detailed knowledge and experience provides insight and a deep understanding of client needs which enables our attorneys to provide the highest caliber service in meeting our clients' intellectual property challenges, and leveraging their intellectual property rights.
Our clients include worldwide industry leaders in aerospace, entertainment, software, consumer goods, toys and games, life sciences, medical devices, semiconductor, food services and processing, telecommunications, and pulp and paper. In addition to larger corporations, we provide services to a wide range of individual inventors, artists, authors and musicians, as well as educational institutions. COJK effectively builds and maintains strong, long-term relationships with our clients by defending and encouraging their ideas and the inventions upon which their businesses are based. Our attorneys approach every challenge, large or small, with a high level of sophistication, innovation, passion and creativity. We are dedicated to continuously seeking strategic advantages for our clients.
COJK effectively builds and maintains strong, long-term relationships with our clients by defending and encouraging their ideas and the inventions upon which their businesses are based.
COJK also maintains strong ties worldwide with other leading intellectual property law firms to ensure the best legal protection in foreign markets.This global network of law firms and patent and trademark offices is built upon years of experience in successfully meeting our clients' needs both domestically and internationally. These relationships are further strengthened by our diverse workforce, which is collectively fluent in many languages and able to provide an excellent rapport with our clients, their communication needs and cultural sensitivities.
Our Culture
Christensen O'Connor Johnson Kindness enjoys a firm culture produced by a management ethos that emphasizes teamwork, effective communications and a healthy balance between work and family life. We take great pride in our ability to provide excellent service to our clients and further the opportunities of our attorneys and staff for professional and personal growth. Furthermore, our firm's diverse population enables us to foster positive and varied perspectives leading to innovative solutions for our clients and workforce. Our cultural awareness and sensitivity is extremely well established by our long term and familiar relationships with our foreign associates and local, regional, and world-wide clients. We relish our opportunities to interact with individuals from different cultures, who often speak a foreign language and may employ novel methods of conducting business. We pursue and readily engage in professional and cultural exchanges to further our ability to serve our clients throughout the Pacific Rim, Europe, and the Americas. This perspective of cultural curiosity and acceptance permeates our firm with a willingness to serve our clients with the utmost flexibility and respect for their needs and sensitivities.
