About

Founded in 2013, Navigating IP is an award-winning firm focused on providing representation, mediation and collaborative counseling services for matters involving intellectual property.  The firm’s founder, Michael J. Powell, began his career practicing construction litigation where alternative dispute resolution (ADR), including both mediation and arbitration, was an accepted means for efficient resolution of construction disputes.   With a need to utilize his physics background more frequently in the practice of law, Mr. Powell began practicing intellectual property law in the early 1990’s and became a registered patent attorney in 1995.   Mr. Powell continued litigating intellectual property cases in trial and appellate courts across the country for clients involved in numerous industries and technologies. With award winning experience handling intellectual property matters and litigation in both large and small firms, Mr. Powell founded Navigating IP to provide clients representation, mediation and collaborative counseling services for their intellectual property matters.

Baker Donelson

In 2000, Mr. Powell and his colleagues at an intellectual property boutique firm founded the Intellectual Property practice group for Baker Donelson. Mr. Powell, as the Managing Shareholder of the firm’s Atlanta office, was instrumental in helping Baker Donelson grow to more than 600 lawyers throughout the Southeastern United States.

  • Georgia Super Lawyers - Law & Politics Magazine2016
  • Ranked a Tier 1 "Best Law Firm for Copyright Law" (Metro - Georgia) - U.S. News & World Report and Best Lawyers2016
  • Listed in Best Lawyers in America - Best Lawyers2016
  • Georgia Super Lawyers - Top 100 - Law & Politics Magazine2015
  • Ranked a Tier 1 "Best Law Firm for Copyright Law" (Metro - Georgia) - U.S. News & World Report and Best Lawyers - 2015
  • Listed in Best Lawyers in America - Best Lawyers 2015
  • Georgia Super Lawyers - Law & Politics Magazine - 2014
  • Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business - Chambers - 2014
  • Listed in Best Lawyers in America - Best Lawyers - 2014
  • Georgia Legal Elite - Georgia Trend Magazine - 2013
  • Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business - Chambers - 2013
  • Georgia Super Lawyers - Law & Politics Magazine - 2013
  • Listed in Best Lawyers in America - Best Lawyers - 2013
  • Georgia Legal Elite - Georgia Trend Magazine - 2012
  • Georgia Super Lawyers - Top 100 - Law & Politics Magazine - 2012
  • Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business - Chambers - 2012
  • Georgia's Legal Elite - Georgia Trend Magazine - 2011
  • Georgia Super Lawyers - Top 100 - Law & Politics Magazine - 2011
  • Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business - Chambers & Partners USA Guide - 2011
  • Georgia's Legal Elite - Georgia Trend Magazine - 2010
  • Pro Bono Volunteer of the Year - Southface Energy Institute - 2010
  • Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business - Chambers & Partners USA - 2010
  • Georgia Super Lawyers - Top 100 - Law & Politics Magazine - 2010
  • Georgia's Legal Elite - Georgia Trend Magazine - 2009
  • Georgia Super Lawyers - Law & Politics Magazine - 2009
  • Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business - Chambers & Partners USA - 2009
  • Georgia's Legal Elite - Georgia Trend Magazine - 2007
  • Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business - Chambers & Partners USA - 2007