Lippes Mathias LLP partner Matthew D. Asbell, a member of the firm’s intellectual property practice team, has been named a leading practitioner in the copyright category in the Lexology Index: IP 2026 report. Asbell received a ranking of Index Highly Recommended. 

Lexology Index: IP is an in-depth guide to the international intellectual property legal market. The report recognizes the foremost patents, trademarks, and copyright lawyers around the world who stand out for their excellence in both contentious and transactional matters, with expertise covering a wide range of industry sectors. The guide also identifies prominent patent and trademark agents and attorneys for their strong expertise in preparing, filing, and prosecuting applications. 

About Matthew D. Asbell 

Matthew D. Asbell is a partner and member of Lippes Mathias’ intellectual property team. With extensive knowledge and background in information technology, entertainment, medicine, and a range of other fields, Asbell works comfortably and efficiently with clients in diverse industries. His passion for his work in intellectual property arises from a deep appreciation for creativity, whether in the form of invention, design, expression, or branding and marketing. He assists clients in clearing, obtaining, enforcing, and defending trademark, patent, design and copyrights in the United States and throughout the world, while also advising on domain names, social media and related issues. 

Prior to becoming a lawyer, Asbell developed a broad base of knowledge and expertise in roles he held across various industries, managing emerging singer-songwriters and recording artists, training corporate employees in software applications, and at one point, studying medicine. 

Asbell serves as an adjunct professor of law and frequent guest lecturer at Fordham University and The Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law (Yeshiva University), and has taught at Columbia University and the Instituto Superior de Derecho y Economia (ISDE) in Madrid, Spain. He regularly mentors new lawyers and law students. 

Asbell is the host of INTANGIFY, a weekly podcast on the intangible aspects of business. He co-chairs the intellectual property alumni practice group of Cardozo Law and runs the Steadfast group, an international network of intellectual property practitioners. He also chairs and serves as an active member in bar association committees in the American Bar Association Section of Intellectual Property Law and the International Trademark Association. Asbell frequently appears in the media to discuss significant cases and topics relevant to his area of practice and regularly authors articles for journals and publications. 

About Lippes Mathias LLP 

Lippes Mathias is a full-service law firm ranked among the top 200 law firms in the U.S. by size, with nearly 230 attorneys serving clients regionally, nationally, and internationally. With offices in Buffalo, Clarence, Albany, Long Island, New York, Rochester, Syracuse, and Saratoga Springs, N.Y.; Greater Toronto Area; Chicago, Ill.; Jacksonville, Tampa Bay, and West Palm Beach, Fla.; Cleveland, Ohio; San Antonio, Texas; Oklahoma City, Okla. and Washington, D.C., the firm represents publicly and privately-owned companies, private equity and venture capital firms, independent sponsors, real estate developers, financial institutions, municipalities, governmental entities, and individuals.