McAndrews, Held & Malloy and founding partners recognized by Chambers USA as intellectual property law leaders (2007) Chambers USA, a prestigious independent-research-based directory and one of the most widely cited referral sources for legal services in the United States, recognized McAndrews, Held & Malloy as a leading intellectual property law firm in Illinois in 2007, noting that the firm’s attorneys’ backgrounds result in “greater depth from top to bottom.” Firm founding partners Timothy J. Malloy and George P. McAndrews also were recognized by Chambers as among the state’s top intellectual property attorneys.