Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox showed its love for its lawyers and staff with its annual Valentine's Day "Warm Your Heart" event on Thursday.

Here, Sterne Kessler electronics group director Joseph Mutschelknaus, trademark, advertising, and anti-counterfeiting practice head Monica Riva Talley, electronics group director Michelle Holoubek, COO Robert Burger, and biotechnology/chemical group director Tim Shea serve gourmet soup (to warm both heart and belly).

Legal recruiting manager Emily Busse and secretarial manager Minelva Mitchell also served bowls of soup, which folks could enjoy with artisan bread and heart-shaped pats of butter, and Cocoa Vienna chocolate.

Office services and facilities manager Tony Davis also enjoyed the pre-Valentine's Day lunch at the firm's 1100 New York Ave office. (To see more of the modern space, which the IP boutique fully renovated in 2014, look at Bisnow's office tour with COO Rob Burger and managing director Mike Ray.)