Areas of Practice Emphasis

• Intellectual Property
• Patent Litigation
• Gaming

Representative Clients

• Ford Motor Company
• Boeing Corporation
• GE Medical
• Owens Corning
• Pfizer
• Guardian Industries
• Federal Mogul

Prominent Assignments

• Provide client counseling regarding intellectual property matters, including trademarks, copyrights, unfair competition and trade secrets
• U.S. and International Practice
• Argued Patent-Trade Dress Case Before U.S. Supreme Court
• Represented numerous Fortune 500 companies relative to
  Patent and Trademark issues and litigation
  
• Argued over 30 cases before the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals
  and other Circuit Courts of Appeal throughout the U.S.
  
• Successfully enforced patent rights in jury trials in Federal District Courts
• Helped train Federal District Court Judges on IP law and practice
• Helped companies protect and enforce their IP rights for over 30 years

Education

• J.D., University of Michigan, 1968
• B.S. Aerospace Engineering, University of Michigan 1965

Admitted to Practice

• New York, 1969
• Michigan, 1969
• U.S. District Courts - ED and WD MI, OR, MN, MS
• U.S. District Courts - ND IL, SD NY, CD CA
• U.S. Courts of Appeals - Sixth, Seventh, and Ninth Circuit
• U.S. Courts of Appeals - Federal Circuit
• U.S. Supreme Court
• U.S. Patent Office

Professional and Community Involvement

• Member of management committees of IP boutique firms
• Past President - Michigan Patent Law Association
• Member
  - Michigan State Bar
  - New York State Bar
  - American Intellectual Property Law Association
  - Intellectual Property Owners Association
  - Michigan Intellectual Property Law Association
  
• Past Member PTC Counsel of State Bar of Michigan
• Frequent lecturer on patent, trade dress, and trademark issues at IP conferences and Bar Association meetings