Statement of Practice

Townsend and Townsend and Crew LLP offers a full range of intellectual property services: Antitrust and Unfair Competition; Biotechnology and Chemistry Patent Prosecution and Litigation; Complex Commercial Litigation; Electronics and Software Patent Prosecution and Litigation; Internet and Domain Name; Medical and Mechanical Devices Patent Prosecution and Litigation; Patent Interference; Software Performance Litigation; Technology Licensing and Contract Disputes; Trade Secret Litigation and Trademark and Copyright Prosecution and Litigation.

Address

12730 High Bluff Drive, Suite 400
San Diego, CA 92130, (San Diego Co.)

Phone

Phone: 858-350-6100
Fax: 858-350-6111

Website

http://www.townsend.com

Firm/Affiliate Offices

(For complete firm personnel and Biographical data, see Professional Biographies San Francisco, California)

MEMBERS OF FIRM

Shane H. Hunter (Partner) born 1967; admitted to bar, 1996, California; 1997, Massachusetts; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: Kettering University (formerly GMI Engineering & Management Institute)(B.S.E.E., cum laude, 1990); University of California at Los Angeles (M.S., 1993; J.D., 1996). Practice Areas: Electronic Intellectual Property; Electrical Intellectual Property; Mechanical Intellectual Property; Medical Intellectual Property; International Intellectual Property; Intellectual Property Procurement; Intellectual Property Licensing; Intellectual Property Litigation; Intellectual Property Infringement.

Iris S. Mitrakos (Member) born Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, March 8, 1966; admitted to bar, 1990, Florida; 1997, California. Education: University of Florida (B.A., 1987; J.D., with honors, 1990). Judicial Law Clerk/Attorney Advisor, United States Department of Labor Office of Administrative Law Judges. Member: State Bar of California; The Florida Bar. Practice Areas: Complex Business Litigation; Intellectual Property; Unfair Competition; Contract Litigation.

ASSOCIATES

Elham Steiner (Associate) born Rezaiyeh, Iran, 1974; admitted to bar, 2002, New York; 2007, California. Education: University of California, San Diego (B.S., Molecular Biology, 1996); Duke University (J.D., 2001). Member: State Bar of California. Languages: Farsi and Azari. Practice Areas: Intellectual Property.

Edward D. Robinson (Associate) born 1959; admitted to bar, 2003, California; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: Rowan University (B.S., magna cum laude, 1981); University of Delaware (Ph.D., 1987); University of San Diego (J.D., 2002). Member: State Bar of California; San Diego Intellectual Property Law Association; American Chemical Society. Practice Areas: Biotechnology; Chemistry.

Steven A. Raney (Associate) born 1969; admitted to bar, 1996, Washington; 2006, California; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: University of Puget Sound (B.A., Business Administration, magna cum laude, 1992; B.A., Philosophy, magna cum laude, 1992); University of Washington School of Law, (J.D., 1996); Washington State University (B.S., Electrical Engineering, summa cum laude, 2004). Member: American Bar Association; Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). Practice Areas: Electronics and Software.

SPECIAL COUNSEL

David A. Hall (Special Counsel) born 1956; admitted to bar, 1984, California; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: University of Arizona (B.S., Systems Engineering, 1977); University of Southern California (J.D., 1984). Practice Areas: Electronics and Software.

Kenneth E. Jenkins (Special Counsel) born Fort Worth, Texas, April 15, 1972; admitted to bar, 2002, California; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: University of Texas (B.S., Biochemistry, with honors, 1994); University of Colorado (Ph.D., Biochemistry, 1999); University of California, Hastings College of the Law (J.D., 2002). Practice Areas: Biotechnology; Chemistry.