MEMBERS OF THE FIRM
V. James Adduci, II (Member) born Dayton, Ohio, 1950; admitted to bar, 1975, Illinois; 1976, District of Columbia; 1982, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Virginia and U.S. Court of International Trade; 1993, U.S. Supreme Court and U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. Education: University of Colorado (B.A., 1972); John Marshall Law School (J.D., 1975). Author: "When Imports Cause Patent Headaches, There is Relief," The Washington Business Journal (January 2002). Co-Author: "Everybody Comes to the ITC," IP Supplement to the Legal Times, July 2005; "Hi-Tech's New Best Friend: Section 337 and the Enforcement of the U.S. Intellectual Property Rights Against Importers of Hi-Tech Merchandise," North America Free Trade & Investment Report, Vol. 10, No. 3 (February 2000); "Unfair Import Competition: Section 337 of The Tariff Act of 1930, as Amended By The Trade Act of 1974," Law and Practice of United States Regulation of International Trade Oceana Publications (June 1987). Attorney, U.S. International Trade Commission, 1975-1977. Member, U.S. Delegation to the Multilateral Trade Negotiations, Geneva, Switzerland, 1977-1978. Member: District of Columbia Bar (Member, Sections on International and Intellectual Property Law); Virginia State Bar; Illinois State, Federal (Member, International Law Section) and American (Member, Sections on Administrative and International Law) Bar Associations; Federal Circuit Bar Association (Member, Board of Governors, 2004-2006); Customs and International Trade Bar; American Intellectual Property Law Association; International Trade Commission Trial Lawyers Association; Washington International Trade Association. Practice Areas: International Trade Regulation; Customs Law; Intellectual Property Litigation; Appellate Practice; Intellectual Property Enforcement.Email: V. James Adduci, II
Louis S. Mastriani (Member) born New York, N.Y., 1950; admitted to bar, 1976, California; 1978, Wisconsin; 1981, U.S. Court of International Trade; 1982, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit; 1984, District of Columbia; 1986, New York; 1990, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit; 1991, U.S. Claims Court; 1992, U.S. Supreme Court; 1994, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit; 1995, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit. Education: Marquette University (B.A., 1972); Whittier College (J.D., 1976). Co-Author: "Border Enforcement Systems Against IPR Infringing Goods in the United States," Japan Institute of Intellectual Property White Paper (January, 2006); "U.S. Antidumping Law As Applied to Cases Involving Goods From the People's Republic of China," Seminar on the Role of Patent Protection and Antidumping Law in Doing Business With the United States, Beijing and Shanghai, China (May, 2005); "Antidumping Law: Issues and Applications in High Technology Industries," The Licensing Journal (August, 2003). Author: "Turning the Tables: How Japanese Companies Are Using the U.S. Legal System to Their Advantage," Journal of Japanese Trade & Industry, Vol. 16, No. 2 (March, 1997); "U.S. Administrative Procedures for Protection from Unfair Import Competition: The Revitalization of Section 337," and "United States Antidumping Law and Practice: The Impact of Implementation of the GATT Uruguay Round Agreement," Symposium on U.S. Trade Regulation, Stockholm, Sweden (February, 1995); "Antidumping Law: Issues and Applications in High Tech Industries," Computer Law Reporter, Vol. 13, Nos. 2 & 3 (April/May, 1991); "Section 337 Practice: Recent Trends and Developments," New Matter, Vol. 11, No. 3 (1986-1988). Bi-National Panelist and Chairman, North American Free Trade Agreement, 1996-2005. Legal Advisor to Vice Chairman, 1977, Senior Investigative Attorney, U.S. International Trade Commission, 1978-1981. Member: The District of Columbia Bar; State Bar of California; New York State, Federal Circuit and American (Member, Sections on International Law and Litigation) Bar Associations; International Trade Commission Trial Lawyers Association; Washington International Trade Association. Practice Areas: International Trade Regulation; Intellectual Property Litigation; Antidumping; Countervailing Duties; Unfair Competition; Intellectual Property Licensing; Customs Law; Export Regulation; Appellate Practice.Email: Louis S. Mastriani
Tom M. Schaumberg (Member) born Amsterdam, Holland, 1938; admitted to bar, 1964, Ohio; 1968, District of Columbia; 1972, U.S. Supreme Court; 1975, Maryland; 1983, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. Education: University of Paris, France and Yale University (B.A., 1960); Harvard Law School (LL.B., 1963). Post Graduate Study, University of Frankfurt, Germany, 1963-1964. Author: "Section 337: A Thoroughly International IP Statute," IP Law 360, May 2008; "Advantages of International Trade Commission Practice: Gaining an Edge over Infringing Imports," The Computer & Internet Lawyer, February 2008. Co-Author: "Advantages of a Section 337 Investigation at the US International Trade Commission," IP Litigator, May/June 2006; "The Digital Millennium Copyright Act at the US International Trade Commission," IP Litigator, Volume 10, No. 4, July/August, 2004; "United States Prohibitions Against Unfair Imports - A Brief Overview of Practice Under Section 337," The California International Practitioner, Vol. 10, No. 2, 2000; "A Revitalized Section 337 To Prohibit Unfairly Traded Imports," Journal of the Patent and Trademark Office Society, Vol. 77, No. 3, March 1995; "The ITC as a Forum for Protecting Intellectual Property Rights," American Intellectual Property Law Association Selected Legal Papers, Vol. VI, No. 2, December 1988; "Section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930 as an Antitrust Remedy," The Antitrust Bulletin, Vol. XXVII, No. l, Spring, 1982. Attorney, Merger Division, Bureau of Restraint of Trade, Federal Trade Commission, 1964-1967. Panelist, United States-Canada Free-Trade Agreement, 1990-1995. Member: International Trade Commission Trial Lawyers Association (President, 1984-1985; Member, Executive Committee, 1987); American Intellectual Property Law Association (Chair, Committee on the International Trade Commission, 2007); Intellectual Property Owners Association (Vice Chair, International Trade Commission, Committee, 2004-2006); Federal Circuit Bar Association; District of Columbia Bar (Member, Intellectual Property Law Section); American Bar Association (Member, Intellectual Property Law Section). Languages: German, French, Dutch. Practice Areas: International Trade; Intellectual Property Litigation; Intellectual Property Enforcement.Email: Tom M. Schaumberg
Harvey B. Fox (Member) born Baltimore, Maryland; admitted to bar, 1966, Maryland; 1969, U.S. Supreme Court; 1981, U.S. Court of International Trade; 1983, District of Columbia; 1990, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit; 2000, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Education: University of Baltimore School of Law (J.D., 1964). President, Customs Lawyers Association, 1989-1995. Attorney, United States Customs Service, 1966-1973. Director: Regulations and Legal Publications Division, 1973-1977; Entry Procedures and Penalties Division, 1977-1980; Classification and Value Division, 1980-1986; Office of Regulations and Rulings, 1986-1995. Member: District of Columbia Bar; American Bar Association (Member, Sections on Administrative and International Law); Federal Bar Association; Customs & International Trade Bar; Customs Lawyers Association; Washington International Trade Association. Practice Areas: Customs Law; International Trade; International Business; Federal Litigation; Intellectual Property Enforcement.Email: Harvey B. Fox
Will E. Leonard (Member) born Shreveport, Louisiana; admitted to bar, 1958, Louisiana; 1962, U.S. Supreme Court; 1963, District of Columbia; 1982, U.S. Court of International Trade and U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. Education: Tulane University of Louisiana (B.A., 1956; LL.B., 1958); Harvard University (LL.M., 1966). Phi Beta Kappa; Omicron Delta Kappa. Member, Moot Court, 1958. Co-Author: "Section 337: A Familiar Road Into Strange Country," AIPLA Quarterly Journal, Vol. 12 No. 4, 1984; "The Metamorphosis of the U.S. International Trade Commission Under the Trade Act of 1974," Virginia Journal of International Law, Vol. 16, 1976. Legislative Assistant to Senator Russell B. Long, 1960-1966. Professional Staff Member, U.S. Senate Committee on Finance, 1966-1968. Commissioner, 1968-1977 and Chairman, 1975-1976, U.S. International Trade Commission. Former Chairman, Standing Committee on Customs, American Bar Association. Member: District of Columbia Bar; Louisiana State Bar Association. Practice Areas: International Trade; Customs Law; Government Relations; Unfair Competition; Intellectual Property Enforcement.Email: Will E. Leonard
Munford Page Hall, II (Member) born Washington, D.C.; admitted to bar, 1980, District of Columbia; 1981, U.S. District Court, District of Columbia, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit and U.S. Court of International Trade; 1988, U.S. Supreme Court; 1992, Virginia, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Virginia and U.S. Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit; 1996, U.S. Court of Federal Claims. Education: Duke University (B.A., 1970); American University (M.A., 1980; J.D., magna cum laude, 1980). Editor-in-Chief, American University Law Review, 1979-1980. Member: The District of Columbia Bar (Member, International Law Section); Federal Circuit Bar Association (Former President); Customs and International Trade Bar Association(Treasurer). [Officer, United States Air Force, 1970-1977]. Practice Areas: International Trade Law; Customs Law; Civil Litigation; Intellectual Property Enforcement.
Michael L. Doane (Member) born Columbia, Missouri, 1964; admitted to bar, 1990, Washington; 1992, Ohio; 1993, District of Columbia; 1998, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Kent State University (B.A., cum laude, 1986); University of Washington (M.A., 1990; J.D., with honors, 1990); Georgetown University (LL.M., with distinction, 1994). Co-Author: "The Digital Millennium Copyright Act at the US International Trade Commission," IP Litigator, Volume 10, No.4 (July/August 2004). Author: "Green Light Subsides: Technology Policy in International Trade," Syracuse Journal of International Law and Commerce, Vol. 21 (Spring 1995); "Trips and International Intellectual Property Protection in an Age of Advancing Technology," The American University Journal of International Law and Policy, Vol. 9, No. 2 (Winter 1994). Member: District of Columbia Bar; Washington State, Ohio State and Federal Circuit Bar Associations; International Trade Commission Trial Lawyers Association (President, 2007; Executive Committee, 2001; Member, 1995); Washington International Trade Association. Practice Areas: International Trade Regulation; Intellectual Property Litigation; Unfair Competition; Intellectual Property Enforcement.Email: Michael L. Doane
Sarah E. Hamblin (Member) admitted to bar, 2000, Virginia; 2003, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit; 2004, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Virginia; 2007, District of Columbia; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: Mary Washington College (B.S., 1991); The Catholic University of America, Columbus School of Law (J.D., 2000). Member: Virginia State Bar; International Trade Commission Trial Lawyers Association (Member, Executive Committee, 2006; Membership Chair, 2007). Languages: French. Practice Areas: Intellectual Property Litigation; International Trade.Email: Sarah E. Hamblin
Jamie D. Underwood (Member) admitted to bar, 1998, Maryland; 2001, District of Columbia; U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia; U.S. Court of Appeals, Second and Federal Circuits; U.S. Court of International Trade. Education: University of Illinois (B.A.); American University, Washington College of Law (J.D., magna cum laude). Law Clerk to Honorable Frank Q. Nebeker, Chief Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims. Law Clerk to Honorable Truman A. Morrison, III, Superior Court of the District of Columbia. Dean's Fellow. Recipient, T. Morton MacDonald Scholarship Award for Excellence in Legal Research. Member: District of Columbia Bar (Member, Intellectual Property Law Section; Community Outreach Coordinator, 2008); Federal Circuit Bar Association (Chair, Membership Committee, 2006-2007); International Trade Commission Trial Lawyers Association (Lead Editor, ITCTLA Section 337 Reporter, 2008; Federal Circuit Editor, ITCTLA Section 337 Reporter, 2005-2008); Intellectual Property Owners Association (Member, Litigation Committee, 2006); Public International Law and Policy Group (Member, Advisor Board). Languages: German. Practice Areas: Intellectual Property Litigation; International Trade; Intellectual Property Enforcement.
COUNSEL
William C. Sjoberg (Counsel) born Rochester, Minnesota, 1960; admitted to bar, 1991, Texas; 1992, District of Columbia; 1997, U.S. Court of International Trade; 1998, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. Education: University of Texas at Austin (B.B.A., 1982; M.A., 1985); Texas Tech University School of Law (J.D., 1990). Co-Author: "Everybody Comes to the ITC," IP Supplement to the Legal Times (July, 2005); "China Textile Safeguard: Process Effect," Textile World (December, 2004); "U.S. Trade with Newly Industrialized Countries," LBJ School of Public Affairs Policy Research Project, No. 72, 1986; "The United States' Generalized System of Preferences: Creation and Graduation," The LBJ School of Public Affairs, The University of Texas at Austin, 1985. Import Compliance Specialist, Import Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1991-1995. Member: The District of Columbia Bar (Member, International Law Section); State Bar of Texas (inactive); International Trade Commission Trial Lawyers Association; Washington International Trade Association. Practice Areas: International Trade; Customs Law; Export Compliance; Intellectual Property Enforcement.Email: William C. Sjoberg
Andrew F. Pratt (Counsel) admitted to bar, 1998, Washington; 2003, Illinois; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. (Not admitted in District of Columbia). Education: University of Washington (B.S., 1993); Temple University (J.D., 1998). Member: Illinois and Washington State Bar Association; American Intellectual Property Law Association; Norwegian American Business Forum; ITC Trial Lawyers Association. Languages: Norwegian. Practice Areas: Intellectual Property Litigation.
Jonathan J. Engler (Counsel) born Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; admitted to bar, 1998, Maryland; 1999, District of Columbia; 2000, U.S. Court of International Trade; 2002, U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit. Education: Johns Hopkins University (B.A., cum laude, 1990); Georgetown University Law Center (J.D., cum laude, 1997). Attorney, Office of General Counsel, U.S. International Trade Commission, 2005-2009. Senior Attorney, Office of General Counsel, U.S. Department of Commerce, 2002-2005. Member: ITC Trial Lawyers Association. Languages: French. Practice Areas: International Trade; Intellectual Property Enforcement; Intellectual Property Litigation.Email: Jonathan J. Engler
ASSOCIATES
Ian A. Taronji (Associate) born Washington, D.C., 1971; admitted to bar, 2000, Michigan and U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan; 2003, Ohio (inactive) and U.S. District Court, Western District of Michigan; 2007, U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit; 2008, District of Columbia. Education: University of Michigan (B.A., 1994); Wayne State University Law School (J.D., 2000). Member: District of Columbia Bar; State Bar of Michigan; ITC Trial Lawyers Association; American Intellectual Property Law Association (Member, ITC Committee); Hispanic National Bar Association. Languages: Spanish. Practice Areas: Intellectual Property Litigation.
Patricia Larios (Associate) admitted to bar, 2006, New Jersey; 2007, New York; 2008, District of Columbia; U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit. Education: Columbia University (B.A., 2001); New York University (M.A., Spanish Language and Culture, 2003); American University Washington College of Law (J.D., 2006). Author: "The U.S. International Trade Commission's Growing Role in the Global Economy," 8 J. Marshall L. Rev. 290, 2009; "The Fight at the Soda Machine: Analyzing the Sweetener Trade Dispute Between the United States and Mexico Before the World Trade Organization," 20 Am. U. Int'l L. Rev. 649, 2005. Member: ITC Trial Lawyers Association; American Intellectual Property Law Association (Member, ITC Committee); Hispanic National Bar Association. Languages: Spanish. Practice Areas: International Trade; Intellectual Property Litigation; Intellectual Property Enforcement.Email: Patricia Larios
Qian Sheng (Associate) born Shangrao, Jiangxi Province, China; admitted to bar, 2007, New York. (Not admitted in District of Columbia). Education: Beijing University School of Law, China (LL.B., 2001); Tsinghua University School of Law, China (Masters of Law degree in International Business Law, 2004); George Washington University, School of Law (LL.M., International and Comparative Law, 2006). Member: American Bar Association; ITC Trial Lawyers Association. Languages: Mandarin. Practice Areas: International Trade; Intellectual Property Litigation.
David H. Hollander, Jr. (Associate) born Baltimore, Maryland; admitted to bar, 1991, Maryland; 2008, District of Columbia. Education: Towson University (B.S., 1984); University of Maryland, School of Law (J.D., 1991); George Washington University Law School (LL.M., Intellectual Property Law, 2001). Investigative Attorney, U.S. International Trade Commission, 2001-2007. Member: ITC Trial Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Intellectual Property Litigation.Email: David H. Hollander, Jr.
Katherine R. Lahnstein-Bertocci (Associate) born Fort Benning, Georgia; admitted to bar, 2003, Georgia; 2007, District of Columbia; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: University of Virginia (B.A., 2000); University of Georgia (J.D., cum laude, 2003). Member: America Bar Association; ITC Trial Lawyers Association. Languages: German. Practice Areas: Intellectual Property Litigation.
Pamela L. Van Dort (Associate) admitted to bar, 2008, California. (Not admitted in District of Columbia). Education: Hope College (B.A., summa cum laude); The George Washington University Law School (J.D.). Member: American Bar Association; ITC Trial Lawyers Association; American Intellectual Property Law Association. Languages: Spanish. Practice Areas: Intellectual Property Litigation; International Trade.Email: Pamela L. Van Dort
Daniel Felix Smith (Associate) born Johnstown, Pennsylvania, June 9, 1977; admitted to bar, 2007, Pennsylvania; 2008, District of Columbia and U.S. Court of Federal Claims. Education: Grove City College (B.S.S.E., 1999); Catholic University of America (J.D., magna cum laude, 2007). Member: ITC Trial Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Intellectual Property Litigation.Email: Daniel Felix Smith
OF COUNSEL
John C. Steinberger (Of Counsel) admitted to bar, 1988, Maryland; 1989, District of Columbia and U.S. Court of International Trade; 1991, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit; 1993, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: University of Cincinnati (B.A., magna cum laude, 1985); Harvard Law School (J.D., 1988); University of North Carolina (B.S., Biology, 2009). Member: District of Columbia Bar. Practice Areas: International Trade Regulation; Antidumping; Countervailing Duties; Customs Law; Litigation; Appellate Practice.
Paul G. Hegland (Of Counsel) born Fargo, North Dakota, 1943; admitted to bar, 1971, Minnesota; 2000, District of Columbia and U.S. Court of International Trade. Education: University of Minnesota (B.A., 1968; J.D., 1971). Member: Washington International Trade Association. Practice Areas: Customs Law; International Trade.