|
|
Address
5445 Corporate Drive, Suite 200
Troy, Michigan 48098 (Oakland Co.)
Average Client Review Rating
Rating not available
Average Peer Review Rating
4.7
out of 5
 Accepts Credit Cards (Main Office) Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C. is one of the nation's largest intellectual property law firms, and is internationally known, operating globally since the 1920s in representing client intellectual property interests in the U.S. and all major foreign markets. The firm is now the oldest and largest intellectual property law firm in its headquarters state of Michigan. The firm has intellectual property attorneys with engineering or science degrees. Their technical disciplines range from mechanical engineering, electrical engineering and chemical engineering to the computer sciences and genetics, as well as materials and metallurgical engineering, chemistry, physics, biochemistry and agricultural engineering. Statement of PracticePatent, Trademark, Copyright, Unfair Competition, Computer Law, Trade Secrets, Trade Regulation. Trial and Appellate Practice in State and Federal Courts. Firm Size: 115
Representative Clients:American Axle & Manufacturing Inc.
The Black & Decker Corporation
Biomet Inc.
Denso Corporation
Emerson Electric Co.
Textron Inc.
General Motors Corporation
Marvell Semiconductor Inc.
Seiko Epson Corporation.
Rate InformationAccepts Major Credit Cards
Address5445 Corporate Drive, Suite 200
Troy, MI 48098, (Oakland Co.)
PhonePhone: 248-641-1600
Telefacsimile: 248-641-0270
Websitehttp://www.hdp.com
Firm/Affiliate OfficesClayton, Missouri: 7700 Bonhomme Suite 400. Telephone: 314-726-7500. Telefacsimile: 314-726-7501.
Portland, Oregon: Columbia Square 111 S.W. Columbia Street Suite 710. Telephone: 503-274-2200. Telefacsimile: 503-274-2209.
Reston, Virginia: 11730 Plaza America Drive Suite 600. Telephone: 703-668-8000. Telefacsimile: 703-668-8200.
J. King Harness (1897-1977).
Arthur W. Dickey (1897-1964).
Hodgson S. Pierce (1896-1947).
H. Keith Miller (Principal) born Zeeland, Michigan, November 1, 1940; admitted to bar, 1968, Michigan; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: University of Michigan (B.S.M.E., 1962); University of Detroit (J.D., 1967). Practice Areas: Patent, Trademark and Intellectual Property.Email: H. Keith Miller
Christopher M. Brock (Principal) born Detroit, Michigan, August 21, 1951; admitted to bar, 1975, Michigan; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: University of Michigan (B.S.E.E., 1972); University of Detroit (J.D., 1975). Practice Areas: Patent, Trademark and Intellectual Property; Patent Licensing; Electronic Commerce; Contracts; Intellectual Property; Due Diligence; International Intellectual Property.Email: Christopher M. Brock
Paul A. Keller (Principal) born Bucyrus, Ohio, August 12, 1954; admitted to bar, 1980, Michigan; U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan; U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit; U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: University of Cincinnati (B.S.C.E.E., magna cum laude, 1977); University of Michigan (J.D., cum laude, 1980). Tau Beta Pi; Chi Epsilon. Practice Areas: Patents; Trademarks; Intellectual Property; Copyrights; Patent Licensing; Electronic Commerce; Intellectual Property Portfolio Management; Unfair Competition; Contracts; Due Diligence; International Intellectual Property; Intellectual Property Litigation; Intellectual Property Arbitration.Email: Paul A. Keller
G. Gregory Schivley (Principal) born Dayton, Ohio, December 24, 1949; admitted to bar, 1977, New York; 1978, Michigan; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: Ohio University (B.S.E.E., cum laude, 1972); Wayne State University (J.D., cum laude, 1976). Tau Beta Pi; Eta Kappa Nu; Omicron Delta Kappa. Lecturer, EPO and AIPLA. Guest, WDIV's "Due Process". Certified Panelist, National Patent Board; Arbitrator, American Arbitration Association. Practice Areas: Patents; Trademarks; Intellectual Property; False Advertising; Intellectual Property Arbitration; Internet Trademark Law; Software Licensing; Copyright Registration; Computer Law.Email: G. Gregory Schivley
Gregory A. Stobbs (Principal) born Columbus, Ohio, February 13, 1951; admitted to bar, 1976, Ohio; 1983, Michigan; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: Ohio State University (B.S.E.E., summa cum laude, 1973; J.D., 1976). Tau Beta Pi; Eta Kappa Nu. Author: Software Patents, Aspen Law & Business (treatise). Practice Areas: Patent; Trademark; Copyright; Intellectual Property; Computers and Software.Email: Gregory A. Stobbs
Michael P. Brennan (Principal) born Detroit, Michigan, March 14, 1954; admitted to bar, 1981, Ohio; 1985, Michigan; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: Aquinas College (B.S., Chem., cum laude, 1976; B.S., Biology, cum laude, 1976); University of Detroit (J.D., magna cum laude, 1981). Member: State Bar of Michigan; American Bar Association; American Intellectual Property Law Association; Michigan Intellectual Property Law Association. Practice Areas: Patent, Trademark and Intellectual Property; Chemical Intellectual Property; Intellectual Property Arbitration; Intellectual Property Licensing; Intellectual Property Litigation; New Media Law; Pharmaceutical Intellectual Property Law.Email: Michael P. Brennan
Gordon K. Harris, Jr. (Principal) born Gallipolis, Ohio, October 20, 1942; admitted to bar, 1978, Ohio and Michigan; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: Ohio State University (B.E.E., summa cum laude, 1965); Massachusetts Institute of Technology (S.M.E.E., 1966); Ohio State University (J.D., 1977). Eta Kappa Nu; Tau Beta Pi; Sigma Xi. Practice Areas: Patent, Trademark and Intellectual Property.Email: Gordon K. Harris, Jr.
Stephen J. Foss (Principal) born Ann Arbor, Michigan, July 11, 1955; admitted to bar, 1983, Illinois; 1985, Michigan; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: University of Michigan (B.S.E., 1977); Massachusetts Institute of Technology (S.M., 1980); University of Michigan (J.D., 1983). Practice Areas: Patent, Trademark and Intellectual Property.Email: Stephen J. Foss
W. R. Duke Taylor (Principal) born Akron, Ohio, September 2, 1958; admitted to bar, 1984, Ohio; 1985, Michigan; 1995, District of Columbia; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: University of Akron (B.S.M.E., 1981; B.S., 1981; J.D., 1984). Delta Theta Phi. Practice Areas: Patents; Trademarks; Intellectual Property.Email: W. R. Duke Taylor
Philip E. Rettig (Principal) born Garden City, Michigan, February 12, 1960; admitted to bar, 1988, Michigan and U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, 1989. Education: General Motors Institute (B.S.M.E., 1983); Detroit College of Law (J.D., cum laude, 1988). Member, Detroit College of Law Review, 1987-1988. Practice Areas: Intellectual Property; Patents; Trademarks.Email: Philip E. Rettig
Mark D. Elchuk (Principal) born Detroit, Michigan, September 11, 1960; admitted to bar, 1989, Michigan and U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan. Education: Wayne State University (B.S.E.E.T., 1983); Detroit College of Law (J.D., cum laude, 1988). Member, Detroit College of Law Review, 1987-1988. Practice Areas: Patent, Trademark and Intellectual Property.Email: Mark D. Elchuk
Michael J. Schmidt (Principal) born Bay City, Michigan, December 25, 1948; admitted to bar, 1983, Michigan; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: General Motors Institute (B.S.M.E., 1971); Wayne State University (J.D., 1983). Practice Areas: Patent, Trademark and Intellectual Property.Email: Michael J. Schmidt
Lisabeth H. Coakley (Principal) born Long Island, New York, March 31, 1957; admitted to bar, 1982, Michigan. Education: Oakland University (B.G.S., 1977); Michigan State University Detroit College of Law (J.D., cum laude, 1981). Recipient of Michigan Super Lawyers award, Intellectual Property: 2008 and 2009. Senior Commercial Arbitrator, American Arbitration Association. Practice Areas: Patent, Trademark and Intellectual Property.Email: Lisabeth H. Coakley
Robert M. Siminski (Principal) born Durand, Michigan, April 1, 1964; admitted to bar, 1990, Michigan; 1991, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: University of Detroit (B.S. Chem, 1987); Detroit College of Law (J.D., 1990). Member: American Chemical Society. Practice Areas: Patent, Trademark and Intellectual Property.Email: Robert M. Siminski
Stephen T. Olson (Principal) born Chicago, Illinois, February 18, 1966; admitted to bar, 1991, Michigan and U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: University of Michigan (B.S., 1988); Detroit College of Law (J.D., cum laude, 1991). Practice Areas: Patent, Trademark and Intellectual Property.Email: Stephen T. Olson
Stanley M. Erjavac (Principal) born Detroit, Michigan, December 9, 1961; admitted to bar, 1989, Michigan and U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan; 1990, U.S. District Court, Western District of Michigan; 1995, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: University of Michigan (B.S.M.E., 1984); DePaul University (J.D., 1988). Staff Member, 1986-1987 and Article and Note Editor, 1987-1988, De Paul Law Review. Contributing Author: "Intellectual Property Litigation: Pretrial Practice Guide," John Wiley & Sons, 1996 (Supplements 1997 and 1998). Practice Areas: Patent, Trademark and Intellectual Property; Intellectual Property Licensing; Intellectual Property Litigation.Email: Stanley M. Erjavac
Robert J. Lenihan, II (Principal) born Detroit, Michigan, January 16, 1947; admitted to bar, 1972, Michigan; 1973, U.S. District Court, Eastern and Western Districts of MI; 1987, U.S. Court of Appeals, 6th Circuit; 1990, U.S. District Court, Central District of IL, U.S. District Court, Northern District of OH, U.S. District Court, District of CO, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of MO; U.S. District Court, Central District of CA; U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. Education: Xavier University (B.S., 1969); Wayne State Univ. (J.D., cum laude, 1972). Michigan "Super Lawyer" 2007, 2008, and 2009. Robert S. Marks Scholar; Silver Scholarship Key; Member, National Team Moot Court; Order of Barristers. Author, "Admissibility of Expert Witness Testimony in Federal Court," Laches, March 2000. Chairman of the Board of Trustees, Crittenton Hospital Medical Center. Arbitrator, National Panel, American Arbitration Association. Trustee, Birmingham Education Foundation. Fellow: Oakland County Bar Foundation. [Lieut. Col., Field Artillery, U.S. Army Reserve, 1972-1992]. Practice Areas: Intellectual Property Litigation.Email: Robert J. Lenihan, II
David P. Utykanski (Principal) born Highland Park, Michigan; admitted to bar, 1992, Michigan and U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan; 1997, U.S. District Court, District of Colorado; 1998, U.S. District Court, Western District of Michigan; 2001, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit; 2002, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio; 2003, U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit; 2004, U.S. Supreme Court; registered to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: General Motors Institute (n/k/a Kettering University) (B.S.M.E., 1988); University of Detroit (J.D., 1992). Author: "Admissibility of Expert Witness Testimony In Federal Court," Laches, March 2000. Practice Areas: Patent Litigation; Patent Infringement; Trade Secret Theft; Mechanical Intellectual Property; Mechanical Patents; Electro-Mechanical Patents; Design Patents; Patent Licensing.Email: David P. Utykanski
Monte L. Falcoff (Principal) born Brooklyn, New York, October 16, 1964; admitted to bar, 1993, Michigan; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: Michigan State University (B.S., Engineering, 1986); Wayne State University (J.D., 1992). Editor, Wayne Law Review. Author, "The Best Mode Requirement Refined," 37 Wayne L. Rev. 1721 (1991). Adjunct Professor, Intellectual Property, Michigan State University College of Law. Chairperson, Michigan State University Applied Engineering Sciences Alumni Advisory Board. Senior Engineer, Marketing Manager and Patent Coordinator, United Technologies Automotive, 1987-1992. Practice Areas: Patents; Trademarks; Copyrights; Intellectual Property.Email: Monte L. Falcoff
Joseph M. Lafata (Principal) born Huntsville, Alabama, September 25, 1963; admitted to bar, 1992, Michigan and U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: University of Michigan (B.S.Comp.E., cum laude, 1986; J.D., 1992). Member, Journal of Law Reform. Practice Areas: Electronic Patents; Electrical Patents; Electrical Patent Prosecution; Computer and Software Patents; Electro-Mechanical Patents; Mechanical Patents; Mechanical Patent Prosecution; Patent Infringement; Patent Licensing; Patent Protection; Trademark Registration; Trademark Prosecution; Trademark Licensing; Trademark Infringement; Trademark Litigation; Trade Dress; International Trademarks; Copyright Registration.Email: Joseph M. Lafata
Richard W. Warner (Principal) born Detroit, Michigan, November 20, 1964; admitted to bar, 1993, Michigan; U.S. District Court, Eastern District of MI; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: Lawrence Technological Univ. (B.S.E.E., 1988); Univ. of Detroit (J.D., magna cum laude, 1993). Eta Kappa Nu. Electrical Engineering Honor Society; Justice Frank Murphy Honor Society. Recipient, American Jurisprudence Award, Evidence. Practice Areas: Patents; Trademarks; Copyrights; Intellectual Property.Email: Richard W. Warner
George T. Schooff (Principal) born Chapel Hill, North Carolina, March 26, 1962; admitted to bar, 1991, Michigan; U.S. Court of Appeals, 6th and Federal Circuits; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: Wayne State University (B.A. Bio., 1988); University of Detroit (J.D., cum laude, 1991). Member, 1989-1991 and Executive Editor, 1991, University of Detroit Law Review. Law Clerk for Hon. Lawrence P. Zatkoff, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of MI. Reported Cases: Midwest Guaranty Bank v. Guaranty Bank, 270 F. Supp. 2d 900 (E.D. Mich. 2003). Practice Areas: Intellectual Property Litigation.Email: George T. Schooff
George D. Moustakas (Principal) born Detroit, Michigan, August 8, 1961; admitted to bar, 1988, Michigan and U.S. District Court, Eastern and Western Districts of Michigan; 1992, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit; registered to practice before U.S. and Patent Trademark Office. Education: Wayne State University (B.A., 1984); Detroit College of Law (J.D., cum laude, 1988). Member, Moot Court National Team. Recipient, American Jurisprudence Book Awards in Jurisprudence and Estate and Gift Taxation. Languages: Greek. Practice Areas: Patent; Trademark; Copyright; Intellectual Property Litigation.Email: George D. Moustakas
David A. McClaughry (Principal) born East Chicago, Indiana, August 22, 1960; admitted to bar, 1993, Michigan; U.S. District Court, Eastern and Western Districts of Michigan and U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: Michigan State University (B.S.M.E., 1982; M.S.M.E., 1985); Wayne State University (J.D., 1993). Practice Areas: Patents; Trademarks; Copyrights; Intellectual Property Litigation.Email: David A. McClaughry
David L. Suter (Principal) born Fostoria, Ohio, July 19, 1956; admitted to bar, 1981, Ohio; 2002, Michigan; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: Bowling Green State University (B.S., Chemistry, Physics, magna cum laude, 1978); Ohio State University (J.D., with honors, 1981). Practice Areas: Patents; Intellectual Property Management; Licensing.Email: David L. Suter
Bryant E. Wade (Principal) born Cincinnati, Ohio, February 11, 1970; admitted to bar, 1995, Michigan; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: Miami Univ. (B.S., Engineering Physics, 1992); Capital Univ. (J.D., 1995). Practice Areas: Intellectual Property; Unfair Trade; Infringement; Licensing; Prosecution.Email: Bryant E. Wade
Ryan W. Massey (Principal) born Flint, Michigan, May 3, 1967; admitted to bar, 1995, Michigan; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: Michigan State University (B.S.M.E., 1990); George Mason University (J.D., Patent Law Track, 1995). Patent Examiner, U.S.P.T.O., 1990-1993. Practice Areas: Patents; Trademarks; Copyrights.Email: Ryan W. Massey
Michael D. Wiggins (Principal) born Pontiac, Michigan, June 24, 1965; admitted to bar, 1993, Michigan; 1995, California; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, 1991. Education: Michigan State University (B.S.E.E., 1989); DePaul University (J.D., 1992). Practice Areas: Electrical Intellectual Property; Computer Law; Internet Law; Computer and Software Patents; Electrical Patents; Electronic Patents; Patent Prosecution; Patent Licensing; International Patents; Electronics; Copyrights; Trademarks.Email: Michael D. Wiggins
Roland A. Fuller III (Principal) born Columbus, Ohio, November 17, 1953; admitted to bar, 1984, Indiana and U.S. District Court, Southern District of Indiana; 1988, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit; 1989, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Indiana; 1995, Michigan; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, 1983. Education: General Motors Institute (B.E.E., 1976); Indiana University School of Law - Indianapolis (J.D., summa cum laude, 1984). Phi Delta Phi.Email: Roland A. Fuller III
Anna M. Budde (Principal) born Cincinnati, Ohio, April 12, 1956; admitted to bar, 1996, Michigan and U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: Purdue University (B.S., Chemistry, 1978); Wayne State University (J.D., magna cum laude, 1996). Practice Areas: Patents, Trademarks and Copyrights; Intellectual Property.Email: Anna M. Budde
Lisa M. DuRoss (Principal) born Detroit, Michigan; admitted to bar, 1986, Michigan, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan and U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit. Education: Mount Holyoke College (B.A., 1982); University of Detroit Mercy (J.D., 1986). Languages: French. Practice Areas: Trademarks; Unfair Competition; Copyrights; Entertainment and the Arts; Internet Law; Litigation.Email: Lisa M. DuRoss
Jeffrey L. Snyder (Principal) born Rochester, Michigan; admitted to bar, 1997, Michigan and U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: University of Denver (B.S.M.E., 1993); Loyola University (J.D., 1997). Phi Alpha Delta. Recipient, American Jurisprudence Award in Moot Court. Member, Loyola University Intellectual Property Law Society. Practice Areas: Patents; Trademarks; Copyrights.Email: Jeffrey L. Snyder
Timothy D. MacIntyre (Principal) born Southfield, Michigan, April 10, 1968; admitted to bar, 1997, Michigan; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: University of Michigan (B.S.E.E., 1990); Wayne State University (J.D., magna cum laude, 1997). Practice Areas: Patent; Trademark; Copyrights.Email: Timothy D. MacIntyre
Michael Malinzak (Principal) admitted to bar, 1997, Michigan; U.S. District Court, Eastern and Western Districts of Michigan; U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: Michigan State University (B.S., Engineering (Biomedical), with honors, 1994); Chicago-Kent College of Law (J.D., with high honors, 1997). Order of the Coif; Tau Beta Pi. Executive Editor, Chicago-Kent Law Review, 1996-1997. Practice Areas: Patents; Trademarks; Copyrights; Trade Secrets; Unfair Competition; Litigation; Antitrust and Trade Regulation; Internet Law.Email: Michael Malinzak
Michael D. Zalobsky (Principal) born Dearborn, Michigan, March 12, 1965; admitted to bar, 1997, Michigan and U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: Michigan Technological University (B.S.M.E., 1988); Detroit College of Law (J.D., 1997). Practice Areas: Mechanical and Electro-mechanical Patents and Intellectual Property; Licensing and Contracts; Due Diligence; International Intellectual Property.Email: Michael D. Zalobsky
Christopher A. Eusebi (Principal) born Birmingham, Michigan, April 24, 1966; admitted to bar, 1998, Michigan; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: Michigan State University (B.S., 1989; M.S., Materials Engineering, 1991) University of Detroit Mercy (J.D., 1998). Practice Areas: Patent Prosecution; Trademark Prosecution; Trade Dress Litigation; Patent Litigation.Email: Christopher A. Eusebi
Donald G. Walker (Principal) born Detroit, Michigan, September 13, 1966; admitted to bar, 1999, Michigan; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: GMI Engineering and Management Institute (B.S.M.E., 1989); Wayne State University (J.D., cum laude, 1998). Practice Areas: Patents; Trademarks; Copyrights.Email: Donald G. Walker
Michael E. Hilton (Principal) born Dallas, Texas, January 10, 1961; admitted to bar, 1989, Ohio; 1989, U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit; 2003, Michigan; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: University of Texas at Arlington (B.S.C.E., 1985); St. Mary's University of San Antonio (J.D., 1988). Practice Areas: Patent Law; Intellectual Property; Intellectual Property Licensing; International Intellectual Property; Intellectual Property Due Diligence; Intellectual Property Litigation; International Licensing.Email: Michael E. Hilton
Kevin G. Mierzwa (Principal) born Detroit, Michigan, August 13, 1967; admitted to bar, 1994, Michigan; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: Lawrence Technological University (B.S.E.E., magna cum laude, 1990); Detroit College of Law (J.D., cum laude, 1994). Tau Beta Pi; Eta Kappa Nu. Practice Areas: Electrical Intellectual Property; Electronic Intellectual Property; International Intellectual Property.Email: Kevin G. Mierzwa
Garrett C. Donley (Principal) born Wilmington, Delaware, August 23, 1965; admitted to bar, 1991, Michigan and U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan; 1994, District of Columbia and U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit; 1998, U.S. Supreme Court and U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: University of Delaware (B.Ch.E., 1988); University of Pittsburgh (J.D., 1991). Member: Michigan Intellectual Property Law Association (President, 2004-2005); Oakland County Bar Association (Chairman, Intellectual Property Committee, 1997-1998). Practice Areas: Patent Litigation; Trademark Litigation; Copyright Litigation; Patent Prosecution; Medical Patents; Mechanical Patents; Trademark Prosecution; International Trademarks.Email: Garrett C. Donley
Geoffrey D. Aurini (Principal) born Burlington, Ontario, Canada, September 19, 1966; admitted to bar, 1996, Virginia; 1997, Colorado; 2001, Michigan. Education: Miami University (B.A., 1988); Regent University (M.A., 1990); Catholic University of America (J.D., magna cum laude, 1996). Practice Areas: Intellectual Property Enforcement; Trademarks; Copyrights; Unfair Competition.Email: Geoffrey D. Aurini
Mark A. Frentrup (Principal) born Austin, Texas, July 8, 1954; admitted to bar, 2000, Michigan; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: University of Texas (B.S., Chemistry, with highest honors, 1976); Michigan State Univ. (Ph.D., 1982); Wayne State Univ. (J.D., summa cum laude, 1999). Languages: German. Practice Areas: Patents; Patent Infringement.Email: Mark A. Frentrup
Jessica S. Sachs (Principal) born Bronx, New York, January 13, 1975; admitted to bar, 2000, Ohio; 2004, Michigan and U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. Education: Tufts University (B.A., cum laude, 1997); George Washington University Law School (J.D., 2000). Practice Areas: Intellectual Property; Trademark; Copyright; Unfair Competition; Electronic Commerce.Email: Jessica S. Sachs
Michael P. Doerr (Principal) admitted to bar, 2000, Michigan; 2004, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of MI; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, 2003. Education: University of Michigan (B.S., 1997); University of Georgia (J.D., 1999). Practice Areas: Litigation; Patents; Trade Secrets; Trademarks; Copyrights.Email: Michael P. Doerr
ASSOCIATESDamian M. Aquino (Associate) born 1976; admitted to bar, 2004, Michigan. Education: Wayne State University (B.S.E.E., 2000; J.D., 2004). Practice Areas: Intellectual Property.Email: Damian M. Aquino
Jason M. Benedict (Associate) admitted to bar, 2008, Michigan. Education: University of Michigan (B.S.E., Electrical Engineering, 2005); Michigan State University College of Law (J.D., 2008). Practice Areas: Electrical Intellectual Property; Electronic Intellectual Property; Intellectual Property Prosecution.Email: Jason M. Benedict
Elizabeth K. Brock (Associate) admitted to bar, 2005, Michigan. Education: University of Michigan (B.A., 1999); Wayne State University (J.D., 2005). Practice Areas: Intellectual Property; International Intellectual Property; Internet Intellectual Property.Email: Elizabeth K. Brock
Jeffrey J. Chapp (Associate) born Greensboro, North Carolina, June 29, 1971; admitted to bar, 2002, Michigan. Education: Oakland University (B.S.E.E., 1994); Wayne State University (J.D., 2001). Member, Electrical Engineering Honor Society.Email: Jeffrey J. Chapp
Maria Comninou (Associate) born Athens, Greece; admitted to bar, 1997, Michigan; 2001, Pennsylvania. Education: Northwestern University (Ph.D., 1973); University of Michigan (J.D., cum laude, 1996). Languages: Greek. Practice Areas: Patents; Intellectual Property.Email: Maria Comninou
Joshua B. Dobrowitsky (Associate) born Detroit, Michigan; admitted to bar, 2002, Michigan; U.S. Court of Appeals, 6th Circuit; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: University of Michigan (B.S.E., Aerospace Engineering, 1997); University of Michigan Law School (J.D., 2002). Member: Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association; American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. Practice Areas: Intellectual Property Litigation; Intellectual Property Prosecution.Email: Joshua B. Dobrowitsky
Nicholas Drysdale (Associate) born Michigan; admitted to bar, 2009, Michigan. Education: Oakland University (B.S.E., Electrical Engineering, with honors, 2003); Oakland University (Additional Major, Systems Engineering, 2004); Thomas M. Cooley Law School (J.D., cum laude, 2009). Member: State Bar of Michigan.Email: Nicholas Drysdale
Phil Du (Associate) admitted to bar, 2007, Michigan. Education: Peking University (B.S., 1997); Southern Methodist University (M.S., 2000); Michigan State University (J.D., 2007); University of Ottawa (LL.B., 2007). Languages: Chinese. Practice Areas: Intellectual Property.Email: Phil Du
Teymour S. El-Tahry (Associate) (Admission pending). Education: University of Michigan (B.S.E., Computer Science, 2004); Chicago-Kent College of Law, Illinois Institute of Technology (J.D., 2008). Practice Areas: Patents; Trademarks; International Trademarks.Email: Teymour S. El-Tahry
Mark D. Ferrari (Associate) born Pennsylvania, 1967; admitted to bar, 2000, Michigan and U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan. Education: University of Pittsburgh (B.S., Mechanical Engineering Technology, magna cum laude, 1990; M.S., Manufacturing Systems Engineering, 1996); Duquesne University (M.B.A., 1992; J.D., 2000). Practice Areas: Patents; Trademark; Intellectual Property.Email: Mark D. Ferrari
Jason A. Heist (Associate) admitted to bar, 2006, Michigan; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: Michigan State University (B.S., Chemistry, 1999); Thomas M. Cooley Law School (J.D., 2006). Practice Areas: Intellectual Property(100%).Email: Jason A. Heist
Brian D. Hollis (Associate) born Livonia, Michigan, July 9, 1975; admitted to bar, 2003, Michigan; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: Michigan State University (B.S.M.E., 1997); Wayne State University (J.D., 2002). Practice Areas: Patent; Trademark; Copyright.Email: Brian D. Hollis
Nels D. Jacobson (Associate) born Chicago, Illinois; admitted to bar, 1995, Texas; 1997, Tennessee; 2000, California; 2008, Michigan; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: University of Houston (J.D., magna cum laude, 1995). Order of the Coif. Judicial Clerk, Honorable Carolyn Dineen King, Circuit Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit, 1995-1996. Author: "Who Put the Bomp (In the Bomp Ba Bomp Ba Bomp)? A Question of Authorship, Copyright, and Digital Sampling," National Second Prize, Nathan Burkan Memorial Competition, ASCAP, 1994; "Faith, Hope & Parody: Campbell v. Acuff-Rose, 'Oh, Pretty Woman,' and Parodists' Rights," 31 Houston Law Review, 955 (1994). Practice Areas: Trademark; Copyright; Entertainment; Patent.Email: Nels D. Jacobson
Stephanie D. Jones (Associate) admitted to bar, 2003, Michigan and U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: Michigan State Univ. (B.S., Biochemistry, 2000); Syracuse Univ. (J.D., 2003). Editor-in-Chief, Syracuse Law and Technology Journal, 2003. Author, "Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria on the Rise," American Journal of Nursing, 2002. Practice Areas: Patents; Medical Device Patent Prosecution; Patent Litigation; Chemical Patent Prosecution; Intellectual Property.Email: Stephanie D. Jones
Thomas Jurecko (Associate) admitted to bar, 2005, Michigan; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: Pennsylvania State University (B.S., Mechanical Engineering, 1995); Oakland University (M.S., Mechanical Engineering, 1997); Wayne State University (J.D., 2005). Member: State Bar of Michigan. Practice Areas: Intellectual Property.Email: Thomas Jurecko
Wayne S. Kauffman (Associate) born Lebanon, Pennsylvania, 1970; admitted to bar, 2009, Michigan. Education: Kettering University (B.S., cum laude, 1993); Wayne State University Law School (J.D., 2008). Member: State Bar of Michigan. Practice Areas: Intellectual Property(100%).Email: Wayne S. Kauffman
Hemant Keskar (Associate) born 1962; admitted to bar, 2008, Michigan; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: University of Bombay, India (B.S., Physics, 1982; B.S.E.E., 1987); Wayne State University (J.D., 2007). Intern to: Justice Robert P. Young, Jr., Michigan Supreme Court, 2004; Hon. Julian Abel Cook, Jr., Eastern District of Michigan, 2005.Email: Hemant Keskar
Thomas J. Krul (Associate) born Waukegan, Illinois, July 17, 1956; admitted to bar, 2002, Michigan; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: Florida Institute of Technology (B.S., 1978); Franklin Pierce Law Center (J.D., 2001). Practice Areas: Intellectual Property; Trademark Registration(2%); Trademark Prosecution(1%); Design Patents(2%); Electro-Mechanical Patents(10%); International Patent Prosecution(15%); International Patents(5%); Mechanical Patent Prosecution(35%); Mechanical Patents(30%).Email: Thomas J. Krul
William Lin (Associate) born Taipei, Taiwan; admitted to bar, 1997, Michigan. Education: National Taiwan University (B.S.E.E., 1973); University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (M.S., summa cum laude, 1977; Ph.D., summa cum laude, 1979); University of Detroit Mercy (J.D., 1996). Member: State Bar of Michigan. Languages: Chinese. Practice Areas: Intellectual Property(100%).Email: William Lin
Elizabeth J. Martin (Associate) born 1975; admitted to bar, 2006, Michigan. Education: Eastern Kentucky University (B.S., 1998; M.S., 2000); University of Detroit Mercy (J.D., 2006). Practice Areas: Intellectual Property.Email: Elizabeth J. Martin
Michael R. Nye (Associate) admitted to bar, 2006, Michigan; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: University of Michigan (B.S.E., summa cum laude, 2000; M.S.E., 2001); Michigan State University College of Law (J.D., summa cum laude, 2006). Practice Areas: Intellectual Property; Electrical Intellectual Property; Electronic Intellectual Property.Email: Michael R. Nye
Allen E. Pittoors (Associate) born Detroit, Michigan, May 16, 1975; admitted to bar, 2003, Michigan and U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan. Education: Wayne State University (B.S.Ch.E., cum laude, 1997; M.S.Ch.E., cum laude, 1999); Wayne State University Law School (J.D., 2003). Practice Areas: Intellectual Property Litigation; Patents; Trademarks; Copyrights; Trade Secrets; U.S. International Trade Commission Investigations.Email: Allen E. Pittoors
Jeremy M. Plenzler (Associate) admitted to bar, 2005, Michigan and U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: Kettering University (B.S., 1999); Wayne State University (J.D., 2005).Email: Jeremy M. Plenzler
Justin H. Purcell (Associate) born Madison Heights, Michigan, March 10, 1975; admitted to bar, 2001, Michigan. Education: Oakland University (B.S.E.E., 1998); Wayne State University (J.D., 2001). Member: Oakland County and American Bar Associations; American Intellectual Property Law Association; Michigan Patent Law Association.Email: Justin H. Purcell
Erica K. Schaefer (Associate) admitted to bar, 2005, Michigan; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: Kettering University (B.S., Mechanical Engineering, cum laude, 2001); Wayne State University Law School (J.D., 2005). Member: Oakland County and American Bar Associations; Michigan Intellectual Property Law Association. Practice Areas: Intellectual Property Prosecution; Mechanical Intellectual Property; Medical Intellectual Property; Intellectual Property; Intellectual Property Procurement.Email: Erica K. Schaefer
Michael Allen Schaldenbrand (Associate) born March 2, 1974; admitted to bar, 1999, California; 2003, Michigan; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: University of Michigan College of Engineering (B.S.E. in Electrical Engineering, summa cum laude, 1995); University of Michigan Law School (J.D., cum laude, Order of the Coif, 1998). Formerly employed as a Patent Attorney for Automotive OEM, responsible for Electrical and Electronics technology. Practice Areas: Intellectual Property; Patent Prosecution; Patent Litigation.Email: Michael Allen Schaldenbrand
Brent G. Seitz (Associate) born Royal Oak, Michigan, November 29, 1975; admitted to bar, 2001, Michigan. Education: Marquette University (B.S., 1998); DePaul University (J.D., 2001). Practice Areas: Intellectual Property.Email: Brent G. Seitz
Matthew Harry Szalach (Associate) admitted to bar, 2004, Michigan; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: Michigan State University (B.S., Mechanical Engineering, 1998); University of Michigan (M.S., Mechanical Engineering, 2000); Wayne State University (J.D., 2004). Practice Areas: Intellectual Property.Email: Matthew Harry Szalach
Michael L. Taylor (Associate) born Grand Rapids, Michigan, December 3, 1975; admitted to bar, 2001, Michigan; U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: Hope College (B.A., 1997); Michigan State University College of Law (J.D., 2001). Practice Areas: Copyright Registration; Trademark Registration; Patent Prosecution; Litigation.Email: Michael L. Taylor
Jeffrey H. Urian (Associate) born Michigan; admitted to bar, 1998, Missouri; 2002, Michigan; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: Purdue University (B.S.M.E., 1990); St. Louis University (J.D., 1998). Practice Areas: Intellectual Property; Patents; Trademarks; Copyrights.Email: Jeffrey H. Urian
Thomas E. Vesbit (Associate) born Grand Rapids, Michigan, 1975; admitted to bar, 2003, Michigan; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: University of Michigan (B.S.M.E., cum laude, 1997); Whittier College School of Law (J.D., summa cum laude, 2003). Member, Whittier Law Review. Member: Oakland County and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Michigan; Michigan Intellectual Property Law Association. Languages: Japanese. Practice Areas: Intellectual Property.Email: Thomas E. Vesbit
Li-Hua Weng (Associate) born Taipei, Taiwan; admitted to bar, 2004, Illinois; 2007, Michigan; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: National Taiwan University (B.S., 1993; M.S., 1995); John Marshall Law School (J.D., cum laude, 2004). Staff Editor, The John Marshall Review of Intellectual Property Law, 2003. Author: "Preamble Interpretation: Clarifying the 'Giving Life, Meaning and Vitality' Language," Boston University Journal of Science & Technology Law, Winter 2005. Languages: Chinese and Japanese. Practice Areas: Patents.Email: Li-Hua Weng
Jennifer M. Woodside Wojtala (Associate) admitted to bar, 2003, Michigan and U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: University of Michigan (B.S.Ch.E., 1998); Wayne State University (J.D., magna cum laude, 2003). Practice Areas: Intellectual Property; Patents; Patent Prosecution; Chemical Patent Prosecution; International Intellectual Property; Intellectual Property Litigation; Intellectual Property Due Diligence.Email: Jennifer M. Woodside Wojtala
Richard L. Zane (Associate) admitted to bar, 2008, Michigan; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: Wayne State University Law School (J.D., 2007); Michigan Technological University Engineering School (M.S., 2000); Shanghai Jiao Tong University Engineering School (B.S., 1996). Recipient: Bronze Key Certificate for Academic Excellence, Wayne State University Law School, 2007; Certificate of Merit for Outstanding Academic Achievement, Michigan Technological University, 1999. Author: "Experimental Investigation of Cavitation Signatures in an Automotive Torque Converter Using a Microwave Telemetry Technique," The International Journal of Rotating Machinery, Volume 9, Number 6, 403-410, November-December 2003, and in the Proceedings of the 9th International Symposium on Transport Phenomena and Dynamics of Rotating Machinery, 2002. Languages: Chinese, Mandarin, Cantonese, Shanghai, Peking, Nanking, Xi'an and Szechuan. Practice Areas: Intellectual Property; International Intellectual Property.Email: Richard L. Zane
William A. Ziehler (Associate) admitted to bar, 2005, Michigan; U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: Case Western Reserve Univ. (B.S., 1993); Univ. of Michigan (Ph.D., Biological Chemistry, 2000); Michigan State Univ. College of Law (J.D., magna cum laude, 2005). Recipient: NIH Cell Biotech Training Grant; Rackham Pre-doctoral Fellowship; Jurisprudence and Graduate School awards. Published in Genome Research, Biochemistry, RNA, Current Protocols in Nucl. Acid Chem., and Meth. in Enzym. Former Research Scientist, Biotech sector. Practice Areas: Chemical Intellectual Property; Pharmaceutical Intellectual Property; Biotechnology.Email: William A. Ziehler
Ratings Methodology
The following firm members have been rated by their peersDisclaimer: No representation is made that the quality of legal services to be performed is greater than the quality of legal services performed by other lawyers. The testimonial or endorsement does not constitute a guarantee, warranty, or prediction regarding the outcome of your legal matter. Any result that the endorsed lawyer or law firm may achieve on behalf of one client in one matter does not necessarily indicate that similar results can be obtained for other clients. Past success cannot be an assurance of future success because each case must be decided on its own merits. Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Martindale-Hubbell® does not undertake to develop a Client Review Rating or Peer Review Rating for all firms and/or lawyers. Therefore, the fact that a firm or lawyer has not been reviewed should not be construed as unfavorable. Martindale-Hubbell accepts no responsibility for and will not be liable for the content and accuracy of the individual Reviews and the aggregated Reviews.
|