(Main Office)

Founded by a group of skilled and experienced patent litigation attorneys, CCVL specializes in the trial and appeal of patent, trade secret, and other high technology cases. CCVL's attorneys also have extensive experience in successfully advising and navigating clients through complex business disputes before litigation becomes necessary. Through proactive, far-sighted business strategies, CCVL wins disputes before they arise. In the pre-litigation area, CCVL specializes in: developing client-specific business plans to enforce and license patent portfolios; negotiating licenses; conducting pre-suit investigations including patent infringement and validity studies; conducting due diligence investigations in support of mergers, acquisitions, and divestitures; developing patent procurement and patent prosecution strategies and consulting in the prosecution of key patents before the Patent and Trademark Office. With the addition of five attorneys in 2008, CCVL now has a pharmaceutical group.

Statement of Practice

Intellectual Property, Patent, Trademarks, Copyrights, Trade Secret Litigation and Counseling.

Representative Clients:

ADC Telecommunications, Inc.
Anchor Wall Systems Inc.
Boston Scientific Corporation
Cardinal Glass Industries, Inc.
Valspar Corporation.

Address

225 South Sixth Street, Suite 3200
Minneapolis, MN 55402, (Hennepin Co.)

Phone

Phone: 612-436-9600
Fax: 612-436-9605

Website

http://www.ccvl.com

ASSOCIATES

Thomas R. Johnson (Associate) admitted to bar, 1993, Minnesota. Education: University of Wisconsin-River Falls (B.S., Economics, with highest honors, 1989); University of Minnesota (J.D., cum laude, 1992). Practice Areas: Intellectual Property; Patent Litigation; Trademark Litigation.Email: Thomas R. Johnson

Russell J. Rigby (Associate) born Grand Forks, North Dakota, June 4, 1976; admitted to bar, 2002, Minnesota; registered to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: Transylvania University (B.A., Chemistry, 1998); Washington & Lee University (J.D., cum laude, 2002). Practice Areas: Intellectual Property Litigation.Email: Russell J. Rigby

Todd S. Werner (Associate) born Virginia, Minnesota, October 13, 1977; admitted to bar, 2003, Minnesota. Education: Michigan Technological University (B.S., Biochemistry, summa cum laude, 2000); University of Minnesota (J.D., cum laude, 2003). Practice Areas: Intellectual Property.Email: Todd S. Werner

Samuel T. Lockner (Associate) born Owatonna, Minnesota, November 30, 1978; admitted to bar, 2004, Minnesota. Education: University of Minnesota (B.S., Genetics, Cell Biology and Development, 2001); Boston University (J.D., cum laude, 2004). Practice Areas: Intellectual Property; Intellectual Property Litigation.Email: Samuel T. Lockner

Marlee A. Jansen (Associate) born Escanaba, Michigan, April 22, 1975; admitted to bar, 2004, Illinois; U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois and U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. (Not admitted in Minnesota). Education: Purdue University (B.S., Chemical Engineering, 1997); University of Minnesota Law School (J.D., magna cum laude, 2004). Law Clerk to Hon. Michael S. Kanne, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit, 2004-2005. Practice Areas: Intellectual Property Litigation.Email: Marlee A. Jansen

Joseph W. Winkels (Associate) born Edina, Minnesota; admitted to bar, 2005, Minnesota and U.S. District Court, District of Minnesota. Education: University of Notre Dame (B.S., Mechanical Engineering, summa cum laude, 2002); University of Minnesota (J.D., magna cum laude, 2005). Practice Areas: Intellectual Property Litigation.Email: Joseph W. Winkels

James R. Hietala, Jr. (Associate) born Livingston, New Jersey; admitted to bar, 2006, Minnesota; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: Stevens Institute of Technology (B. Eng., with high honors, Computer Engineering, 2000); University of Pennsylvania Law School (J.D., 2006). Senior Editor, University of Pennsylvania Law Review. Tau Beta Pi. Member: Minnesota State and American Bar Associations; Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE). Practice Areas: Intellectual Property Litigation(100%).Email: James R. Hietala, Jr.

Sarah M. Stensland (Associate) born Milwaukee, Wisconsin, January 10, 1979; admitted to bar, 2006, Minnesota and U.S. District Court, District of Minnesota; 2007, U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit. Education: University of Iowa (B.S., Chemical Engineering, 2001); William Mitchell College of Law (J.D., magna cum laude, 2006). Practice Areas: Intellectual Property.Email: Sarah M. Stensland

Jonathan D. Carpenter (Associate) admitted to bar, 2006, Minnesota and U.S. District Court, District of Minnesota; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: University of North Dakota (B.S., summa cum laude, 2003; J.D., with distinction, 2006). Order of the Coif; Tau Beta Pi. Law Clerk, Hon. Chief Judge Daniel L. Hovland, U.S. District Court for the District of North Dakota, 2006-2008. Practice Areas: Intellectual Property Litigation(100%).Email: Jonathan D. Carpenter

Andrew M. Mason (Associate) born St. Paul, Minnesota, February 23, 1977; admitted to bar, 2007, Minnesota and U.S. District Court, District of Minnesota; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: University of California, Berkeley (B.S., Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 1999); University of Minnesota Law School (J.D., 2007). Practice Areas: Intellectual Property.Email: Andrew M. Mason