MEMBERS OF FIRM
Donald C. Lucas (Senior Partner) born New York, N.Y., February 23, 1954; admitted to bar, 1984, New York and U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York; U.S. Court of Appeals, Second and Federal Circuits and U.S. Supreme Court; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: University of Pennsylvania (B.S. Ch.E., 1977); California Western School of Law (J.D., 1983). Member: New York State and American Bar Associations; American Intellectual Property Law Association; Licensing Executives Society; American Chemical Society; New York Intellectual Property Law Association. [With U.S. Army, 1977-1980]. Practice Areas: Intellectual Property(100%).Email: Donald C. Lucas
Michael N. Mercanti (Managing Partner) born Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, May 8, 1961; admitted to bar, 1990, New York; 1994, New Jersey; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and Science (B.S., cum laude, 1984); Case Western Reserve University (J.D., 1989). Recipient, American Jurisprudence Award in Contract Law. Registered Pharmacist, Pennsylvania, 1984. Member, Philadelphia College of Pharmacy & Science Alumni Association. Member: American Bar Association; American Intellectual Property Law Association; New York Intellectual Property Law Association; New Jersey Intellectual Property Law Association; International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property; International Federation of Intellectual Property Attorneys; Columbian Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Intellectual Property(100%).Email: Michael N. Mercanti
Peter J. Phillips (Partner) born Freeport, New York, 1953; admitted to bar, 1979, Illinois and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois; 1982, New York and U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York; 1986, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit; 2000, U.S. District Court, Western District of New York; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: Cornell University (B.S.E.E., 1975); Loyola University (J.D., 1979). Member: American Bar Association (Member, Computer Software Committee; Member, Sections on: Patent; Trademark; Copyright Law); The Association of the Bar of the City of New York (Former Member, Patents Committee); New York Intellectual Property Law Association (Member, Litigation Practice and Procedure Committee). Practice Areas: Intellectual Property; Patents; Litigation; Licensing.Email: Peter J. Phillips
Klaus P. Stoffel (Partner) born Evergreen Park, Illinois, 1957; admitted to bar, 1985, New York and New Jersey; U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York; U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: Bradley University (B.S.M.E., 1980); Seton Hall University (J.D., 1984). Member: American Bar Association. Practice Areas: Patents; Trademarks.Email: Klaus P. Stoffel
ASSOCIATES
Hyun Soon Cho (Associate) born Kyoungkido, South Korea, October 11, 1969; admitted to bar, 2004, New Jersey and U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey; 2005, New York; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: Seoul National University (B.S., Agronomy, 1992; M.S., Agricultural Chemistry, 1994); Brandeis University (M.S., Neuroscience, 1997); Benjamin Cardozo School of Law (J.D., 2004). Researcher, neurodegenerative diseases, Massachusetts General Hospital, 4 years. Published several peer reviewed articles. Practice Areas: Intellectual Property Prosecution; International Intellectual Property.Email: Hyun Soon Cho
Silvia Salvadori (Associate) born Venice, Italy, July 9, 1960; admitted to bar, 2006, New York. Education: University of Padua, Padua, Italy (Degree in Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Technology, magna cum laude, 1985); University of Milano, Milan, Italy (Specialty, Pharmacology, magna cum laude, 1987; Ph.D. in Biotechnology, 1992); New York Law School (J.D., cum laude, 2005). Languages: Italian and Spanish. Practice Areas: Intellectual Property.
Yaodong Chen (Associate) born China, November 1, 1968; admitted to bar, 1994, China; 2003, California; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. (Not admitted in New York). Education: University of San Francisco School of Law (LL.M., 2000); Long Island University (M.S., Chemistry, 2005). Phi Sigma Biological Sciences Honor Society. His research area was in lipid peroxidation, DNA/RNA liposome delivery systems and PK/PD of antisense drugs. He has his own patent pending and several research articles under review for publishing. Received his Bachelor of Law in China in 1991 and his LL.M. degree from University of San Francisco School of Law in 2000. Founder, Organization of Bio Research & Development (BioRD.org), 2004. Experienced in the preparation and prosecution of patent applications in the chemical, pharmaceutical and biotechnology fields. Member: American and China (Member, Section on: Patent Litigation; Licensing and Technology Transactions) Bar Associations; State Bar of California. Fellow: American Bar Association. Languages: English and Chinese. Practice Areas: Patent Licensing; Patent Prosecution; Trademark Prosecution; Trademark Licensing.Email: Yaodong Chen
Paolo Strino (Associate) born 1975; admitted to bar, 2003, Italy; 2007, New York. Education: Università di Napoli Federico II; Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi; University of Pennsylvania Law School (J.D., 2004; LL.M.). Formerly with Pepper Hamilton LLP, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2004-2007. Legal Consultant, Ernst & Young, 2000-2002. Member: New York State Bar Association; International Trademark Association; Columbian Lawyers Association; ALMA - Italian LL.M. Association. Languages: English, Italian and Spanish. Practice Areas: Corporate Intellectual Property; Trademarks; Copyrights; Trade Secrets; Unfair Competition; Licensing; International Business Transactions .Email: Paolo Strino
Christina M. Jordan (Associate) born Mission Viejo, California, January 18, 1977; admitted to bar, 2008, New York. Education: University of California at Los Angeles (B.S., Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, 1999); Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law (J.D., 2006). registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.Email: Christina M. Jordan
Paul Diamond (Associate) born May 19, 1968; admitted to bar, 2003, New Jersey; 2004, New York; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: Johns Hopkins University (B.A., 1990; Ph.D., Molecular Cell Biology, 1998); Fordham University (J.D., 2003). Practice Areas: Patents; Biotechnology Patents; Business Methods Patents.Email: Paul Diamond
Jason R. Wachter (Associate) born New Haven, Connecticut, 1980; (Admission pending). Education: Syracuse University (B.S., Mechanical Engineering, 2002); Syracuse University College of Law (J.D., 2008). Practice Areas: Intellectual Property.Email: Jason R. Wachter
OF COUNSEL
Laurence Manber (Of Counsel) born New York, N.Y., October 21, 1950; admitted to bar, 1989, New York; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: Stevens Institute of Technology (B.S., Chem, 1972); Cornell University Medical College, Graduate School of Medical Sciences (Ph.D., Neurobiology and Behavior, 1977); Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, Yeshiva University (J.D., cum laude, 1989). Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Developmental Biology and Neuroscience, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 1978-1980. Member: Association of the Bar of the City of New York; American Bar Association. Practice Areas: Patents; Patent Prosecution; Biotechnology; Chemistry; Pharmaceutical .Email: Laurence Manber
Martin A. Farber (Senior Counsel) admitted to bar, 1964, New York. Education: New York University (B.S.E., Physics; LL.B.); University of Michigan (M.S., Nuclear Engineering). (Retired). Practice Areas: Patent Law; Trademark Law.Email: Martin A. Farber
CONSULTANT
Margaret Nunes da Silva (International IP Consultant) born Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, August 7, 1963; admitted to bar, 1988, Brazil; 2008, Portugal. (Not admitted in New York). Education: Brazilian Law University. Professional representative before the OHIM, July 2008; International Intellectual Property Consultant, Turin, Rome, Udine and Trieste, Italy, 2000; Participated in an internship trainee program, working as a Trademark Assistant and studying the UK Intellectual and Industrial Property Laws, Glasgow, Scotland, 1998; Trademark & Litigation Courses U.S. Laws, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, Washington D.C. Formerly with Cushman, Darby & Cushman, 1995; Law Course - State and Federal Magistratures, 1992, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Legal training at the Public Defender's Office, 1989-1990, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Industrial Property Law Course, 1987, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Degree in Law, Brazilian Law School, Rio de Janeiro, 1988; Admitted to the Brazilian Bar, 1989 Brazilian Patent and Trademark Agent. WIPO's Domain Name Panelist, 2005; Assigned to the INTA Geographical Indication Committee (GIC), 2008-2009. Member: Brazilian (OAB, Chapter of Rio de Janeiro) and Portuguese (OAP, Chapter of Lisbon) Bar Associations; APRAM (Association des praticiens du droit des marques et des modeles, Paris, France). Languages: Portuguese, English, Spanish, French and Italian. Practice Areas: Intellectual Property; Trademark Licensing; Patents; Court Litigation; Technology Agreements; Copyrights; Domain Names.Email: Margaret Nunes da Silva