MEMBERS OF FIRM
John F. Pearne (1912-1981).
Charles B. Gordon (Member) born Oak Park, Illinois, November 23, 1922; admitted to bar, 1950, District of Columbia; 1952, Ohio; 1970, U.S. Supreme Court and U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit; 1982, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: Princeton University (B.S.E., 1943); Harvard Law School (LL.B., 1949). Member: Cleveland and American Bar Associations; Cleveland Intellectual Property Law Association; American Intellectual Property Law Association. Practice Areas: Patent; Trademark; Copyright; Trade Secret; Unfair Competition.Email: Charles B. Gordon
Thomas P. Schiller (Member) born Cleveland, Ohio, September 25, 1934; admitted to bar, 1960, Ohio; 1970, U.S. Supreme Court; 1982, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: Case Institute of Technology (B.S., 1956); George Washington University; Western Reserve University (J.D., 1960). Phi Delta Phi. Member: Cleveland and American Bar Associations; Cleveland Intellectual Property Law Association; American Intellectual Property Law Association; International Trademark Association. Practice Areas: Patent; Trademark; Copyright; Trade Secret; Unfair Competition.Email: Thomas P. Schiller
David B. Deioma (Member) born Dover, Ohio, December 26, 1940; admitted to bar, 1965, Ohio, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit; 1972, U.S. Supreme Court; 1981, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit; 1982, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: Case Western Reserve University (B.S., E.Sc., 1962); Georgetown University (J.D., 1965). Phi Kappa Phi. President, Ohio Venture Association, 1988-1990. Founder, David Deioma Lectureship at Case Western Reserve University. Member, Advisory Committee to Case Western Reserve University, Case School of Engineering Dean. Member: Cleveland, Ohio State and American Bar Associations; Cleveland Intellectual Property Law Association; American Intellectual Property Law Association. Practice Areas: Patent; Trademark; Copyright; Trade Secret; Unfair Competition.Email: David B. Deioma
Joseph J. Corso (Member) born Cleveland, Ohio, March 13, 1942; admitted to bar, 1969, Ohio; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: Ohio University (B.S.Ch.E., 1965); University of Akron (J.D., 1969). Member: Cleveland and American Bar Associations; Cleveland Intellectual Property Law Association; American Intellectual Property Law Association. Practice Areas: Patent; Trademark; Copyright; Trade Secret; Unfair Competition.Email: Joseph J. Corso
Howard G. Shimola (Member) born Cleveland, Ohio, October 14, 1942; admitted to bar, 1970, Ohio; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: Case Institute of Technology (B.S. in M.E., 1965); Cleveland Marshall College of Law (J.D., 1970). Member: Cleveland Intellectual Property Law Association; American Intellectual Property Law Association. Practice Areas: Patent; Trademark; Copyright; Trade Secret; Unfair Competition.Email: Howard G. Shimola
Jeffrey J. Sopko (Member) born Cleveland, Ohio, March 10, 1948; admitted to bar, 1975, Ohio; 1978, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit; 1982, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: University of Dayton (B.T., 1970); Cleveland Marshall College of Law (J.D., 1975). Epsilon Delta Tau. Member: Cleveland and American Bar Associations; Cleveland Intellectual Property Law Association; American Intellectual Property Law Association; International Federation of Industrial Property Attorneys; Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers. Practice Areas: Patent; Trademark; Copyright; Trade Secret; Unfair Competition.Email: Jeffrey J. Sopko
John P. Murtaugh (Member) born Orrville, Ohio, February 23, 1952; admitted to bar, 1978, California; 1979, U.S. Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit; 1981, Ohio; 1982, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit; 1989, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: University of Notre Dame (B.A., summa cum laude, 1974); University of Michigan (J.D., magna cum laude, 1978); Case Western Reserve University (B.A., in Chemistry, summa cum laude, 1989). Phi Beta Kappa. Associate Editor, 1976-1977 and Senior Editor, 1977-1978, Michigan Law Review. Co-Author: Ohio Civil Practice, Banks-Baldwin Law Pub. Co., 1988. Law Clerk to Hon. John A. Danaher, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, 1978-1979. Member: American Intellectual Property Law Association, Cleveland Intellectual Property Law Association. Practice Areas: Patent; Trademark; Copyright; Trade Secrets; Intellectual Property Litigation.Email: John P. Murtaugh
James M. Moore (Member) born Akron, Ohio, February 10, 1948; admitted to bar, 1988, Ohio and U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit; 1992, U.S. Supreme Court; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: University of Akron (B.S.E.E., 1971); Southern Methodist University (M.S.E.E., 1972); Cleveland-Marshall School of Law (J.D., cum laude, 1988). Phi Alpha Delta; Eta Kappa Nu. Member: Moot Court Board of Governors; Order of Barristers. Member: Cleveland, Ohio State and American Bar Associations; Cleveland Intellectual Property Law Association (President, 1997-1998); American Intellectual Property Law Association; Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. [Major, USAF, 1972-1985]. Practice Areas: Patent; Trademark; Copyright; Trade Secret; Unfair Competition.Email: James M. Moore
Michael W. Garvey (Member) born Oak Park, Illinois, March 18, 1962; admitted to bar, 1991, Ohio and U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: University of Notre Dame (B.S.E.E., 1984); College of William and Mary (J.D., 1991). Member, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. Member: Cleveland Intellectual Property Law Association (Secretary, 1997-2000; President, 2003-2004); American Intellectual Property Law Association; International Trademark Association; International Federation of Industrial Property Attorneys (FICPI). Practice Areas: Patents; Trademarks; Prosecution and Appeals; Intellectual Property.Email: Michael W. Garvey
Richard A. Sharpe (Member) born Cleveland, Ohio, March 24, 1965; admitted to bar, 1992, Ohio; 1996, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio; U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: Otterbein College (B.S., Chem., 1987), Sigma Zeta; Washington College of Law of American University (J.D., 1991). Member: Cleveland (Secretary, 1994-1996) and American Intellectual Property Law Associations. Special Agencies: Patent Examiner, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, 1989-1990. Practice Areas: Intellectual Property; Patents; Trademarks; Copyrights; Litigation.Email: Richard A. Sharpe
Ronald M. Kachmarik (Member) born Cleveland, Ohio, July 31, 1963; admitted to bar, 1994, Ohio; 1995, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio and U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit; registered to practice before the the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: University of Akron (B.S., Physics 1987); Cleveland-Marshall College of Law (J.D., 1994). Sigma Pi Sigma. Patent Examiner, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, 1987-1990. Member: American Bar Association; Cleveland Intellectual Property Law Association (Treasurer, 1999-2001); American Intellectual Property Law Association; International Trademark Association; International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property. Practice Areas: Intellectual Property; Patent; Trademark.Email: Ronald M. Kachmarik
Paul A. Serbinowski (Member) born Buffalo, New York, March 22, 1967; admitted to bar, 1994, Pennsylvania; 1995, Ohio; 1996, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio; 2003, New York; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: Alfred University (B.S.C.E., 1989); Widener University (J.D., 1994). Member, American Ceramic Society. Member: Cleveland Intellectual Property Law Association; American Intellectual Property Law Association; International Federation of Industrial Property Attorneys; Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers. Practice Areas: Intellectual Property; Patents; Trademarks; Copyrights; Chemistry; Biotechnology.Email: Paul A. Serbinowski
Stephen S. Wentsler (Member) born Akron, Ohio, December 15, 1967; admitted to bar, 1997, Virginia; 2000, Ohio; U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal and Sixth Circuits; U.S. District Court, Southern District of Ohio; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: University of Cincinnati College of Engineering (B.S.M.E., magna cum laude, 1993); Syracuse University College of Law (J.D., 1996). Member: Ohio State Bar Association; American Intellectual Property Law Association; Cleveland Intellectual Property Law Association; American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Practice Areas: Patents; Intellectual Property.Email: Stephen S. Wentsler
Aaron A. Fishman (Member) born Kansas City, Missouri, March 25, 1972; admitted to bar, 1999, Ohio; 2000, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: University of Toledo (B.E.T., 1996; J.D., 1999). Member, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. Member: Cleveland Intellectual Property Law Association; American Intellectual Property Law Association; International Federation of Industrial Property Attorneys. Practice Areas: Patents; Trademarks; Copyrights.Email: Aaron A. Fishman
Robert F. Bodi (Member) born Cleveland, Ohio, March 8, 1964; admitted to bar, 2000, Ohio; 2001, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: University of Akron (B.S.E.E., 1988; B.S., Applied Math, 1988; J.D., summa cum laude, 2000). Pi Mu Epsilon; Eta Kappa Nu. Member: Cleveland Engineering Society; Federalist Society. Online Editor, Akron Law Review, 1999-2000. Member: Cleveland and Ohio State Bar Associations; Cleveland Intellectual Property Law Association; American Intellectual Property Law Association; Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. Practice Areas: Patents; Trademarks; Copyrights; Copyright Litigation.Email: Robert F. Bodi
Una L. Lauricia (Member) admitted to bar, 2002, Ohio, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: Miami University (B.S., 1996); Cleveland-Marshall College of Law (J.D., December 2001). Member: Cleveland Metropolitan and American Bar Associations; Cleveland Intellectual Property Law Association; American Intellectual Property Law Association; INTA. Practice Areas: Intellectual Property Litigation; Patents; Trademarks; Copyrights.Email: Una L. Lauricia
Steven J. Solomon (Member) born Cleveland, Ohio, November 24, 1975; admitted to bar, 2003, Ohio; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: Ohio State University (B.S.Ch.E., 1998); Cleveland State University (J.D., magna cum laude, 2002). Member, American Institute of Chemical Engineers. Member: Ohio State Bar Association; Cleveland Intellectual Property Law Association. Languages: French. Practice Areas: Patents; Trademarks; Copyrights; Intellectual Property Litigation.Email: Steven J. Solomon
ASSOCIATES
James M. Irwin (Associate) born Youngstown, Ohio, March 3, 1983; admitted to bar, 2009, Ohio. Education: Youngstown State University (B.S., Biochemistry, 2005); University of Akron School of Law (J.D., 2009). Member: American Bar Association; Cleveland Intellectual Property Law Association; The American Intellectual Property Law Association; The American Chemical Society. Practice Areas: Intellectual Property; Chemical Intellectual Property; Pharmaceutical Intellectual Property.Email: James M. Irwin
Deborah L. Corpus (Associate) admitted to bar, 2000, Ohio; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: University of California at Davis (B.S., Biochemistry, 1996); Case Western Reserve University (J.D., 2000). Research Assistant: Department of Neurology, University of California at Davis School of Medicine; Department of Anatomy/Physiology/Cell Biology, University of California at Davis School of Veterinary Medicine. Member: Cleveland Intellectual Property Law Association (Chair, Chemical Patent Practice, 2001-2002); American Intellectual Property Law Association; American Bar Association; Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association; INTA. Practice Areas: Intellectual Property Pre-Litigation; Patents; Pharmaceutical Intellectual Property; Electronic Intellectual Property; Computer and Software Patents; Electro-Mechanical Patents; Trademarks; Copyrights.Email: Deborah L. Corpus
Donald J. Firca, Jr. (Associate) born Lorain, Ohio, May 14, 1975; admitted to bar, 2001, Ohio; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: University of Akron (B.S.Ch.E., 1998); Case Western Reserve University (J.D., 2001). Member, I.E.E.E. Member: Cleveland Intellectual Property Law Association; American Intellectual Property Law Association. Practice Areas: Patents; Trademarks; Copyrights.Email: Donald J. Firca, Jr.
Brad C. Spencer (Associate) born Fairview Park, Ohio, November 4, 1972; admitted to bar, 2005, Ohio; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: Ohio State University (B.S.E.E., 1996); University of Akron School of Law (J.D., 2005). Eta Kappa Nu. Tau Beta Pi. Professional Engineer, Ohio, Arizona, 2001. Member, IEEE, 1998. Member: American Intellectual Property Law Association. Practice Areas: Patent Preparation; Patent Prosecution.Email: Brad C. Spencer
Bryan M. Gallo (Associate) born Mayfield, Ohio, August 9, 1979; admitted to bar, 2005, Ohio; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: Ohio University (B.S.M.E., 2001); University of Dayton (J.D., 2005). Tau Beta Pi. Author, "Barbie's Life in Plastic: It's Fantastic For First Amendment Protection - Or Is It?" University of Dayton Law Review, Issue 29 Page 405. Member, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2000-2001. Member: Ohio State and American Bar Associations; Cleveland Intellectual Property Law Association. Practice Areas: Patents; Trademarks; Copyrights.Email: Bryan M. Gallo
Seongyoune Kang (Associate) born Seoul, Korea, October 6, 1976; admitted to bar, 2006, Ohio; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: Seoul National University (B.S.M.E., 2002); The Ohio State University (J.D., 2006). Member: American Intellectual Property Law Association; Cleveland Intellectual Property Law Association. [Korean Augmentee to the U.S. Army, 1st Signal Brigade, Eighth, U.S. Army, 1997-1999]. Languages: Korean, French. Practice Areas: Patents; Trademarks; Copyrights.Email: Seongyoune Kang
Nobuhiko Sukenaga (Associate) admitted to bar, 2007, Ohio; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: Nagoya Institute of Technology, Aichi, Japan (B.S.; Masters in Synthetic Chemistry); Cleveland-Marshall College of Law (J.D. 2005). Languages: Japanese and English.Email: Nobuhiko Sukenaga
J. Gregory Chrisman (Associate) born Greenville, Ohio, October 25, 1976; admitted to bar, 2007, Ohio; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: Akron University Law School (B.S.Ch.E., 2000; J.D., 2007). Member: Cleveland Intellectual Property Law Association; American Institute of Chemical Engineers. Practice Areas: Patent Prosecution.
Ivan Goldberg (Associate) born Cleveland, Ohio, 1979; admitted to bar, 2007, Ohio; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: Miami University (B.S., Manufacturing Engineering, 2001); Case Western Reserve University School of Law (J.D., 2007). Cleveland Intellectual Property Law Association; American Intellectual Property Law Association. Practice Areas: Patent Prosecution; Intellectual Property.
Christopher P. Demas (Associate) born Brookpark, Ohio, October 9, 1978; admitted to bar, 2008, Ohio; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: Case Western Reserve University (B.S., Chemistry, 2001); Cleveland Marshall College of Law (J.D.). registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Member: Cleveland Intellectual Property Law Association. Practice Areas: Intellectual Property; Patent Prosecution.
Gregory M. York, Ph.D. (Associate) born Miami, Florida, December 17, 1970; admitted to bar, 2008, Ohio; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: Dartmouth College (B.A., Biology, magna cum laude, 1992); Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Ph.D., Biology, 1998); University of Michigan Law School (J.D., 2008). registered to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Practice Areas: Intellectual Property; Chemical Intellectual Property; Pharmaceutical Intellectual Property.Email: Gregory M. York, Ph.D.
Martin Kilbane (Associate) born Cleveland, Ohio, April 8, 1982; admitted to bar, 2008, Ohio. Education: Carnegie Mellon University (B.S., Mechanical Engineering, 2004); John Marshall Law School (J.D., 2008). Practice Areas: Intellectual Property.
OF COUNSEL
Lowell L. Heinke (Of Counsel) born Coshocton, Ohio, October 14, 1932; admitted to bar, 1960, Ohio; 1961, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio; 1982, U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: Case Institute of Technology (B.S. in Eng., with honors, 1954); George Washington University (LL.B., 1959). Member: Cleveland, Ohio State and American Bar Associations; Cleveland (President, 1980-1981) and American (Chairman, Antitrust Law Committee, 1978-1980; Member, Board of Managers, 1980-1983) Intellectual Property Law Associations. Special Agencies: Patent Examiner, U.S. Patent Office, 1955-1958. Practice Areas: Intellectual Property; Patents; Trademarks.Email: Lowell L. Heinke
Thaddeus A. Zalenski (Of Counsel) born East Vandergrift, Pennsylvania, December 10, 1936; admitted to bar, 1966, Pennsylvania; 1970, U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit; 1982, U.S. District Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit; registered to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. (Not admitted in Ohio). Education: Pennsylvania State University (B.S. in P.N.G.E., 1959); Georgetown University Law Center(J.D., 1966). Special Agencies: Patent Examiner, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, 1961-1966. Practice Areas: Patents; Trademark; Copyright; Trade Secrets; Unfair Competition.Email: Thaddeus A. Zalenski