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| | Address | | 1751 Pinnacle Drive, Suite 500 | | McLEAN, VIRGINIA 22102-3833 | | (Fairfax Co.) | | | |
| | | Miles & Stockbridge P.C. practices in the following areas of law:
Litigation in all Courts. Corporation, Banking, Real Estate, Securities, Insurance Coverage Litigation, Toxic Tort Litigation, Product Liability, Medical Malpractice, Environmental, Intellectual Property, Antitrust, Franchising, Bond, Taxation, Bankruptcy, Creditors Rights, Estate Planning, Probate, Hospital, Health Care, Construction Law, Employment Law and Discrimination. | | Firm Size: 212 | Representative Clients:
Bank of America; The Black & Decker Corporation; The Virginia Reciprocal; Charles E. Smith Companies; Host Marriott Services Corp.; Bull, S.A.; University of Florida; Thomaston Mills. |
Other Office Locations of Miles & Stockbridge P.C.
Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.A. (Main Office)
Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.A.
Cambridge, Maryland, U.S.A.
Columbia, Maryland, U.S.A.
Easton, Maryland, U.S.A.
Frederick, Maryland, U.S.A.
Rockville, Maryland, U.S.A.
Towson, Maryland, U.S.A.
| | Gianna J. Arnold (Principal) born Van Nuys, CA, 1959; admitted to bar, 1993, Massachusetts; 1997, Virginia; 2004, District of Columbia; 2006, Maryland; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: Northern AZ Univ. (B.S., Chemistry, 1982); Franklin Pierce Law Ctr. (J.D., 1992; M.S., Intellectual Property, 1993); Johns Hopkins Univ. (M.S., Biotechnology, 2004). (Also at 800 West Baltimore Street, 10 Light Street and Columbia, Maryland Offices). Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Securities; Intellectual Property; Technology Law; Life Sciences; Biotechnology; Pharmaceutical Intellectual Property. | | James T. Carmichael (Principal) born Chicago, IL, 1962; admitted to bar, 1987, California and District of Columbia. (Not admitted in Virginia). Education: Yale University (B.A., 1984); University of Wisconsin (J.D., cum laude, 1987); George Mason University (Electrical and Computer Engineering, 1996). Judicial Law Clerk to the Honorable Chief Judge Markey, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, 1990-1991. Administrative Patent Judge, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences, 1996-1999. Member: American Bar Association (Chair, Intellectual Property Law Committee on Inventors, 1995); American Intellectual Property Law Association. Reported Cases: Recreative Techs. Corp., 95-1337, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, 83 F.3d 1394, (1996); Aktiebolaget Astra v. Lehman, 94-1388, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, 71 F.3d 1578 (1995); Gurley, 94-1025, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, 27 F.3d 551 (1994); Donaldson Co., 91-1386, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, 16 F.3d 1189 (1994); Gerritsen v. Shoji Shirai, 91-1480, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, 979 F.2d 1524 (1992); Franchi v. Manbeck, 92-1085, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, 972 F.2d 1283 (1992); Hallmark Cards, Inc. v. Lehman, Civil Action No. 95-318 SSH, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, 959 F. Supp. 539 (1997). Practice Areas: Intellectual Property and Technology. Email: James T. Carmichael | | Mark A. Catan (Principal) born New York, NY, 1956; admitted to bar, 1994, New York; 2004, District of Columbia. (Not admitted in Virginia). Education: Grinnell Coll. (A.B., 1978); State Univ. of NY at Stony Brook (M.S., 1990); Benjamin N. Cardozo Sch. of Law, Yeshiva Univ. (J.D., 1993). Member: American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers, 2003; American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2006. Practice Areas: Intellectual Property; Patents; Trademarks; Intellectual Property Prosecution; Intellectual Property Licensing; E-Business. Email: Mark A. Catan | | Harvey B. Cohen (Principal) born New York, NY, 1930; admitted to bar, 1959, Virginia, District of Columbia, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Virginia and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth and Sixth Circuits; U.S. District Court, District of Columbia; U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit; U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Eastern District of Virginia; U.S. Supreme Court. Education: University of Miami (A.B., 1952); Georgetown University (LL.B., 1959; LL.M., 1961). Listed in The Best Lawyers in America. Phi Delta Phi. Assistant U.S. Attorney, Eastern District of Virginia, 1960-1961. Counsel, House of Representatives, Select Sub-Committee on Labor, 1961-1962. Member: U.S. Fourth Circuit Judicial Conference (Permanent Member), Fairfax County, City of Alexandria; The District of Columbia Bar; Bar Association of the District of Columbia; Arlington County, Virginia and American Bar Associations; Virginia State Bar (Member: 10th District Grievance Committee, 1985-1988; Medical Malpractice Review Panel, 1985—); Northern Virginia Federal Bar Association; Virginia Trial Lawyers Association (Vice President and Member, Board of Governors, 1971-1976; President, 1977-1978; Chairman, Committee on Judicial Standards and Appointments, 1971-1974; Chairman, Federal Courts Committee, 1974-1975; Chairman, Judicial Selections and Relations Committee, 1987-1988); The Association of Trial Lawyers of America; American Judicature Society; the Federal Bar Association (Member, Virginia Chapter). [Capt. U.S. Air Force, 1954-1956]. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Commercial Law; Corporate Litigation; Intellectual Property Litigation. Email: Harvey B. Cohen | | J. Douglas Cuthbertson (Principal) born Lakewood, OH, 1970; admitted to bar, 1997, Virginia, U.S. District Court, Eastern and Western Districts of Virginia and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit; 2001, U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Eastern District of Virginia; 2007, District of Columbia; 2008, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: University of Richmond (B.A., 1993); University of Houston Law Center (J.D., 1997). Member: Federal and American (Consumer Financial Services Committee, Business Law Section) Bar Associations; Virginia State Bar; District of Columbia Bar. Practice Areas: Consumer Financial Services Litigation; Commercial and Business Litigation; Bankruptcy Litigation. Email: J. Douglas Cuthbertson | | R. Grant Decker (Principal) born Washington, D.C., 1953; admitted to bar, 1981, Virginia; 1982, Maryland and District of Columbia. Education: College of William & Mary (B.A., 1975); Marshall-Wythe School of Law, College of William & Mary (J.D., 1981). Member: Fairfax County and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Business Law; Commercial Law; Corporate Law; Real Estate; Labor and Employment; Products Liability. Email: R. Grant Decker | | Brian F. Kenney (Principal) born New York, NY, 1958; admitted to bar, 1983, Virginia; 1989, District of Columbia; U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Eastern and Western Districts of Virginia; U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Columbia; U.S. Supreme Court; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth and District of Columbia Circuits; U.S. District Court, Eastern and Western Districts of Virginia; U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Education: Virginia Commonwealth Univ. (B.A., magna cum laude, 1980); Univ. of Virginia (J.D., 1983). Member, Walter Chandler Inn of Court for Bankruptcy Practice. Member: Fairfax County and American Bar Associations.; Virginia State Bar; Northern Virginia Bankruptcy Bar Association (President, 2000-2001); American Bankruptcy Institute (ABI); Walter Chandler American Inns of Court. (Certified in Business Bankruptcy Law by the American Board of Certification). Practice Areas: Bankruptcy; Commercial Loan Collection. Email: Brian F. Kenney | | Edward J. Kondracki (Principal) born Elizabeth, NJ, 1932; admitted to bar, 1964, Virginia and District of Columbia; 1965, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit; 1976, U.S. Claims Court and U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit; 1978, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit. Education: Newark College of Engineering (B.S.E.E., 1959); George Washington Univ. (J.D., 1963). Member: Virginia State Bar; American Bar Association; Federal Circuit Bar Association; American Intellectual Property Law Association; International Association for the Protection of Industrial Property; United States Trademark Association; American Intellectual Property Law Association; Washington Patent Lawyers Club; Northern Virginia Patent Lawyers Club. [U.S. Navy, 1951-1955]. Practice Areas: Patent, Trademark, Unfair Competition and Copyright Law; Intellectual Property Litigation. Email: Edward J. Kondracki | | Jeffrey Scott Poretz (Principal) born Richmond, VA, 1967; admitted to bar, 1995, Virginia; 1996, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Virginia; 1998, U.S. District Court, Western District of Virginia; 2000, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit; 2002, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Education: Denison University (B.A., 1989); Washington College of Law, American University (J.D., 1995). Law Clerk, Alexandria Circuit Court, 1995-1997. Member: Alexandria, Fairfax and American Bar Associations; Virginia State Bar; Virginia Association of Defense Attorneys; Defense Research Institute. Practice Areas: Products Liability Litigation; Litigation. Email: Jeffrey Scott Poretz | | John E. Prominski, Jr. (Principal) born Washington, DC, 1954; admitted to bar, 1980, Virginia; 1981, District of Columbia; 1993, Maryland; U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit; U.S. District Court, District of Maryland; U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia; U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Virginia; U.S. Court of Federal Claims. Education: University of Virginia (B.A., 1976); American University (J.D., 1979). Law Clerk to The Honorable Oren R. Lewis, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Virginia, 1979-1980. Member: D.C. Defense Lawyers Association; The Counsellors; The Barristers; The Rotary Club of Washington D.C. Member: Virginia State Bar; Maryland State Bar Association; The District of Columbia Bar. Practice Areas: Business Law; Commercial Law; Corporate Law; Finance; Intellectual Property; Labor and Employment; Real Estate; Securities. Email: John E. Prominski, Jr. | | Kurt C. Rommel (Principal) born Omaha, NE, 1955; admitted to bar, 1980, District of Columbia; 1981, Virginia; 1985, Maryland. Education: Miami Univ. (A.B., 1977); Georgetown Univ. Law Center (J.D., 1980). Member: Fairfax County, Federal (Member, Litigation and Intellectual Property) and American (Member, Litigation and Intellectual Property) Bar Associations; Northern Virginia Bankruptcy Bar Association. Practice Areas: Bankruptcy; Business Law; Commercial Law; Labor and Employment; Litigation; Intellectual Property. Email: Kurt C. Rommel | | Robert D. Roseman (Principal) born Boston, Massachusetts, 1947; admitted to bar, 1972, Maryland; 1975, U.S. District Court, District of Maryland; 1977, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit and U.S. Supreme Court; 1980, District of Columbia. (Not admitted in Virginia). Education: Boston University (B.A., 1969); George Washington University (J.D., 1972). Member: Montgomery County, Maryland State and American Bar Associations; The District of Columbia Bar. (Also at Rockville, Maryland Office). Practice Areas: Real Estate; Finance; Business; Corporate Transactional. Email: Robert D. Roseman | | Gene R. Schleppenbach (Principal) admitted to bar, 1981, District of Columbia; 1983, Virginia. Education: University of Nebraska (B.A., 1978); George Washington University (J.D., 1981). Member, Journal of International Law and Economics, 1979-1981. Member: Virginia State Bar; District of Columbia Bar; American Bar Association. Practice Areas: Business; Technology; Mergers and Acquisitions; Venture Capital; Emerging Growth Companies. Email: Gene R. Schleppenbach | | Ronald E. Shapiro (Principal) born Washington, DC, 1953; admitted to bar, 1978, Maryland; 1979, U.S. Tax Court and U.S. District Court, District of Maryland; 1984, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, U.S. Supreme Court and District of Columbia; 1990, Virginia. Education: Johns Hopkins University (B.A., with honors, 1975); University of Maryland (J.D., with honors, 1978); George Washington University (LL.M., in Patent and Trade Regulation Law, 1983). Editor-in-Chief, The Maryland Law Forum, 1977-1978. Recipient, William P. Cunningham Award for Exceptional Achievement and Service, University of Maryland School of Law, 1978. Member: Fairfax and American Bar Associations; Virginia State Bar; International Trademark Association; International Federation of Industrial Property Attorneys; International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property; Licensing Executives Society. Fellow, American Bar Foundation. Practice Areas: Intellectual Property. Email: Ronald E. Shapiro | | Mitchell W. Shapiro (Principal) born Washington, DC, 1955; admitted to bar, 1981, Maryland and U.S. District Court, District of Maryland; 1984, District of Columbia and U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit; 1990, Virginia; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: Johns Hopkins University (B.E.S., with honors, 1977); University of Maryland (J.D., with honors, 1981). Phi Beta Kappa; Tau Beta Pi; Eta Kappa Nu; Order of the Coif. Member: The District of Columbia Bar; Virginia State Bar; American Bar Association; International Association for the Protection of Industrial Property; Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. Email: Mitchell W. Shapiro | | Alfred M. Wurglitz (Principal) born Chicago, IL, 1948; admitted to bar, 1981, District of Columbia; 1983, Maryland; 1984, Virginia. Education: U.S. Air Force Academy (B.S., 1970); Oxford University (B.Phil., 1973); Loyola University School of Law (J.D., 1976). Co-Founder and Director, Air Force Academy Society of Washington, D.C., 1988-2004. Member, City of Gaithersburg Economic Development Committee, 2004-2008. Pro Bono Counsel, Reach for Tomorrow, Inc., 1998-2005. Member: American Bar Association (Member, Sections on: Public Contract Law; Intellectual Property; Sciences and Technology). [Procurement Officer, U.S. Air Force, 1973-1976]. (Also at Rockville, Maryland Office). Practice Areas: Technology and Science; Public Contract; Corporate Law; Intellectual Property. Email: Alfred M. Wurglitz | | OF COUNSEL | | Nelson H. Shapiro (Of Counsel) born Washington, DC, 1928; admitted to bar, 1952, District of Columbia; 1952-1982, U.S. Court of Customs and Patent Appeals; 1955, U.S. Supreme Court; 1976, U.S. Claims Court; 1981, Virginia (Admission limited to Patent, Trademark, Copyright and Unfair Competition Causes only); 1982, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: Johns Hopkins University (B.E.E., 1948); George Washington University (J.D., 1952). Tau Beta Pi; Order of the Coif. Author: "Federal Jurisdiction over Pendent Claims of Unfair Competition in Patent, Trademark and Copyright Actions," George Washington University Law Review, Vol. 20, No. 5, April, 1952; "Delay in Claiming and Its Effects," Journal of the Patent Office Society, January, 1957; "Delay in Claiming," Encyclopedia of Patent Practice and Invention Management, 1964; "Toward a Realistic Standard of Patentability," Idea, Vol. 16, No. 2, Winter, 1974. Patent Examiner, U.S. Patent Office, 1948-1950. Patent Advisor, U.S. Signal Corps, 1950-1952. Member: The District of Columbia Bar; The Bar Association of the District of Columbia; Virginia and American Bar Associations; American Intellectual Property Law Association; International Association for the Protection of Industrial Property. Practice Areas: Intellectual Property; Patents; Trademarks. Email: Nelson H. Shapiro | | George W. Swenson, Jr. (Of Counsel) born Minneapolis, Minnesota, 1933; admitted to bar, 1992, Pennsylvania; 1995, District of Columbia and Minnesota; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. (Not admitted in Virginia). Education: Spring Hill College (B.S., Chemistry, 1958); Loyola University (M.S., 1960; Ph.D., 1963); George Washington University (J.D., 1991). Practice Areas: Intellectual Property; Patents. Email: George W. Swenson, Jr. | | COUNSEL | | Michael A. Minter (Associate Counsel) born Brooklyn, NY; admitted to bar, 2001, Virginia; 2002, District of Columbia; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: Cornell Univ., School of Civil and Environmental Engineering (B.S., 1988); Georgetown Univ. (J.D., 2000). Member: Fairfax, Virginia and American Bar Associations; American Intellectual Property Law Association; Cornell Alumni Association; Northern Virginia Patent Lawyers Club; Georgetown University Alumni Association; American Society of Civil Engineers. Languages: Italian. Practice Areas: Government Contracts; E-Business; Intellectual Property Licensing; Intellectual Property Prosecution; Literary Property. Email: Michael A. Minter | | —————————— | | Christopher E. Brown (Associate) born Washington, DC, 1977; admitted to bar, 2006, Virginia. Education: Univ. of Virginia (B.A., with distinction, 1999); George Washington Univ. Law School (J.D., 2006). Practice Areas: Commercial and Business Litigation. Email: Christopher E. Brown | | Eric G. King (Associate) born Canton, OH, 1964; admitted to bar, 2001, Virginia and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit; 2002, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Virginia; 2003, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit; 2004, District of Columbia and California; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: De Vry Institute of Technology (B.S. in Electronics Engineering Technology, 1985); Univ. of Southern California (M.S., Electrical Engineering, 1989); Univ. of Colorado (M.B.A., 1996); George Washington Univ. School of Law (J.D., 2001). Member: American Intellectual Property Law Association, 1998; American Bar Association, 2001. Practice Areas: Intellectual Property and Technology. | | Scott Lieberman (Associate) born Silver Spring, MD, 1974; admitted to bar, 1995, New Jersey; 1996, U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey; 1997, U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit. (Not admitted in Virginia). Education: University of Maryland (B.S., cum laude, 1997); University of Maryland School of Law (J.D., 2001). Member: American Bar Association. Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Securities; Mergers and Acquisitions; Real Estate Finance. | | Patrick L. Miller (Associate) born Charleston, WV, 1974; admitted to bar, 2007, Virginia; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: University of Florida (B.S.E.E., with honors, 2002); Washington College of Law of American University (J.D., 2007). Member: American Bar Association; American Intellectual Property Law Association; Northern Virginia Patent Lawyers Club. Practice Areas: Patents; Patent Prosecution; Trademarks; Copyrights. | | David R. Schaffer (Associate) born Cincinnati, OH, 1958; admitted to bar, 1997, Virginia; 1999, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Virginia; 2002, District of Columbia; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: College of William & Mary (B.A., 1980); Virginia Polytechnic Inst. and State Univ. (M.S., 1988); Columbus School of Law of the Catholic Univ. of America (J.D., 1997). Member: American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA); Computer Law Association (CLA); Northern Virginia Patent Lawyers Club (NVPLC). Special Agencies: Registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Practice Areas: Intellectual Property; Patents; Trademarks; Copyrights; Copyright Licensing. Email: David R. Schaffer | | D. Margeaux Witherspoon (Associate) born Cleveland, OH, 1983; admitted to bar, 2007, Virginia. Education: Bowling Green State Univ. (B.A., magna cum laude, 2004); Catholic Univ. of America (J.D., 2007). Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation. Email: D. Margeaux Witherspoon | Other Office Addresses: Links to Other Offices
Baltimore, Maryland Office: 10 Light Street, Telephone: 410-727-6464. Facsimile: 410-385-3700.
Cambridge, Maryland Office: 300 Academy Street. Telephone: 410-228-4545. Facsimile: 410-228-5652.
Columbia, Maryland Office: 10490 Little Patuxent Parkway, Suite 300. Telephone: 410-381-6000. Facsimile: 410-381-6430.
Easton, Maryland Office: 101 Bay Street. Telephone: 410-822-5280. Facsimile: 410-822-5450.
Frederick, Maryland Office: 30 West Patrick Street. Telephone: 301-662-5155. Facsimile: 301-662-3647.
Rockville, Maryland Office: 11 North Washington Street, Suite 700. Telephone: 301-762-1600. Facsimile: 301-762-0363.
Towson, Maryland Office: 1 West Pennsylvania Avenue, Suite 900. Telephone: 410-821-6565. Facsimile: 410-823-8123.
UMB Bio Park Office: 800 West Baltimore Street, Building 1, Suite 101, Baltimore, Maryland. Telephone: 410-500-5000. Facsimile: 410-385-3700.
| (For biographical data on firm personnel resident at other locations, see Professional Biographies at those cities). | | Maintains an office in more than one location. |
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