MEMBERS OF FIRM
Elwin A. Andrus (1939-1982).
Merl E. Sceales (1941-1987).
George H. Solveson (Partner) born Madison, Wisconsin, February 3, 1941; admitted to bar, 1969, Wisconsin; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: University of Wisconsin (B.S.E.E., 1964; J.D., 1969). Phi Delta Phi. Lecturer: University of Wisconsin-Madison, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, National CLE Conference, 1995. Member, Executive Board, 1975-1978 and Secretary, 1976-1978, Milwaukee Young Lawyers Association. Member: Milwaukee, Seventh Federal Circuit (Chairman, Wisconsin Portraits Committee, 1991) and American (Member, Patent and Antitrust Sections) Bar Associations; State Bar of Wisconsin (Counsel, 1977-1979 and Chairman, 1978-1979, Patent, Trademark and Copyright Section; Member, Group and Prepaid Legal Services Committee, 1977-1979); Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers; Chicago Patent Law Associations; American Intellectual Property Law Association; Wisconsin Intellectual Property Law Association (Director, 1986-1988).Email: George H. Solveson
Gary A. Essmann (Partner) born Milwaukee, Wisconsin, March 12, 1947; admitted to bar, 1978, Wisconsin and U.S. District Court, Eastern and Western Districts of Wisconsin; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: Marquette University (B.S. in Physics, 1969; M.S. in Physics, 1976; J.D., 1978). Delta Theta Phi (President, 1977-1978). Lecturer: University of Wisconsin-Madison, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, National CLE Conference, 1995. Adjunct Professor of Law, Marquette University, 1987. Member: Milwaukee, Seventh Federal Circuit and American (Member, Sections on: Patent, Trademark and Copyright Law; Litigation) Bar Associations; State Bar of Wisconsin; American Intellectual Property Law Association; Wisconsin Intellectual Property Law Association (Secretary-Treasurer, 1989-1991).Email: Gary A. Essmann
Thomas M. Wozny (Partner) born Milwaukee, Wisconsin, March 29, 1951; admitted to bar, 1977, Wisconsin; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: Purdue University (B.S. in Chem. Engr., 1973); Marquette University (J.D., 1977). Phi Alpha Delta. Secretary/Treasurer, Wisconsin Intellectual Property Law Association, 1980-1982. Lecturer, Patent Jury Trials, sponsored by Wisconsin Intellectual Property Law Association, 1986. Member: Milwaukee, Seventh Federal Circuit and American (Member, Sections on: Intellectual Property Law; Litigation; Chairperson, University Intellectual Property Law Committee, 1998-2000; Chairperson, Special Committee on Global Patent Costs, 2000-2001) Bar Associations; State Bar of Wisconsin (Chairman, Patent, Trademark and Copyright Section, 1985-1986); American Intellectual Property Law Association; Wisconsin Intellectual Property Law Association.Email: Thomas M. Wozny
Michael E. Taken (Partner) born Chicago, Illinois, April 22, 1947; admitted to bar, 1975, Wisconsin; 1982, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: Marquette University (B.S., Physics, 1969); University of Connecticut (M.S., Physics, 1971); Marquette University (J.D., 1975). Evans Scholar. Recipient, Triangle Award, Marquette University School of Engineering. Pi Mu Epsilon. University of Connecticut Fellowship. Member: Milwaukee and American (Member, Sections on: Patent, Trademark and Copyright Law; Litigation) Bar Associations; State Bar of Wisconsin; American Intellectual Property Law Association; Wisconsin Intellectual Property Law Association (President, 1990-1991).Email: Michael E. Taken
Joseph J. Jochman (Partner) born Appleton, Wisconsin, October 18, 1939; admitted to bar, 1966, Wisconsin and U.S. District Court, Eastern and Western Districts of Wisconsin; 1982, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: University of Wisconsin (B.S.C.E., 1962; J.D., 1966). Phi Delta Phi. Member: Milwaukee and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Wisconsin (Director, Patent, Trademark and Copyright Section, 1979-1981; 1989-1991; Chairman, 1992); Wisconsin Intellectual Property Law Association.Email: Joseph J. Jochman
Peter Thomas Holsen (Partner) born Milwaukee, Wisconsin, April 1, 1974; admitted to bar, 2002, Wisconsin; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: Marquette University (B.S.C.E., 1996; J.D., 2002). Editor in Chief, Marquette Intellectual Property Law Review, 2002. Member: State Bar of Wisconsin. Practice Areas: Patents.
Joseph D. Kuborn (Partner) born Kimberly, Wisconsin, March 25, 1969; admitted to bar, 1995, Wisconsin and U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Wisconsin; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: University of Wisconsin, (B.S.E.E., 1991); Marquette University (J.D., 1995). Tau Beta Pi; Phi Alpha Delta. Member, Marquette Law Review, 1994-1995. Member, Technical Associations Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers. Member: State Bar of Wisconsin (Member, Sections on: Intellectual Property; Young Lawyers Division); American Bar Association (Member, Intellectual Property Law Section); Wisconsin Intellectual Property Law Association; American Intellectual Property Law Association.Email: Joseph D. Kuborn
Aaron T. Olejniczak (Partner) born Green Bay, Wisconsin, August 1, 1975; admitted to bar, 2002, Wisconsin; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: University of Notre Dame (B.S., 1998); University of Wisconsin-Madison (J.D., 2002). Member: State Bar of Wisconsin. Practice Areas: Patents; Trademarks; Contracts.
Edward R. Williams, Jr. (Partner) born Wausau, Wisconsin, April 16, 1961; admitted to bar, 1991, Wisconsin; U.S. District Court, Eastern and Western Districts of Wisconsin and U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office; Supreme Court of Wisconsin. Education: Northwestern University (B.S.M.E., 1983); University of California at San Diego (M.S., 1985); University of Wisconsin-Madison (J.D., cum laude, 1991). Member: State Bar of Wisconsin; State Bar of Massachusetts.Email: Edward R. Williams, Jr.
Christopher M. Scherer (Partner) born Cudahy, Wisconsin, May 8, 1973; admitted to bar, 2003, Illinois; 2004, Wisconsin and District of Columbia; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: Marquette University (B.S.E.E., 1996); The John Marshall Law School (J.D., 1999). Member: State Bar of Wisconsin. Practice Areas: Intellectual Property.Email: Christopher M. Scherer
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M. Scott McBride (Associate) born 1965; admitted to bar, 2002, Wisconsin; U.S. District Court, Eastern and Western Districts of Wisconsin and U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: Colorado State University (B.S., Biochemistry, 1990); University of Wisconsin-Madison (Ph.D., Cell and Molecular Biology, 1996); Marquette University (J.D., summa cum laude, 2002).
Benjamin R. Imhoff (Associate) born Hanover, New Hampshire, December 24, 1980; admitted to bar, 2006, Wisconsin. Education: Marquette University, (B.S., B.E., 2003); University of Wisconsin-Madison, (J.D., 2006). Practice Areas: Patents; Trademarks; Copyrights.
OF COUNSEL
Daniel D. Fetterley (Of Counsel) born New York, N.Y., March 26, 1936; admitted to bar, 1959, Indiana; 1964, Wisconsin. Education: Purdue University (B.S., 1959); Indiana University (LL.B., 1959); John Marshall Law School (LL.M., 1969). Author: "Historical Perspectives on Criminal Laws Relating to the Theft of Trade Secrets," The Business Lawyer, 1970; "Two Bicentennials, Two Revolutions," (The Story of Jas. Watt's Steam Engine) American Bar Association Journal, March 1976; "The Shop Right: Its Theory and Application," The John Marshall Law School Conference on Intellectual Property, 1984. President, Milwaukee Patent Law Association, 1980-1981. Member: Milwaukee and American (Member of Council, Patent, Trademark and Copyright Law Section, 1985-1989); Bar Associations; State Bar of Wisconsin; American Intellectual Property Law Association; International Patent and Trademark Association (Member of Executive Committee, 1986); Wisconsin Intellectual Property Law Association.Email: Daniel D. Fetterley
PATENT AGENT
William L. Falk born Milwaukee, Wisconsin, July 19, 1949; Education: Marquette University (B.S.E.E., 1971). U.S. and Foreign Patent Preparation and Prosecution. Intellectual Property Client Counseling. Member: American Bar Association; Wisconsin Intellectual Property Law Association.Email: William L. Falk