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Intellectual property and technology attorney specializing in patent litigation, USPTO post-grant proceedings, and portfolio management and patent prosecution focused on medical device, mechanical, and electrical technologies.• Provide strategic direction on portfolio development for clients with various budgets and desired outcomes (e.g., portfolio or company sale, licensing, or defensive posturing).• Lead clients through software and technology acquisitions and licensing transactions including privacy and cybersecurity terms, and the related due diligence and landscape analysis of patent and trademark assets.• Oversee patent prosecution of U.S. and international patent applications involving electrical, software, mechanical, medical device, and design matters.• Represent both petitioners and patent owners in post-grant proceedings including inter partes review and reexamination including preparation of USPTO filings, amendment strategy, work with technical experts, and expert deposition.• Prepare patentability, validity, infringement and clearance opinions.• Assist with acquisitions involving due diligence and landscape analysis of intellectual property assets.• Prepare claim construction briefs, work with technical experts, and prepare motions and trial briefs throughout various phases of U.S. district court litigation.• Exemplary clients: Newell Rubbermaid, Spanx, Johnson & Johnson, Synthes, Edwards Life Sciences, Joyson, Medical University of South Carolina, University of Alabama.

Greater Atlanta Area

Greater Atlanta Area

Greater Atlanta Area

• Prosecuted U.S. and international patent applications involving electrical and mechanical technologies and design matters.• Provided client counseling in the areas of portfolio establishment, analysis, and due diligence.• Assisted with acquisitions and divestitures involving due diligence for intellectual property assets and information technologies.• Exemplary clients: Google, Coca-Cola, Cooper Lighting, American Greetings.

Atlanta, Ga

• Prosecuted U.S. and international patent applications involving electrical, mechanical, and medical device technologies.• Assisted in patent litigations involving infringement and validity disputes before the U.S. district courts and ITC.• Represented Veterans before the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims.• Exemplary clients: Coca-Cola, L’Oréal, Georgia-Pacific, Caterpillar, Sony, USPS, Smiths Detection.

Atlanta, Ga

Assisted IP attorneys and licensing professionals by analyzing the patentability and marketability of new technologies, licensing agreements, confidential disclosure agreements, royalty payments, marketing materials, and trademark and copyright applications.

• Analyzed and resolved mechanical and fabrication problems relating to installation of imaging and radiation oncology equipment.• Prepared site design documentation to assist in the sale and installation of radiation oncology, neurosurgery, and functional mapping (magnetoencephalography) products and systems.• Provided technical service to clients using neurosurgical and stereotactic radiation therapy equipment.

Norcross, Ga

Evaluated and improved design methods for pre-form fiber optic cable manufacturing.

Roseville, Mi

Detailed die forms for use in CAM & Punch and Die manufacturing.

J.D., Law

• Intellectual Property Law Society: President (2009), Secretary (2008). • Georgia State University Intellectual Property Law Scholarship.

Bs, Mechanical Engineering

• Capstone Design: redesign of needle-free injection system for use in mass immunization • Wind tunnel analysis of Le Mans racecars •.