Hiring and management of thirteen interlocutory attorneys (attorneys who serve as magistrates in litigation before the TTAB), technical programs manager and, indirectly, 12 paralegals and several support staff employees. Review and preliminary approval of decisions proposed for issuance asprecedent. Union negotiation. Review of proposed decisions for quality. Liaison with public.Management resulted in substantial improvements in productivity and timeliness of interlocutorydecisions.

Continuation of representation of clients, focusing primarily on management of large intellectual property portfolios and practice before the United States Patent and Trademark Office. See Thompson Coburn, below, for fuller discussion.

Adjunct faculty member at the Washington University School of Law in St. Louis, taught trademark practice.

Senior attorney in the chemical arts, with responsibilities including management,oversight, development and training of attorneys and paralegals in all phases ofintellectual property law.Department head of professional liability responsible for compliance with ethicalobligations, maintenance of professional standards and avoidance of liability, includingmanagement and oversight of sophisticated docketing procedures and software.Over 20 years of experience… Show more Senior attorney in the chemical arts, with responsibilities including management,oversight, development and training of attorneys and paralegals in all phases ofintellectual property law.Department head of professional liability responsible for compliance with ethicalobligations, maintenance of professional standards and avoidance of liability, includingmanagement and oversight of sophisticated docketing procedures and software.Over 20 years of experience obtaining, securing, enforcing and defending intellectualproperty rights by client counseling, evaluating invention disclosures, preparing andprosecuting hundreds of patent and trademark applications throughout the world,maintaining patents and trademarks, negotiating and drafting assignments and licensesof intellectual property, preparing infringement, validity, state-of-the-art andfreedom-to-operate opinions, and litigating when necessary.Over 15 years of experience managing large, international intellectual property portfolios.Management of entire international intellectual property portfolios, each comprisinghundreds to well over one thousand patents and trademarks. Show less