Peter Schmidt Email & Phone Number

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Litigator, specializing in IP and cases involving complex technical and financial issues. Experience with patent, copyright, trade secret, trademark, and contract dispute cases.
• IP Practice. Experience with IP-specific practices, including patent claim construction, validity, and infringement; copyright registrations, CRB trials, and IP remedies.
• Trial Experience. Examined fact and expert witnesses, argued admissibility of evidence, prepared witnesses and lines of questioning, and designed demonstratives.
• Federal Court Practice. Experience with preliminary injunctions, discovery requests, depositions, motions and pleadings, expert reports, and other aspects of litigation.
• Case Assessment. Assessed IP cases for a wide range of clients by analyzing claims, defenses, damages, and potential issues with proving facts.
• Client Communication. Served as primary client contact in various matters, working with in-house counsel and executives. Particular experience with financial executives.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Worked with team building a shipping app. Handled legal issues related to startups, shipping industry, and blockchains. Drafted and filed patent applications.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• IP litigator, representing plaintiffs and defendants in patent suits. In one case, interviewed nearly 100 witnesses and drafted successful brief ending multimillion-dollar claim.
• Case Management. Managed individual patents in litigations: researched facts and law, interviewed witnesses, developed arguments, and drafted contentions.
• Legal Document Preparation. Drafted document requests, interrogatories, discovery responses, protective orders, and claim construction and summary judgment briefs.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

(Part-time) Startup banking technology concept targeting millennials and offering Bitcoin services. Developed business plan and financial model. Presented to Virginia State Corporation Commission and FDIC.

Cottage Grove, WI (+San Francisco Bay Area / Washington D.C. Metro Area)

Founded a small electronics and software consulting firm. Provided project management and technical consulting to clients including NASA and Stanford. Emphasis on medical electronics.(Representative project) Managed software development for NASA satellite — miscommunication between management and engineers had resulted in cost and time overruns. Clarified.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Advised clients on strategy and finance topics, with an emphasis on the tech sector. Particular experience with financial modeling and client presentations.(Representative project) Government agency sought help revising permitting process to ensure efficient approval of applications while maintaining public safeguards. Devised organizational and process.

Greater Los Angeles Area

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Provided financial and technical consulting to the US Government.(Representative project) Designed and built software for the US Department of Energy, including competitive dynamics model for alternative fuels. Received the 2007 Department of Energy Hydrogen Program R&D Award.(Other projects are classified.)

Madison, Wisconsin Area

Supported turnkey semiconductor sales efforts — whereas other team members focused on selling to the business side, I focused on selling to the engineering side. Responsibilities included working with potential clients to help them integrate semiconductor products into their circuit board designs, as well as helping them understand features and benefits.

Mba, Business Administration And Management, General

Jd, Magna Cum Laude

Ms, Electrical & Computer Engineering

4.0/4.0 GPA

Bs, Electrical & Computer Engineering & Physics

4.0/4.0 GPA, Phi Beta Kappa