Admitted
1976, Illinois and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois; 1977, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit; 1983, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit and U.S. Tax Court; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
Law School
De Paul University, J.D., summa cum laude, 1976
Law School Graduation Year
1976
College
Marquette University, B.S.M.E., 1967
Memberships
American Intellectual Property Law Association; Federal and American Bar Associations; Intellectual Property Law Association of Chicago (Member, Federal Practice Committee, 1982; Chairman, Inventor Services Committee, 1986-1987); American Society of Mechanical Engineers.
Biographical
Tau Beta Pi; Pi Tau Sigma. Registered Professional Engineer, State of Illinois, 1976; Assistant U.S. Attorney, Northern District of Illinois, 1976-1983. Author: Bank Crime: The 100 Yard Rule In The Boardroom, Litigation Magazine, Fall, 1984; Fastener Loosening: The Effects - Part 2, Assembly Engineering, March, 1984; Playing The Patenting Game, American Medical News, August, 1997; Bullet-Proofing For Patent Litigation, Inventors' Digest, September/October, 1997; Bullet-Proofing For License Litigation, Inventors' Digest, November/December, 1997; Bullet-Proofing For Licensing, Inventors' Digest, January/February, 1998; The Economic Espionage Act: A Very Mixed Blessing, Intellectual Property Today, February, 1998; Thanks, But We'd Rather Do It Ourselves, Corporate Counsel Magazine, April, 1998; Can a Trademark Be Used to Extend an Expired Patent? Intellectual Property Today, August, 1998; Corporate Espionage: Protecting Trade Secrets, The Journal of the American Corporate Counsel Association, January/February, 1999; How Do You Pay When You Can't Afford to Pay? Intellectual Property Today, January, 1999; How to Minimize Discovery Wars in Contingent Fee Litigation, Intellectual Property Today, February, 1999; How Important Is the Prosecution History? Intellectual Property Today, March/April, 1999; Monthly Column, Litigators Corner in Intellectual Property Today, includes articles on topics relating to intellectual property litigation, such as Markman, contingent fee intellectual property litigation and inventors depositions. Speaker: before numerous professional, legal and educational groups throughout the country.
Military
Lieut., U.S.N., 1967-1971 (Submarine Service)