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![Jessica Lenoir](/sites/default/files/styles/card_410x307_/public/images/2024-01/Lenoir_Jessica_LinkedIn.jpg?h=f57dba4b&itok=FCHymbcS)
Jessica Lenoir, Ph.D., helps clients protect their intellectual property by drafting patent applications and preparing office action responses to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and foreign offices. In handling this work, Jessica draws on her knowledge from earning a doctorate in...
![Matthew Young](/sites/default/files/styles/card_410x307_/public/images/2023-07/Young_Matthew_LinkedIn.jpg?h=4e0e1cc0&itok=RLhG3B2D)
Matthew Young represents clients who are involved in commercial lending and real estate disputes, as well as intellectual property litigation. Businesses and government entities, among others, rely on him to handle matters ranging from allegations of fraud and negligence to unfair competition and...
![Tom Murray, Ph.D.](/sites/default/files/styles/card_410x307_/public/images/2023-05/Murray_Tom_LinkedIn.jpg?h=f57dba4b&itok=GKsoaJEN)
Tom Murray is a patent agent who helps clients protect their intellectual property through patent preparation and prosecution, as well as analyses involving freedom to operate, non-infringement and invalidity. Tom also has experience with matters involving post-grant prosecutions. His IP work for...
![Andrew Schwerin](/sites/default/files/styles/card_410x307_/public/images/2022-08/Schwerin_Andrew_LinkedIn.jpg?h=f57dba4b&itok=sGkX989T)
Andrew Schwerin represents clients in patent and trade secret litigation on both the plaintiff and defense sides of these disputes. Outside of his litigation work, Andrew counsels clients on their IP strategy. Andrew has represented clients in connection with a range of technologies including...
![Lukas Pfannenstiel](/sites/default/files/styles/card_410x307_/public/images/2023-12/Pfannenstiel_Lukas_LinkedIn.jpg?h=e88f149d&itok=yJM01ixB)
Lukas Pfannenstiel draws on his scientific background to assist clients in protecting their intellectual property. Lukas has a Ph.D. in cellular and molecular medicine from Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, a bachelor's degree in cell biology from University of Kansas, and practical...
![John Basinger Headshot](/sites/default/files/styles/card_410x307_/public/images/2022-08/Basinger_John_LinkedIn.jpg?h=40c24adf&itok=ojwsP15x)
John Basinger guides his clients in resolving their disputes efficiently, and in cases where their opponents are obstinate, winning in the courtroom or arbitration. Clients look to John to solve complex problems, depending on his sound judgment, business sense, and courtroom skill to resolve their...
![Yogini Bhavsar Headshot](/sites/default/files/styles/card_410x307_/public/images/2022-08/Bhavsar-Jog_Yogini_LinkedIn.jpg?h=40c24adf&itok=9Bjuqogh)
Yogini Bhavsar-Jog (Ph.D.) focuses on drafting and prosecuting patents in the areas including biochemistry, molecular biology, pharmaceuticals, biologics, nanotechnology, physics, chemical engineering and medical devices. In addition to the United States, Yogini is involved in managing prosecution...
![Valerie L. O'Shea Murray](/sites/default/files/styles/card_410x307_/public/images/2022-09/OShea-Murray_Valerie_LinkedIn.jpg?h=e88f149d&itok=l_Ik4gez)
Valerie O'Shea Murray, Ph.D., is a registered patent agent who prepares and prosecutes patent applications in a broad spectrum of technology areas, including biotechnology, immunology, chemistry, and life sciences. Valerie's intellectual property experience includes work for a variety of clients...
![Sarah A. Sullivan](/sites/default/files/styles/card_410x307_/public/images/2022-08/Sullivan_Sarah_LinkedIn.jpg?h=f57dba4b&itok=WTcmsQKD)
Sarah Sullivan represents pharmaceutical companies involved in complex, high stakes patent litigation. Sarah concentrates her practice on Hatch-Waxman ANDA cases and disputes over the intellectual property behind branded pharmaceuticals. She is part of the Firm's nationally-recognized team for...
![Scott D. Patterson](/sites/default/files/styles/card_410x307_/public/images/2022-08/Patterson_Scott_LinkedIn.jpg?h=40c24adf&itok=D9syiIDh)
Scott Patterson centers his practice on negotiating contracts for procurement and licensing of complex technology. He has helped numerous clients to structure effective RFPs and negotiate agreements for a wide range of enterprise information systems, cloud/SaaS services, telecommunications systems...
![Courtland C. Merrill](/sites/default/files/styles/card_410x307_/public/images/2022-08/Merrill_Courtland_LinkedIn.jpg?h=40c24adf&itok=K-qg5OKB)
Courtland Merrill represents businesses across the country in intellectual property disputes, including enforcement of patents and IP rights in trials and appeals. His patent litigation experience includes handling claims of willful patent infringement under the doctrine of equivalents, an area of...
![Diane Nobile](/sites/default/files/styles/card_410x307_/public/images/2022-08/Nobile_Diane_LinkedIn.jpg?h=40c24adf&itok=zXP3pFVV)
Diane Nobile advises international clients, high net worth families, real estate investors and companies on pre-immigration tax planning, investing in U.S. real estate and lending, corporate formation and governance. With a concentration on international taxation, real estate and corporate law...
![Robert D. Butters](/sites/default/files/styles/card_410x307_/public/images/2022-09/Butters_Robert_LinkedIn.jpg?h=72da4a73&itok=wHoGTuZq)
Robert Butters has more than 35 years of experience representing companies and membership organizations that maintain database compilations of information and content licensed for use by third party licensees. Examples of such clients include: real estate data aggregators; medical specialty boards...
![Michael S. Burg](/sites/default/files/styles/card_410x307_/public/images/2022-08/Burg_Michael_LinkedIn.jpg?h=40c24adf&itok=Lut-zsc0)
Michael Burg represents developers, landlords and tenants in real estate matters, including the development approval process, financing, acquisitions and dispositions, leasing, construction and tax planning. His practice has included the purchase of a 350-acre research and office campus and land...
![Mark D. Simpson](/sites/default/files/styles/card_410x307_/public/images/2022-11/Simpson_Mark_LinkedIn.jpg?h=b5bab779&itok=NxlEdZE-)
Mark Simpson counsels technology and intellectual property innovators to assist them in developing, protecting, and monetizing the results of their creative endeavors, with a focus on IP strategy and branding. He protects their IP assets via patent preparation and prosecution, IP counseling and...
![Evan Foster Headshot](/sites/default/files/styles/card_410x307_/public/images/2022-08/Foster_Evan_LinkedIn.jpg?h=77788d13&itok=Jqf-RdH5)
Evan Foster advises clients on legal issues involving technology, data privacy and cybersecurity. Customers and vendors in the health care, life sciences, financial and manufacturing industries, among others, seek his advice on technology transactions and systems acquisition including matters...
![Domingos Silva](/sites/default/files/styles/card_410x307_/public/images/2023-05/Silva_Domingos_LinkedIn.jpg?h=740146fe&itok=-pEVCqmH)
Domingos Silva is co-chair of the firm's Intellectual Property Practice with extensive experience in the pharmaceutical, chemical, biotechnology, diagnostics, biochemistry, and materials science areas. Domingos has a Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry from Princeton University and conducted his post...
![Anthony Kang](/sites/default/files/styles/card_410x307_/public/images/2022-08/Kang_Anthony_LinkedIn.jpg?h=40c24adf&itok=H6C0upn-)
Anthony Kang represents companies and individuals in various business matters and real estate transactions. Anthony has considerable experience handling the acquisition and disposition of commercial and multi-family properties, representing lenders and borrowers in real estate financing, and...
![Brian R. Landry](/sites/default/files/styles/card_410x307_/public/images/2022-08/Landry_Brian_LinkedIn.jpg?h=40c24adf&itok=iuGFD0rp)
Brian Landry draws on a broad base of intellectual property experience involving patents, designs, trademarks, and copyrights and technical expertise to help clients identify, protect, and enforce their intellectual property. Brian has significant experience in the medical devices field as well as...