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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...

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...

Christie McGuinness focuses her practice on commercial litigation and disputes involving force majeure and white collar and government enforcement. Christie represents clients in a wide range of industries in cases alleging breach of contract and breach of fiduciary duty as well as disputes arising...

Monaf Awwa, Ph.D., is a patent agent who helps clients in the biopharmaceutical, medical device and chemical industries protect their intellectual property by drafting their patent applications, preparing USPTO office action responses, and handling patent prosecutions. He also provides clients with...

Connor Park is a patent agent who assists companies ranging from startups to large corporations with patent prosecution, counseling and patent portfolio development. His experience includes work across a broad range of: Software development Quantum computing Blockchain Cryptography Computer vision...

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...

Dana Silva handles business litigation and general civil suits. She has experience with breach of contract, fiduciary duty, trade secret disputes, fraudulent conveyance, unfair competition and shareholder disputes. She litigates trademark infringement claims in federal court. She also has experience...

Steven Ziven, who is the firm's Los Angeles Office Managing Partner and an Executive Committee member, advises clients primarily on corporate law and legal issues associated with business transactions, real estate transactions and financings. He has extensive experience in buying and selling...

Mark Mizrahi advises clients on intellectual property law, including patent, trademark and copyright protection and enforcement. His experience includes preparing and managing trademark and copyright applications, preparing and negotiating licenses and agreements relating to intellectual property...

Kevin T. O'Brien, Ph.D., is a patent agent who focuses his practice on intellectual property (IP) matters including patent preparation and prosecution, patent landscape analyses, and freedom to operate analyses. Kevin practices in the physical and life sciences space, where he works on technologies...

Nikhil Mehta works closely with clients and their management teams to draft and negotiate complex commercial agreements, including contracts for purchase and sale of goods, distribution and supply agreements, services agreements, manufacturing agreements, licenses and leases. Nikhil also represents...

Chihao Wang is a registered patent agent who draws on his scientific background in biochemistry to assist clients in protecting their innovations. Chihao has intellectual property experience in a broad spectrum of technology areas, including biotechnology, biochemistry, molecular biology...

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...

Michelle Streifthau-Livizos represents clients in litigation matters, including disputes involving the Hatch-Waxman Act, patents, copyrights and trademarks. She handles cases involving various types of technology, including representations of pharmaceutical companies, life sciences companies...

Robert Gill has more than 35 years of experience as a commercial litigator. Robert handles cases both locally in the Washington, D.C. metro area and throughout the United States, and has tried a number of cases in state and federal courts, and before arbitration tribunals. He has particular...

Matthew Gerber assists commercial clients with real estate transactions, including acquisitions, dispositions, and purchase and sales agreements. He also handles leases, mortgages and financings. Matthew draws on his experience with corporate transactions to advise clients involved in mergers and...

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 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...

Robert Mascioli counsels entrepreneurs, family businesses and middle-market companies on a wide variety of business matters. Acting as their outside general counsel, Bob strives to learn the background, operations and strategies of clients and seeks to align his legal advice with their goals to...

John Heurich advises companies on a wide range of deals and corporate matters, including domestic and cross-border mergers and acquisitions, business formation and restructuring, and corporate governance. He also has experience with private equity and securities offerings, IP licensing, commercial...