Areas of Practice:
Patents; Trademarks; Copyrights; Trade Secrets; Unfair Competition; Ge
neral Commercial & Business; Employment; Insurance and Reinsurance.
Bar Admissions:
Illinois, 1978
U.S. Court of Appeals 7th Circuit, 1982
U.S. Court of Appeals Federal Circuit, 1985
U.S. District Court Northern District of Illinois, 1978
U.S. Supreme Court, 1982
U.S. District Court Northern District of Illinois Trial Bar
Education:
University of Chicago Law School, Chicago, Illinois, 1978
Doctor of Jurisprudence
Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, B.A., 1975
Honors: cum laude
Recognitions and Listings:
Recognition, The Insider Guide to Public Policy Experts -- Intellectual Property, Privacy, Telecommunications and the Internet, 2003
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois and the Chicago Chapter of the Federal Bar Association, Excellence in Pro Bono and Public Interest Service Award
Listed: Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory A.V. (highest) rating.
Listed: Illinois Super Lawyers.
Listed: Leading Lawyers Network.
Listed: Who's Who in Executives and Professionals, 1996
Classes/Seminars Taught:
A Billion Here and a Billion There: Talking Real Money in the Patent Damages Case, PLI Patent Litigation Seminar, Chicago, Illinois, 2007.
Dollars and Sense: Pursuing and Defending Patent Damages, PLI Patent Litigation Seminar, Chicago, Illinois, 2006.
Proving Damages: Issues to Consider in Pursuing and Defending the Damages Case, PLI Patent Litigation Seminar, Chicago, Illinois, 2005.
Mandatory Disclosure Under Rule 26 in the Northern District of Illinois, Chicago Bar Association, 2002.
Mandatory Disclosure Under Federal Rule 26, Chicago Bar Association, Federal Civil Procedure Committee Meeting, 2002.
Intellectual Property Protection for the Information Age, Chicago, Illinois, 1997.
Intellectual Property Protection on the Internet, San Diego,California, 1996.
Intellectual Property Basics: Protection to Licensing, San Diego, California, 1995.
Creators' Rights: Start to Finish, Chicago, Illinois, 1995.
What? Me License?, Chicago, Illinois, 1994.
Characters: Creation to Commercialization, Chicago, Illinois, 1992.
Professional Associations and Memberships:
Member, Appellate Lawyers Association
Member, Chicago Bar Association
Member and Counselor, Chicago Lincoln American Inn of Court
Member, Federal Bar Association
Member, Federal Circuit Bar Association
Member, Federalist Society
Chair, Copyright Subcommittee, Intellectual Property Practice Group, Federalist Society
Member, Illinois State Bar Association
Board of Directors, 1987-1992, 1996-2003 (Officer, 1989-1992, 1997-2002), Literacy Chicago/Literacy Volunteers of Chicago
Member, Yale Club of Chicago
Published Works:
A Billion Here and a Billion There: Talking Real Money in the Patent Damages Case, PLI Patent Litigation 2007 Coursebook #910 (2007).
The Seagate Conundrum: Risks and Rewards of Raising the Defense of "Advice of Counsel" to a Charge of Willful Patent Infringement, Engage, Vol. 8, No. 2 (2007) (with Paul J. Ripp).
Proving Patent Damages and Issues to Consider in Pursuing and Defending the Damages Case, Chapter, PLI Coursebook (2005, 2006).
Book Review, Robert C. Osterberg and Eric C. Osterberg, Substantial Similarity in Copyright Law, Engage, Vol. 5, No. 1 (Federalist Society, 2004).
Fair Play: Mandatory Disclosure under Federal Rule 26 in the Northern District of Illinois, CBA Record, June/July, 2003.
Eldred v. Ashcroft: Just Another Mickey Mouse Copyright Case?, Engage, Federalist Society, Vol. 3, No. 3, 2002.
Latest Trends, Corporate Directors and Officers Liability, Insurance and Risk Management (Executive Enterprises), Chapter 10, 1989.
The Role of the Insurance Carrier, Securities Litigation Prosecution and Defense Strategies, Corporate Law and Practice Course Handbook, Series 491, Vol. One (with S. Karon), 1985.
American Directors & Officers - An Overview of their Duties and Liability Exposures, Best's Insurance (with John W. Morrison), 1979.
Representative Cases:
Boler v. ArvinMeritor, 2004 WL 1595310 (N.D. Ill. July 16, 2004) (N.D. Ill. 2001)
Recycling Sciences International v. Soil Restoration and Recycling, L.L.C., (N.D. Ill. 2001).