Business And Intellectual Property Legal Issues
Practice Areas
- Business Litigation
- Intellectual Property Law and Litigation
- Technology & Internet Law and Litigation
- Real Estate Litigation
- Unfair Competition & Non-Compete Agreements
- Business Entities
- Employment Litigation
Education
- Notre Dame Law School, Indiana
- J.D. - 1983
- Oral Roberts University
- B.A. - 1980
- Honors: cum laude
- Honors: President's Honor List
- Honors: Dean's Honor List
Bar Admissions
- Florida, 1983
- U.S. District Court Middle District of Florida, 1983
- U.S. District Court Southern District of Florida, 1983
- U.S. Court of Appeals 11th Circuit, 1984
- U.S. Supreme Court, 1994
- U.S. Court of Appeals Federal Circuit, 2008
Speeches and Published Works
- Multiple speeches during the past 40 years on Intellectual Property Law and Technology Law for the American Bar Association, The Florida Bar, the Practicing Law Institute and other private organizations.
- The Florida Bar Intellectual Property Committee’s Annual Symposium on Intellectual Property Law : (2021) “Obtaining Preliminary Relief in Intellectual Property Litigation ”; (2023) “Daubert Challenges In Trademark Litigation” and (2024) “Proving Damages In Intellectual Property Litigation
- March 2021 The Florida Bar Annual Intellectual Property Symposium : “Obtaining Preliminary Relief in Intellectual Property Litigation”
- March 2023 The Florida Bar Annual Intellectual Property Symposium: “Daubert Challenges In Trademark Litigation”
- April 2024 The Florida Bar Annual Intellectual Property Symposium: “Proving Damages In Intellectual Property Litigiation”
- Founding editor, The Computer Litigation Journal
Professional Associations
- American Bar Association’s Computer and Internet Litigation Committee, Former Chair
- The Florida Bar’s Computer and Internet Law Committee, Former Committee chair
- Florida Supreme Court Committee on Jury Instructions - Contracts and Business Cases, Member
- Hillsborough County Bar Association’s Technology Committee, Former Chair
- Hillsborough County Bar Association’s Committee on Professionalism, Former Co-Chair
- Tampa Bay Chapter of the International Network of Boutique Law Firms, Founding President
- The Florida Bar Intellectual Property Committee, Inaugural Member of the Intellectual Property Certification Committee
Honors
- Best Lawyers in America in the fields of Intellectual Property, Business Litigation and Technology Law
- Florida Super Lawyers
- Florida’s Legal Elite
- Best Lawyers in America as Tampa Bay's "Lawyer of the Year" for Intellectual Property Litigation
- Certified by the Florida Bar as an expert in Business Litigation, Intellectual Property and Civil Trial Law
- Rated AV Preeminent by Martindale Hubbell
- Rated 10.0 out of 10 by AVVO
- Tampamagazines.com April 2021 Top Lawyers Edition, Trade Secrets Law and Trademark Law
- AVVO Top Rated Lawyer 2021