Areas of Practice Emphasis

• Intellectual Property

Prominent Assignments

• Extensive Experience before the Board of Patent
• Broad experience in all aspects of chemical, pharmaceutical and biotechnical arts
• Particular expertise in plant genetic engineering, including cross-protection, phytoremediation and over production of secondary metabolites
• Client counseling, application drafting/prosecution and management of domestic and overseas portfolios for several large companies
• Extensive experience with universities and small companies and individual
• Experience with plant patents and plant variety protection certificates

Education

• L.L.M. Patent Law and Trade Regulation. George Washington School of Law, 1988
• J.D., Franklin Pierce Law Center, 1982
• M.S., Physical-Organic Chemistry, University of South Florida, 1980

Admitted to Practice

• Washington, D.C.
• Virginia State Bar
• U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

Professional and Community Involvement

• Member, American Bar Association
• Member, American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA)

Publications and Presentations

• LLM thesis: "The Protection of Biotechnological Innovations with Utility Patents and Trade Secrets: A Comparative Assessment" (George Washington University School of Law, 1987)
• "Structure Elucidation With Lanthanide-Induced Shifts: Structural Effects of Equilibria between Nitrates and Eu(fod)3", D.J. Raber, W.E. Beaumont and M.D. Johnston, Jr., Spectroscopy Letters, 15, 329. (1982)
• "The New Patent Law of the People's Republic of China (PRC): Evidence of a Second Chinese Rennaissance?".
  IDEA: The journal of Law and Technology 27 (1986):39-56