Robert Franklin Powers
McClanahan PowersMr. Powers is an experienced litigator as well as a transactional attorney. Mr. Powers serves as outside general counsel to over 100 businesses located through the United States at any given time. Counsel ranges from compliance and mitigation issues to prevent litigation, drafting and negotiating contracts, and litigation as a last resort. He has negotiated and drafted several multi-million dollar contracts involving IP licensing and assignments, business acquisitions, asset purchases, and employment-related contracts. Mr. Powers has litigated matters involving business disputes before Virginia Circuit and Federal Courts; trademark disputes before Virginia and District of Columbia Federal Courts as well as the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB) of the United States Patent and Trademark Office; copyright and other intellectual property disputes before Virginia and District of Columbia Federal Courts; and employment matters before the Department of Labor and Virginia Federal Courts.
- Business Law
- Business Contracts, Business Dissolution, Business Finance, Business Formation, Business Litigation, Franchising, Mergers & Acquisitions, Partnership & Shareholder Disputes
- Employment Law
- Employee Benefits, Employment Contracts, Employment Discrimination, ERISA, Overtime & Unpaid Wages, Sexual Harassment, Whistleblower, Wrongful Termination
- Trademarks
- Trademark Litigation, Trademark Registration
- Intellectual Property
- Personal Injury
- Animal & Dog Bites, Brain Injury, Car Accidents, Construction Accidents, Motorcycle Accidents, Premises Liability, Truck Accidents, Wrongful Death
- Civil Rights
- Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), Discrimination, Employment, Privacy Law
- Consumer Law
- Class Action
- Landlord Tenant
- Evictions, Housing Discrimination, Landlord Rights, Rent Control, Tenants' Rights
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Free Consultation
Free Consultations offered for Trademark and Intellectual Property Matters. - Credit Cards Accepted
- District of Columbia
- District of Columbia Bar
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- Virginia
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- English: Spoken, Written
- Managing Partner
- McClanahan Powers
- Current
- Michigan State University
- J.D.
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- University of Florida
- B.S. (2005) | Business Administration
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- Rising Star
- Super Lawyers
- Legal Elite
- Virginia Business
- Rising Star
- Super Lawyers
- AV Preeminent Peer Rated
- Martindale-Hubbell
- Rising Star
- Super Lawyers
- Fairfax Bar Association
- Member
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- Virginia Bar Association
- Member
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- Alexandria Bar Association
- Member
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- American Bar Association
- Member
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- Intellectual Property Issues in The Age of Live Streaming, Intellectual Property Issues in The Age of Live Streaming
- Nonprofit Board Governance and Liability Oversights, Top Mistakes Nonprofits Make, Fairfax, Virginia
- National Business Insitute
- Legal Issues in Recruiting and Hiring, and Workplace Privacy and Employee Monitoring
- MS Outlook: Compliant Client Communications and Scheduling
- Liability exposure to and fiduciary responsibilities of officers and directors of a nonprofit organization
- Corporate Law
- Michigan State University College of Law
- Communications and Intellectual Property Law
- Michigan State University College of Law
