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Valery R. Polyakov
Oakley, CA Intellectual Property Lawyer with 8 years of experience
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James Severson
Stockton, CA Intellectual Property Lawyer with 49 years of experience
IP, Business and Employment
University of California Berkeley School of Law (Boalt Hall)
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Jay B. Hann
Concord, CA Intellectual Property Attorney with 15 years of experience
1475 Balhan Dr
#108
Concord, CA 94521
IP and Patents
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Marin Cionca
San Francisco, CA Intellectual Property Attorney with 17 years of experience
Free ConsultationIP, Patents and Trademarks
Concord Law School
Since 2009, Mr. Cionca is a registered patent attorney and founder of CIONCA IP Law P.C. ("CIONCA IP"), an intellectual property law practice based in Irvine, Orange County, California. He has an extensive technical background having graduated from a five-year European engineering program, having practical engineering experience and having taught College Physics. He helps clients with patent application and prosecution matters in various technologies including, engineering, computer, software, mechanical, physics-related and medical device technologies.
He also helps startups and businesses acquire and enforce their intellectual property rights in patents, trademarks, trade secrets and other IP, such as by sending cease...
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Doug Bend
San Francisco, CA Intellectual Property Attorney
Free ConsultationIP, Business, Real Estate and Trademarks
Georgetown University Law Center
Doug is the founder of Bend Law Group, PC, a boutique law firm focused on advising small businesses and startups.
Prior to opening Bend Law Group, PC, Doug was a corporate attorney for a law firm in New York City. He also served as a Judicial Clerk for the Nebraska Supreme Court and the Superior Court of the U.S. Virgin Islands. Before law school, Doug was a Legislative Assistant for U.S. Representative David Price, where he managed a portfolio of issues including tax and small business.
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Bao Tran
Santa Clara, CA Intellectual Property Lawyer with 31 years of experience
(669) 232-3440
4701 Patrick Henry Dr, Building #16
Santa Clara, CA 95054
Free ConsultationIP and Patents
Univ of Houston Law Center
Experienced Patent Attorney Specializing in IP Strategy and Valuation
With three decades of expertise, I am a seasoned patent attorney dedicated to helping businesses protect their Go-To-Market plans and increase company valuation through IP-based transformation. My focus is on converting innovative ideas into valuable IP assets.
Areas of Expertise
*Intellectual property strategy development and execution
*Patent portfolio management and monetization
*IP initiatives for enterprises of all sizes
Notable Experience
Medical Device Industry
*Guided companies from startup to IPO
*Handled procurement, prosecution, due diligence, opinions, and litigation
*Worked with technologies including dental materials, 3D printing, software systems, and HIPAA compliance
Semiconductor and Technology Sectors
*Represented a fabless 3D semiconductor company (FinFET and monolithic...
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Steve Charles Vondran
San Francisco, CA Intellectual Property Attorney with 19 years of experience
Free ConsultationIP, Communications, Entertainment & Sports and Trademarks
Whittier Law School
Our law firm is a leader in intellectual property and piracy law. We have handled more software audits and torrent defense lawsuits than most other firms combined. We have a niche speciality practice in copyright infringement law and handle the following types of cases:
1. Software Audits and Licensing Disputes (Business Software Alliance, BSA, SIIA, Vero, Siemens, Solidworks, Autodesk, Adobe and Microsoft)
2. Torrent Defense Cases (ex. Malibu Media pornography, Flava Works and Strike 3 Holdings, LLC BitTorrent litigation cases in California Federal Court in the Southern, Central, Eastern and Northern District)
3. TV Signal Piracy cases (boxing...
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Pierre Zado
San Francisco, CA Intellectual Property Attorney with 13 years of experience
Free ConsultationIP, Business and Communications
Valparaiso University
Astute business professional with a track record of influencing, negotiating, supporting and interacting with senior management. Excels at resolving complex issues, developing critical business solutions, and delivering robust analysis and guidance. For the last 10 years, I've counseled clients on various technology and intellectual property matters. Participated in six acquisitions (4 for buyer and two as target) with an aggregate deal value over $10 billion.
As a business professional, I've been involved and/or responsible for managing deal flow and partnership agreements spanning across IOT, Fintech, Logistics, Medical and Enterprise 3.0 industries totaling approximately $100 million over the last 7 years....
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Lindsay Gunn Spiller
San Francisco, CA Intellectual Property Attorney with 39 years of experience
(415) 991-7298
595 Pacific Avenue
Fourth Floor
San Francisco, CA 94133
Free ConsultationIP, Business and Entertainment & Sports
Georgetown University Law Center
Spiller Law is a business, estate planning and entertainment law firm located in San Francisco, California.
Business:
We serve small to medium-sized businesses in the areas of contracts, business planning, mergers and acquisitions, partnership agreements, corporate formation and dispute resolution. We have advised businesses in involved in aviation, finance, health care, insurance, manufacturing, real estate, music, film, and television.
Estate Planning:
We work with individuals and couples to create simple to sophisticated estate plans, depending on their needs.
Entertainment Law:
We advise film/TV, new media, and music clients as to business planning, business formation, contract negotiation, and licensing
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Christie Dudley
San Francisco, CA Intellectual Property Attorney
IP, Business and Communications
Santa Clara University School of Law
Christie is an accomplished and resourceful attorney with more than three decades of successful experience in legal practice and business.
As a former engineer, Christie understands what it’s like to have big ideas and struggle to realize them. She can talk you through the fundamentals of what you need to start up and grow in a language you can understand.
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Vivek H. Vaidya
San Francisco, CA Intellectual Property Attorney with 8 years of experience
Free ConsultationIP and Trademarks
University of San Francisco School of Law
I provide legal counsel surrounding Intellectual Property, Brand Protection and Creative Content, including the life-cycle of Trademarks and Copyrights, from registration and licensing to enforcement.
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Feras Mousilli
San Francisco, CA Intellectual Property Lawyer with 20 years of experience
Free ConsultationIP and Communications
Feras Mousilli is a founding partner of Lloyd & Mousilli and regularly advises business clients on a range of technology law issues. He specializes in counseling technology companies from start-ups in their early formation and development, through support of multi-billion dollar business operations of the largest companies in the world.
Mr. Mousilli has served as Senior Corporate Counsel for both Apple Inc. and Dell Inc., where he counseled clients on product development and intellectual property matters, including advertising & marketing, copyright, and trademark strategies and risks. Prior to serving as corporate counsel, Mr. Mousilli practiced with DLA Piper in the intellectual...
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Shay Aaron Gilmore
San Francisco, CA Intellectual Property Attorney with 22 years of experience
Free ConsultationIP, Business, Real Estate and Trademarks
The University of Texas School of Law
Shay Aaron Gilmore provides superior corporate, commercial, and outside general counsel services to cannabis and hemp operators and investors throughout the legal California supply chains. Focusing on mergers and acquisitions, commercial contracts, and other transactional matters, Shay has counseled and guided some of the most successful operators and investors in the U.S. cannabis and hemp markets. Shay is the Chair of the California Lawyers Association Cannabis Practitioners Group and has been recognized by The Los Angeles/San Francisco Daily Journal as one of the Top 20 Cannabis Lawyers in California. Super Lawyers Magazine has listed Shay as a Northern California Super...
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James Cai
San Francisco, CA Intellectual Property Attorney with 25 years of experience
580 California St
12th fl
San Francisco, CA 94104
Free ConsultationIP, Business, Immigration and Real Estate
Temple University Beasley School of Law
James Cai founded SAC Attorneys, LLP after serving as in-house legal counsel for Yahoo! Inc. His practice focuses on corporate law, immigration, employment and estate planning. Mr. Cai believes in relationship lawyering and has a client-driven practice. He practices law the old fashioned way - giving each client this full attention with prompt responses, thorough research and analysis, aggressive representation and careful attention to details, in both transactional and litigation matters. As a result, most of his clients are repeat and long term clients, including individuals, small businesses, non-profit organizations and public companies. Before founding SAC Attorneys, LLP,...
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Kevin R. Martin
Pleasanton, CA Intellectual Property Lawyer with 29 years of experience
Free ConsultationIP, Appeals, Business and Trademarks
Loyola Law School, Loyola Marymount University
Over his 18 years of practice in the Bay Area, Kevin Martin has developed a reputation as a fair- minded but tough negotiator representing client’s interests in intellectual property, business, real estate and personal injury actions. Kevin’s practice includes trademark, copyright and patent litigation, prosecution, licensing, business disputes, commercial litigation, personal injury claims, employer/employee disputes, trade secret and unfair competition claims, real estate litigation, contract disputes, and general advice and counsel. Mr. Martin maintains a regular blog on legal and other issues at www.landshark5000.wordpress.com. Mr. Martin regularly appears in both State and Federal Courts throughout California, before the Trademark...
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Vincent Tong
Oakland, CA Intellectual Property Attorney with 13 years of experience
IP, Business, Employment and Trademarks
Santa Clara University School of Law
Vincent Tong is an award winning, community oriented lawyer. He is the founder of TONG LAW, an employment business law firm located in beautiful downtown Oakland, California. Vincent exclusively represents employees in employment litigation and businesses in business-to-business disputes. In his business transactions practice, Vincent counsels individuals on forming and growing their social ventures. Connect with Vincent online at www.tong-law.com.
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Gerald Ray Prettyman
Pleasanton, CA Intellectual Property Lawyer with 17 years of experience
Free ConsultationIP, Business, Patents and Trademarks
Golden Gate University
Gerald R. Prettyman has been preparing and filing patents since 2001, and since 2006 has filed trademarks, copyrights and business filings, and worked to prevent and solve legal problems for his clients. Mr. Prettyman has prepared and filed over 200 patent applications for his clients and over 70 trademarks. Mr. Prettyman was previously an engineer and business manager, making him uniquely qualified to work with and protect the intellectual property of tech companies and to advise start-ups on how to make money without spending money. Mr. Prettyman is a U.S. Navy veteran.
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Steven Anton Nielsen
Larkspur, CA Intellectual Property Attorney with 36 years of experience
IP and Patents
UC Berkeley School of Law Boalt Hall
U.S. registered patent attorney with many years of experience in obtaining patents and obtaining favorable results in federal court in the field of intellectual properly litigation. Mr. Nielsen is the current chair person of the Intellectual Property Section of the Marin County Bar Association. For potential clients who are unable see Mr. Nielsen in Marin County, web conferences and/or telephone conferences are available. Mr. Nielsen currently serves clients located throughout the world.
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Andrew John Chan
Concord, CA Intellectual Property Attorney with 15 years of experience
IP, Insurance Defense, Products Liability and Real Estate
University of Miami School of Law
Andrew is a senior counsel in the Oakland/East Bay office of Ericksen Arbuthnot and co-chair of the firm's Appellate Practice Group. He is AV® Peer Review Rated by Martindale-Hubbell and has been selected as a Northern California Super Lawyers Rising Star by Thomson Reuters. Andrew has extensive litigation experience representing individual and institutional clients in state and federal court. His areas of practice include insurance coverage and defense, intellectual property, personal injury, professional liability, real estate, and other commercial issues.
Andrew has B.A. degrees in Cognitive Science and History, and a minor in Philosophy, from the...
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Ivette Santaella
San Ramon, CA Intellectual Property Attorney with 34 years of experience
You’ve spent your life building your wealth. And no matter how large or how modest – protecting your assets matters.
Ivette Santaella understands that estate planning may seem daunting. You might feel uncomfortable talking about what happens after death. Or maybe you’re worried that you don’t understand the laws well enough. Santaella Law Group, APC is here to guide you through your concerns and make estate planning easy.
Ivette has more than 30 years of experience talking her clients through their goals, translating and helping them navigate the law, and working with them to come up with a solid plan for...
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James Gulseth
Livermore, CA Intellectual Property Attorney with 50 years of experience
IP, Business, Patents and Trademarks
UC Hastings COL
James H. (Jim) Gulseth was born and attended high school in Devils Lake, North Dakota and graduated with an A.B. degree from the University of California at Berkeley. Jim earned his JD degree at the University of California Hastings School of Law in San Francisco and is admitted to practice in the State of California and before the Federal District Court, Northern District of California, and the U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. He is a member of the Corporations, Business Transactions, Securities and Tax and Intellectual Property Sections of the State Bar of California. Jim’s reported cases include...
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Antone F. Johnson
Berkeley, CA Intellectual Property Attorney with 27 years of experience
Free ConsultationIP, Business, Communications and Securities
Columbia Law School
For 24 years, Antone Johnson has served as lawyer, advisor, executive and advocate for emerging growth technology/digital media ventures, founders and investors in a diverse range of business and intellectual property matters. Raised in Menlo Park and Palo Alto, California, suffused with Silicon Valley's unique culture of innovation, he came of age professionally during the Internet explosion of the late 1990s, an entrepreneurial crucible of unprecedented wealth and job creation, reinvention of countless industries, and related venture capital and Wall Street dealmaking. Antone was fortunate to have a ringside seat at major Los Angeles and Silicon Valley law firms, followed...
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Michael Mortimer
San Francisco, CA Intellectual Property Attorney with 31 years of experience
P.O. Box 2342
San Francisco, CA 94126
IP
Univ of Oregon School of Law
Former prosecutor, combat veteran (USCG), complex dispute resolution, competitive business litigation, depositions, trials, law and motion, appeals.
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Robin D. Gross
San Francisco, CA Intellectual Property Lawyer with 25 years of experience
IP, Business, Entertainment & Sports and Trademarks
Santa Clara University School of Law
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Peter Tormey
Pleasant Hill, CA Intellectual Property Lawyer with 20 years of experience
IP, Business, Patents and Trademarks
John F. Kennedy University
Mr. Tormey has over 20 years of experience in product development, marketing and intellectual property protection. As a company startup veteran, Mr. Tormey brings a unique perspective on the value of intellectual property to a small and growing business. As such, he also speaks to entrepreneurs and business executives on how to protect and leverage IP assets. Mr. Tormey is the author of the "Startup Guide to Intellectual Property." As a patent attorney, Mr. Tormey has drafted over 100 patent applications covering software, electronics, wireless, radio, mobile applications, encryption and automation controls. Besides intellectual property law, ...
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Mitchell Luke Abdallah
Sacramento, CA Intellectual Property Lawyer with 20 years of experience
IP, Business, Real Estate and Trademarks
Humphrey's Coll School of Law
Abdallah Law Group, P.C. offers clients high quality, personalized representation with experienced legal counsel. Our focus is on corporate law, business and real estate transactions. Abdallah Law Group, P.C. has been providing superior legal representation over 15 years.
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Ansel Jay Halliburton
San Francisco, CA Intellectual Property Lawyer with 12 years of experience
Free ConsultationIP, Business, Communications and Trademarks
University of California, Davis, School of Law
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David Jeanchung Tsai
San Francisco, CA Intellectual Property Lawyer with 18 years of experience
(415) 983-1176
Four Embarcadero Center
22nd Floor
San Francisco, CA 94111-5998
IP, Antitrust, Business and Patents
Santa Clara University School of Law
David Tsai is a Partner in Vinson & Elkins LLP’s San Francisco office. David's practice focuses on patent, trade secret, complex breach of contract, and product defect litigation for companies innovating biotechnology (pharmaceuticals and genetic engineering), medical devices, software (Internet and mobile apps), and hardware (semiconductors, set-top boxes, smartphones, solar wafers and light-emitting diodes/LED/OLED). His legal experience includes second chairing international arbitration cases, litigating in the areas of copyrights and trademarks, preparing and prosecuting U.S. electrical engineering patent applications, drafting patentability, freedom-to-operate and non-infringement opinions, as well as patent interference in the area of biotechnology. He also represents clients...
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Justin John Glyer
San Francisco, CA Intellectual Property Lawyer with 18 years of experience
IP, Business, Entertainment & Sports and Trademarks
Pepperdine University School of Law
Justin Glyer's practice focuses on media, entertainment, marketing, technology and commercial contracts, start-ups, copyright, trademark, content, internet, communications, privacy and general business law.
Mr. Glyer has conducted successful negotiations with digital media start-ups, artists, producers, movie studios, television networks, promoters, talent agencies, multi-channel internet distributors, record labels, publishers, software developers, internet service providers, social media companies, business development professionals, accounting firms, public speakers, job recruiters, universities and academics, advertisers, marketing, telecommunications and technology companies, insurance carriers and a wide range of other individuals and businesses from the very small to the Fortune 500.
As a long-time former business and legal...
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Mr. Ronnie R Gipson Jr
San Francisco, CA Intellectual Property Attorney with 19 years of experience
IP, Business and Insurance Defense
University of San Francisco School of Law
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Henry Murphy Burgoyne III
Sacramento, CA Intellectual Property Lawyer with 25 years of experience
IP, Business and Communications
Stanford University
Hank Burgoyne is an AV-rated counselor and litigator with more than a dozen years' experience advising technology and other businesses on commercial, intellectual property, advertising, speech, trade secret and data security issues. Hank has particular expertise in digital forensics and evidence, and in licensing, outsourcing, development and similar technology-related transactions.
Hank has successfully represented plaintiffs and defendants in some of California's most important Internet-related advertising cases, both at the trial court level and before the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals. A former reporter and newsroom lawyer, Hank counsels clients on copyright, defamation, trademark, privacy and other communications-related issues, and has...
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Hillary Johns
San Ramon, CA Intellectual Property Attorney with 30 years of experience
Free ConsultationIP, Business, Employment and Entertainment & Sports
Golden Gate University School of Law
Ms. Johns is a civil trial lawyer who has tried more than one hundred cases to verdict. She is the managing partner for Hillary Johns, Trial Lawyer which maintains offices in Beverly Hills, the Bay Area and New York City. She graduated from Occidental College in 1990 and Golden Gate University School of Law in 1993 where she graduated with Dean’s List and class honors. She is licensed to practice law in California, the California Southern, Central and Northern U.S. Federal District Courts, the District of Columbia, Montana, New York, and the New York Eastern and Southern U.S....
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Timothy Craig Williams
Walnut Creek, CA Intellectual Property Lawyer with 37 years of experience
(925) 933-9800
1850 Mt. Diablo Blvd., Suite 340
Walnut Creek, CA 94596
Free ConsultationIP, Business and Real Estate
Pepperdine University School of Law
Mr. Williams is the founder of The Williams Firm and has over 21 years of extensive experience in the areas of real estate, construction, business and corporate law. Mr. Williams' practice areas include all aspects of civil litigation and dispute resolution in all courts, government hearings, arbitrations and mediations in the areas of real estate, construction and business law. Mr. Williams also represents and advises clients in business transactions, corporate law, real property transactions, and trademark law.
In real estate matters he has represented owners and developers of residential and commercial properties, including multi-million dollar properties, negotiated sales...
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Robert Lockhart Taylor
Livermore, CA Intellectual Property Lawyer with 39 years of experience
IP, Business, Patents and Trademarks
University of California, Berkeley School of Law
Robert L. (Bob) Taylor was born near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and attended high school in Berkeley, California. Bob graduated Phi Beta Kappa and with high honors from the University of California at Berkeley in 1982 with an A.B. degree in Economics. Bob graduated from the Boalt Hall School of Law (UC Berkeley) in 1985, where he was a member of the California Law Review. In 1985, he was admitted to practice in the State of California and before the Federal District Court, Northern District of California, and the U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. He has since also been admitted...
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Rajeev Kumar Madnawat
Milpitas, CA Intellectual Property Attorney with 18 years of experience
Rajeev is BSEE, JD, LLM(IP). He practices Intellectual Property Law, Civil Litigation.
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Daniel Janjua
Santa Clara, CA Intellectual Property Attorney with 12 years of experience
(408) 314-0056
4677 Old Ironsides Drive
Ste. 310
Santa Clara, CA 95054
IP, Business, Employment and Trademarks
Daniel Janjua is an experienced multi-lingual attorney focused on corporate law, contract negotiation, corporate policy and compliance, regulatory response and compliance and Mergers and Acquisitions. He is eager to employ cutting-edge tools and technology to reduce legal cost and compliance expenditure. He has over 12 years of dedicated focus within the high tech and bio-tech industries with excellent research, writing, communication and presentation skills.
Daniel Janjua is licensed to practice law in California.
Specialties:
1- Mergers and Acquisitions;
2. Corporate policy and compliance, including, regulatory compliance;
3- Corporate Law;
4. Agreements: IP licensing, MSAs, SOWs, PSAs, employment, NDAs, severance, employment termination, indemnity,...
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Mark Anthony Pearson
San Francisco, CA Intellectual Property Lawyer with 18 years of experience
IP, Business and Entertainment & Sports
Golden Gate Univ School of Law
Mark A. Pearson is a founding partner at ARC Law Group (www.arclg.com), a law firm focused on counseling Creative, Talented and Entrepreneurial clients. His primary practice areas involve forming business entities, counseling on trademark & copyright issues, and drafting contracts for music, film & new media clients. His list of interesting and eclectic clients include entertainment industry tech firms, social media outlets, online content providers, film, radio & television producers, live entertainment companies, publishers and video game developers. Mark and his partner, Anne Yarovoy, have also been known to associate with various theater producers, musicians, industry execs,...
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Val D. Hornstein
San Francisco, CA Intellectual Property Lawyer with 40 years of experience
Free ConsultationIP, Arbitration & Mediation, Business and Trademarks
The George Washington University Law School
Hornstein Law Offices, Prof. Corp. is a 20-year old California-based law firm concentrating in business, securities, intellectual property and related transactions and litigation. We have served clients across the country and in abroad. Our client base ranges from individuals. start-up companies to multi-national corporations in all fields of business. Mr. Hornstein has been in practice for 30-years. Prior to HLO, he was with large international law firms and in-house corporate counsel. Please call to discuss any questions in these areas.
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John D. van Loben Sels
San Francisco, CA Intellectual Property Lawyer
IP, Business and Patents
Georgetown University Law Center
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Len Watkins
Richmond, CA Intellectual Property Attorney with 37 years of experience
Free ConsultationIP, Antitrust, Bankruptcy and Business
University of San Francisco School of Law
A resident of Oakland, Len spent much of his legal career with prestigious, top-ranked, San Francisco law firms. Mr. Watkins brings the same level of expertise, and standard of excellence, to his practice in the East Bay. Focusing on consumer bankruptcy and business law, Mr. Watkins’ depth of experience and training include:
A Masters of Business Administration, concentrating on finance, from the University of California, at Davis
A stock brokerage license (inactive) from the National Association of Securities Dealers
A California Real Estate Broker’s license
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Norris & Norris (now...