I am well-equipped to help you with transactions or litigation involving patents, trademarks, copyright, or publicity rights as a lawyer with 34 years of experience and Board Certification in Intellectual Property Law by the Florida Bar. In addition, since the dawn of the Internet, I have used my computer programming skills to tailor my practice to online and digital derivatives affecting intellectual property, such as software copyright, website content infringement, resolving domain disputes under UDRP/URS arbitration, digital asset seizures, phishing site takedowns, privacy breach remediation, and cybersecurity compliance.

I lead the Florida office of a national law firm based in Silicon Valley with nationally known partners in venture capital, finance, banking, and IP, including patent prosecution by partners with the highest credentials in the engineering disciplines needed to obtain patents in the software, pharma, chemical, and electronics industries. We also collaborate on patent litigation, trade secrets litigation, R&D finance, and technology mergers and acquisitions. VLP provides the infrastructure and bench depth needed to stay current on the evolving intellectual property areas our clients face within a predictable and cluster-free budget.

When I started my practice here in intellectual property and corporate law after graduating from Georgetown Law in Washington, D.C., over 30 years ago, the Internet had yet to be born. Since that time, as online business evolved, I have been honored to resolve intellectual property problems for hundreds of technology executives and business founders. Their companies ranged from tech startups to leading national consumer electronics distributors, NFL and MLB MVPs, international sports equipment manufacturers, national beverage distributors, media organizations, academic standards organizations, restaurant franchisors, universities, faith-based schools and ministries, hospitals, physicians, supplement developers, a startup airline, international cosmetics and perfume distributors, and technology certification labs.