One of the unique aspects of my practice is advising on the intellectual property issues that arise at the intersection of bankruptcy law, antitrust law and legal malpractice litigation. The unique combination of my partner Bob Chapman’s legal malpractice experience and my intellectual property practice, has positioned our firm as the “go-to firm” for legal malpractice actions that arise out of mishandled intellectual property litigation and transactions.

• A legendary Chicago trial lawyer retained me to provide analysis of a plaintiff’s legal malpractice litigation against one of the most successful IP firms in the country.  The malpractice case arose out of an allegedly mishandled patent infringement trial where a $12 million verdict was knocked down to $2 million.  The malpractice case was on the brink of dismissal when we got involved.  After dissecting the trial testimony and closing arguments, we developed a theory of trial negligence and damages (in excess of $12 million) that catapulted the plaintiff over various pleading motions and put the case on target for trial by jury.  The case settled shortly thereafter for a confidential amount.
  

• A family-owned technology business hired me six months prior to trial of its legal malpractice claim in a Madison, Wisconsin state court.  The claim arose out of the defendant patent law firm’s failure to timely pay the required fees to the United States Patent and Trademark Office in order to maintain the enforceability of the technology business’ key patents.  We vigorously prepared the case for trial and after one day of testimony, the case settled for a confidential amount.

• The world’s largest manufacturer of projection screens hired our team to bring a legal malpractice action against a large Indiana law firm arising out of an allegedly mishandled cease and desist letter that resulted in an expensive patent infringement litigation.  Bob Chapman and I filed the case in Indiana federal court, and the dispute was amicably resolved before the parties served their initial discovery requests.

• A Fortune 100 tool manufacturer hired me to advise on the interplay of various patent infringement, patent licensing and antitrust issues in order to avoid impending litigation.

• Our team handled all of the intellectual property aspects of Fortune 100 insurance/lending giant’s bankruptcy administration which included the negotiation of hundreds of trademark, software and IT license agreements.