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I am a Co-Managing Partner and patent attorney at Alexandria-based IP law firm Nath, Goldberg & Meyer, who helps my clients acquire patents and trademarks quickly and successfully in the US and around the world to protect products and build company value. I was inspired to become a patent attorney to help inventors and companies protect their technologies and bring new innovative products to market, thereby continuing to help people live in the future.. If you are looking to protect your products and innovations and build company value, let's chat. Whether or not we decide to do business together, I am confident that our discussion will be full of insights and actionable steps that can help you.

Hickman Law Office’s team of personal injury lawyers in Alexandria, VA are leaders in their field and are committed to the success of your case. Our goal is to provide you the best legal representation possible. The staff at Hickman Law Office is highly trained in cases regarding personal injury, criminal, traffic and immigration, and will guide you through the process from start to finish, so you can rest assured that our personal injury attorneys will treat your case with the utmost care and attention. We take pride in our dedication to our clients and our high referral rate attests to that. You only get one shot at choosing the best legal guidance for your case; let Hickman Law Office of Alexandria, VA be your team of trusted advisors!

Handles cases in federal and state courts, contract claims, wrongful discharge and discrimination claims, USERRA rights, military rights enforcement, and general civil matters. Practices in the Eastern and Western Districts of Virginia, and in Alexandria, Arlington, Fairfax, Prince William, Fauquier, and Loudoun County jurisdictions.

Guy Bowe is an associate at Wade, Grimes, Friedman, Meinken & Leischner. He specializes in the areas of estate and trust administration, estate planning, and elder law and is licensed to practice law in Virginia, Washington D.C., Maryland, and Pennsylvania. Mr. Bowe works closely with his clients to address their unique goals and circumstances, including incapacity planning, legacy planning, asset protection planning, tax planning, and Medicaid planning. Mr. Bowe takes pride in spending time to educate his clients on the legal process and infusing a sense of humor into the process of developing and reviewing legal documents with his clients.. Mr. Bowe developed his practical approach to solving client problems while working for PwC and Deloitte, where he advised multinational corporations on M&A structuring and tax planning in various international jurisdictions.. He currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Alexandria Bar Association and as the Continuing Legal Education Chair.. He received his law degree from Penn State Dickinson School of Law where he received the CALI “Excellence for the Future Awards” for highest grades in: Estate Planning, Corporations, and Strategic Legal Research, among others. In Law School, Mr. Bowe clerked for the Honorable John E. Jones III of the United States District Court, Middle District of Pennsylvania.. In his spare time, Mr. Bowe enjoys aquascaping, golfing, rooting for (and being disappointed by) the Philadelphia Eagles, and volunteering with his wife, Katie, at the Animal Welfare League of Alexandria.

Gretchyn Meinken is a partner at Wade Grimes Friedman Meinken & Leischner. She grew up in a U.S. Army family, living in Germany for the majority of her childhood. She moved to the Washington, D.C. Metro area after completing a Bachelor of Science degree at the University of Alabama in 2000. Ms. Meinken now calls Alexandria, Virginia home after residing here since 2001 (her longest stint in any one place).. Ms. Meinken focuses her practice on estate planning and administration, as well as general corporate law and taxation. She represents individuals, estates, trusts, partnerships, limited liability companies, and corporations.. Ms. Meinken advises clients on the following types of matters:

Gerald Schwartz is a Virginia personal injury and wrongful death lawyer with his main office in Alexandria and client meeting locations in Woodbridge, Manassas and Fredericksburg.

Formerly in private practice, currently a trademark examining attorney for the USPTO.

Former Army JAG with significant experience in courts-martials, administrative separation boards, officer elimination boards, Article 15s, GOMORs, FLIPLs, OER & NCOER appeals, QMP appeals, and Article 138 complaints.

Focusing his practice on business litigation, Jesse R. Binnall is a partner at Binnall Law Group. He is dedicated to serving clients in Alexandria, Virginia, as well as throughout Northern Virginia and Washington, D.C. Whether they need assistance navigating business, nonprofit or election law issues; dealing with internal investigations; handling international disputes; or addressing other business or civil litigation matters, Mr. Binnall stands by his clients and helps them achieve their legal goals.. With each case he handles, Mr. Binnall works closely with his clients to understand their needs. He prides himself on being a team player, and he is able to work as part of a joint defense group when it is in his clients' best interests. Mr. Binnall is admitted to practice law in the states of Virginia and Idaho, as well as before the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Virginia and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. Certified as a professional parliamentarian by the American Institute of Parliamentarians, Mr. Binnall advises large and small organizations on parliamentary matters such as meeting procedures and the drafting and interpretation of bylaws.. Mr. Binnall also accepts criminal defense cases, including those involving white collar crimes. While he is always prepared to take a case to trial, Mr. Binnall also is experienced with alternative dispute resolution methods. He looks at each client's case from every angle, and he develops strategies that are best suited for his client's situation and legal objectives.. In 2001, Mr. Binnall earned a Bachelor of Arts in communications from George Mason University before going on to attend the George Mason University School of Law. From there, he received a Juris Doctor in 2009.

Farheena received her bachelor’s degree from the University of California, Los Angeles. She received her J.D. from The George Washington University Law School. At the Law Office of Samuel C. Moore, Farheena is focused on the criminal defense practice group. Within that, she represents clients in matters ranging from murder, sexual assault, and violent weapons offenses. She has successfully litigated both felony and misdemeanor charges in various counties and cities across Northern Virginia such as Alexandria, Fairfax, Arlington, Prince William, and Spotsylvania. Farheena has also successfully litigated assault cases and driving offenses in the Eastern District of Virginia (EDVA).

Ed is an experienced criminal defense attorney who practices in local and state courts in Washington, DC and Virginia and in federal courts in DC, Maryland, and Virginia, as well as nationwide where needed.

Defending individual liberty and Constitutional rights is not just Jason’s job, it is his raison d’être. As the leader of Binnall Law Group’s civil litigation practice, Jason Greaves fights for his clients to protect their civil rights. He is an experienced trial lawyer and uses that to his advantage when taking on Big Law and their teams of litigators who rarely see the inside of a courtroom.

David Hagan is an associate at Wade, Grimes, Friedman, Meinken & Leischner, PLLC, practicing both family law and criminal defense. As a family law attorney, Mr. Hagan handles all aspects of domestic relations cases, such as divorce, child custody, child support, spousal support, equitable distribution, settlement agreements, property rights, post-divorce disputes, and close relative and step-parent adoptions. He handles misdemeanor criminal defense, including traffic and DUI cases, and assists the partners with felony cases.. Prior to joining Wade, Grimes, Friedman, Meinken & Leischner, PLLC, Mr. Hagan was a paralegal for a small family law firm for several years. There, he helped conduct legal research on mostly family law-related topics, prepared pleadings and assisted in trial preparation, litigated a post-divorce dispute, met with clients regarding their cases and more. Mr. Hagan received his J.D. from George Mason University School of Law. During his time there, he served as a student advisor in the George Mason Veterans and Servicemembers Legal Clinic, where he provided pro bono legal assistance to veterans and their families on issues such as civil contract disputes, veterans discharge upgrades, adoptions, consumer warranty concerns, and other matters.

Danielle Grace Pimentel handles a variety of employment and labor law matters involving discrimination and retaliation, as well as business and nonprofit matters.. Prior to joining the Old Towne Associates, P.C., Ms. Pimentel served as an Assistant Commonwealth’s Attorney for the City of Portsmouth where she gained trial experience litigating misdemeanor and felony criminal matters.. Ms. Pimentel earned her B.S. from Mary Washington University in Economics with Honors. While in college, Ms. Pimentel received the Henry W. Heweston Economics Award and served as Associate Editor of Issues in Political Economy, the leading undergraduate research journal in economics.. Ms. Pimentel earned her J.D. from Regent University School of Law. While there, Ms. Pimentel served as Senior Editor of the Regent University Law Review and received the Law Review Best Staffer Award in the Fall of 2019. She also served as Legal Research & Writing Director of the Moot Court Board, and as Presiding Officer of the Honor Counsel. She was also a member of the Hispanic Law Students Association. Additionally, while in law school, Ms. Pimentel was the recipient of an Academic Merit Award, the Ronald L. Fick Book Award, and the Wilbur Leland Brown Endowed Scholarship.. Ms. Pimentel is dedicated to upholding the mission of Old Towne Associates, P.C. to provide client-centered, transparent, and trustworthy legal counsel.

Christopher Jacob grew up right down the road in Richmond Virginia. He attended the University of Virginia where he worked for the student newspaper. After graduating from college, Chris received his Juris Doctorate from the University of Richmond. Before coming to the NovaLegalGroup he served as the Law Clerk for the Hanover Country Circuit Court where he worked on Criminal and Personal Injury cases. In his spare time Christopher coach’s youth lacrosse and enjoys watching University of Virginia athletics.

Christopher Amolsch is a nationally recognized Virginia criminal defense lawyer providing expert, aggressive and innovative representation in all federal and state criminal matters in both federal and state courts and in federal courts throughout the United States.. I graduated magna cum laude from George Mason University and was a scholarship student at Emory University School of Law in Atlanta, Georgia, which is consistently ranked as one of the top 25 law programs in the country.  After law school, I worked in Tennessee handling death penalty appeals in both federal and state courts before returning to the Washington, DC area.. I have handled many high profile cases which have been covered by numerous national newspapers.  I also appear regularly as an expert legal commentator on many national television programs, including Larry King, Nancy Grace, Court TV, CNN, MSNBC, and Fox News.. I am also a founder and past Vice President of Washington, DC's Innocence Project.  As Vice President for the Innocence Project, I testified before the Virginia General Assembly on the causes of wrongful convictions and was actively involved in crafting Virginia's innocence protection legislation.   I filed the first claim of actual innocence ever considered under Virginia's new DNA statute and continue to represent clients seeking exoneration through Virginia's Writ of Actual Innocence and through federal and state habeas petitions.. In addition to my trial and appellate work, I sit on the Board of Directors of the Virginia Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and am active member of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, the preeminent organizations in Virginia and the United States advancing the mission of the nation's criminal defense lawyers.

Chris graduated from Falls Church High School in 1988, Georgetown University in 1992, and William and Mary law School in 1996. He also attended the George Washington University Master’s Program in Forensic Science from 2001-2003. During law school, Chris concentrated in criminal defense by working as an investigator at the D.C. Public Defender Service. He also clerked at the Public Defender’s Office in Bellingham, Washington in the summer of 1995, where he won his first jury trial under a Washington State Supreme Court rule, which allows law students meeting certain qualifications to try cases.. After passing the bar exam, Chris joined the Alexandria Public Defender’s Office, where he spent two years handling the traffic docket, mostly consisting of Driving While Intoxicated and other serious traffic offenses. He later became a Senior Assistant Public Defender, and for three years defended serious felony cases including murder, rape, child sexual abuse, and all varieties of serious drug offenses.. In 2002, Chris left the Alexandria Public Defender’s Office and formed his own law firm with Andrea L. Moseley (now a partner at Zwerling, Moseley and Sears, P.C.). In 2005, Leibig, Moseley, and Bennett merged with the nationally known Law Offices of John Kenneth Zwerling to form Zwerling, Leibig, and Moseley, P.C. In private practice, Chris has represented hundreds of individuals charged with serious felonies, including murder cases in Washington, D.C., Alexandria City, Fairfax County, Orange County, and Stafford County. He has also represented dozens of clients for serious sex offenses including rape, child sexual abuse, child pornography, and internet solicitation of a minor. Because Zwerling, Leibig, and Moseley, P.C. (now Zwerling, Moseley and Sears, P.C.) is a uniquely situated law firm with a broad client base, Chris’ practice has focused both on serious state court felonies and federal and white collar offenses, including drug conspiracies, money laundering, gambling and racketeering pursuant to the RICO Statute, import/export fraud, and money structuring.. Chris has received various recognition’s and awards, including being named by Washingtonian Magazine as one of the top criminal lawyers in the D.C. area in 2011. He is regularly named as one of the area’s top criminal lawyers by the Super Lawyers edition of Law and Politics Magazine, one of the few attorneys to be so named both in Virginia and Washington, D.C.. Chris has also published legal articles in various local and national magazines, including the Huffington Post, , and . He has appeared regularly as a legal commentator in various media outlets, including the Washington Post, the Washington Examiner, Fox News (local and national), , Inside Edition, CNN, Sports Illustrated, the New York Post, the Atlanta Constitution, and others. See In the Press page.

Charles Rothermel is the founding attorney of Rothermel Law Firm, PLC in Fairfax, Virginia. Licensed to practice in both the states of Virginia and Louisiana, he concentrates his practice in the areas of personal injury, child injury, nursing home litigation, admiralty and maritime claims, wrongful death, Social Security disability, workers’ compensation, and other select civil litigation claims. He offers general counsel to businesses as well. Charles develops a custom litigation strategy for each client, so he always listens to his clients’ needs and does what is best for them. Charles earned his Juris Doctor as well as a certificate of specialization in maritime law from Tulane University Law School in 2011. In his free time, he enjoys spending time with his family, traveling, and camping.

CHARLES (CHICO) L. GHOLZ is a partner in the Litigation and Patent Interferences practice groups, specializing in patent interferences. In addition to general patent litigation, he is particularly skilled at handling patent interferences under 35 USC § 135 before the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences (BPAI) and court review of decisions by the BPAI in interferences. He handles both appeals to the Federal Circuit under 35 USC § 141 and civil actions in district courts under 35 USC § 146.. Mr. Gholz represents a wide variety of domestic and foreign clients across a range of technologies including biotech, chemical, electronics, computers and lasers. He regularly appears before the BPAI, the Federal Circuit, and various district courts. He also counsels on patent validity and patentability, and he has appeared as an expert witness on patent issues.. Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Gholz served as an assistant technical advisor to the Honorable Giles S. Rich of the U.S. Court of Customs and Patent Appeals (1970-1972).  A former Lecturer in Law at George Mason University School of Law, he has written and lectured widely on patent law.  In addition, he co-authored “Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit: Practice and Procedure,” LexisNexis, and “Patent Practice,” Patent Resources Institute.

Brian Darville, senior counsel in the firm's Trademark & Designs practice group, has several decades of litigation experience in federal courts throughout the U.S. and decades of experience handling intellectual property protection for trademarks and copyrights both in the U.S. and internationally. Mr. Darville provides comprehensive trademark, unfair competition, copyright, business, and e-commerce legal services to his clients throughout the United States and abroad. His extensive intellectual property, e-commerce and litigation experience enables him to protect and enforce his clients’ rights efficiently achieving their desired results on a cost-effective basis.. Mr. Darville has extensive experience in the areas of trademark, unfair competition and copyright, appearing before administrative tribunals and federal courts throughout the country. His trademark and copyright litigation experience includes the consumer products, automotive products, fashion, publishing, financial, and construction materials industries. He has litigated several domain name disputes under the Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection Act and has handled numerous opposition, cancellation and concurrent use proceedings before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (“TTAB”). Mr. Darville has prosecuted and defended numerous copyright infringement disputes in courts throughout the U.S. He counsels companies regarding the use of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act to remove infringing content from web sites or to disable web sites posting or streaming infringing content online.. Mr. Darville also manages the global trademark portfolio for several clients. He is experienced in all aspects of trademark protection, including clearance opinions, prosecution and maintenance of trademarks in the U.S. and abroad. He counsels clients in all aspects of trademark and copyright law, ecommerce, licensing and litigation.

Brian Alexander represents businesses and individuals in technology, corporate and real-estate law matters. He has represented clients in intellectual property, environmental, zoning and litigation matters before state and federal administrative agencies and courts.

Born in Alexandria, VA, Benton S. Duffett III joined the firm in 1988. Benton is listed in the Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers and practices in the areas of Family Law including; Support, Custody, Visitation, Alimony, Name Changes and Marital Agreements.

Bob Cynkar is a trial and appellate lawyer who has been an active member of the Washington, D.C. and Virginia legal communities for over 35 years, both in private practice and government service. On behalf of individual and institutional clients, Bob has handled numerous cases in federal and state courts across the country, and briefed appeals in the majority of Federal Circuits, in State Supreme Courts, and in the U.S. Supreme Court, personally arguing most of them. Those cases involved a diverse range of issues, from business regulatory issues, property rights and takings issues, ratemaking and energy regulation, through environmental, toxic tort, and serious personal injury issues, to the defense of First Amendment Rights.

Attorney Timothy J. Maier is Principal at the Virginia legal office, Maier & Maier PLLC. Mr. Maier handles a variety of intellectual property matters including patent preparation and prosecution, patent and trademark litigation, design patents, trademark oppositions, patent reissue and reexamination proceedings, and much more. He is a member of the Virginia State Bar, the American Bar Association, the Licensing Executives Society and the American Intellectual Property Association. If you would like to find out about the services Attorney Maier may be able to provide you with, do not hesitate to contact his firm today.

Attorney Jessica A. Richardson was born in Henrico County, Virginia and raised in Goochland County, Virginia. She attended George Mason University, and in 2012 graduated Magna Cum Laude with a degree in Criminology, with a concentration in Law and Society. During her undergraduate career, Jessica focused on the study of law. She was also involved in several internships. She worked for the Victim Witness Assistance Program, a part of the Commonwealth Attorney’s Office in Manassas, Virginia, where she helped others feel prepared and educated on the criminal justice system, as they were involuntarily swept into it. She also worked for former U.S. Attorney General, Eric Holder, at the Department of Justice, where she attended Congressional Hearings, and had exclusive control of confidential documents. In spite of the demands of being a full-time student and a full-time intern, Jessica graduated from her undergraduate institution a full year early.. In 2012, directly after graduating from George Mason University, Jessica moved to Michigan in pursuit of a law degree at Michigan State University, College of Law. While attending law school, Jessica interned at Fenton Legal Services, in Fenton, Michigan. There she attended court and dealt with various family law issues. She then interned at the Rutherford Institute, in Charlottesville, Virginia, a nonprofit civil liberties organization that is deeply committed to protecting the constitutional freedoms of every American. Although she enjoyed her time doing family law work, this internship solidified her belief that she was destined to practice criminal defense law.. Jessica A. Richardson has spent the entirety of her legal career in the practice of criminal law, and as an associate of Patrick N. Anderson & Associates, P.C. She believes wholeheartedly in the U.S. Constitution and works daily to ensure that individual rights are protected, specifically the right to be declared innocent until proven guilty.