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I have more than 20 years of experience as an intellectual property litigator and counselor.  I have litigated over 150 patent cases and has tried numerous cases in federal and state courts. In addition, he has tried numerous cases at the International Trade Commission.. I have an active IP counseling practice. I have advised over 50 companies on IP issues in transactions ranging from patent licensing and asset purchase agreements to initial public offerings (IPOs) and corporate mergers and acquisitions.   As part of my IP counseling practice, I am frequently involved in IP risk assessments and valuations.. I am a member of the committee that developed the original and the revised Model Patent Jury Instructions for the Northern District of California.  I am a Lecturer in Law at Stanford Law School and an adjunct professor (Lecturer in Law) at Santa Clara University School of Law.  I have published multiple articles in law reviews and legal journals.  I also write a column on patent law and litigation for the ABTL Report of the Northern California Chapter of the Association of Business Trial Lawyers (ABTL).. In 2013, 2014 and 2016, I was listed in the International Who's Who of Patent Lawyers. In 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, and 2016, I was selected for inclusion in Northern California Super Lawyers in the field of Intellectual Property Litigation. In 2006, Bay Area Lawyer Magazine named me one of the "Top Lawyers in the Bay Area" for Intellectual Property law.. Prior to joining the firm, I served as a law clerk to Chief Judge Alan C. Kay in the United States District Court for the District of Hawaii.  Before law school, I was also an electrical engineer for the General Motors Corporation, where I worked for many different operations, including the General Motors Technological Center (Warren, MI), Opel Motors (Russelsheim, Germany), Vauxhall Motors (Luton, England), and GM's Cadillac Assembly Plant (Detroit, Michigan).

I have extensive experience in employment, business and real estate litigation.  In 1997, I graduated Order of the Coif (top 10%) from Boalt Hall School of Law, University of California, Berkeley.  I clerked for the Honorable Maxine M. Chesney of the United States District Court, Northern District of California in 1999 and the Honorable Robert Boochever of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in 2001. I practiced insurance law as an associate with Sonnenshein Nath & Rosenthal and employment law as an associate at Heller Ehrman.  I focused on real estate litigation while working with Tour-Sarkissian Law Offices in San Francisco.  I joined Pierce & Shearer LLP in June 2004, where I continue to litigate employment, real estate and business cases.

I have been practicing law since 1986 with a primary focus on real estate and construction law.  I have reperesented some of the largest companies and organizations in the US and I have also represented small businesses and individuals.  If you have an issue involving real estate I can help you to resolve the issue in a professional and efficient way.

I am passionate about community building and connecting people. I love the human side of the law, and the ability to help families on a personal level.. I previously served on the associate board of directors for the Boys and Girls Club of the peninsula, and on the young leaders cabinet for the Jewish Federation in Los Angeles.. Outside of work, I love surfing, guitar playing, backpacking, and running (among other things). Huge San Francisco Giants, 49ers, Stanford Football and Basketball fan!

I am an associate attorney with Lakin Spears, LLP.  I earned my J.D. in 2011 from Santa Clara University School of Law, where I graduated in the top 30% of my class.  I am a member of the State Bar of California’s Trust and Estate section, and was a former Co-Chair of the Silicon Valley Bar Association’s New Attorneys Round Table.  In my free time, I enjoy spending time with my wife, playing soccer and tennis, reading, hiking, and watching sports.

I am a U.S. patent attorney in Palo Alto, California. I specialize in helping startups and multinational companies protect inventions in the Internet, software, electrical, mechanical, and medical device arts. I am a founding Partner of the law firm of LegalForce RAPC Worldwide.. I enjoy being a patent attorney because it gives me the opportunity to work with entrepreneurial and creative people. I take pride in my work, and enjoy helping my clients build and grow their companies. I care deeply about the success of my clients and I take a personal interest in companies that I represent. I offer them direct access to my phone and a timely response within one business day or less. For this reason, I have dozens of inventors and clients who can serve as references for my legal aptitude and counsel.. I have written patent applications for a number of leading companies including Apple, Hewlett Packard, eBay, Intel, NVIDIA, VMWare, NetApp, SAP, and Adobe. In addition, I have built numerous U.S. and international patent portfolios of growing businesses including Gracenote (sold to Sony Music), Aster Data Systems (sold to TeraData), and Silver Springs Networks. Today, my clients include multinational companies, venture backed companies, and creative individuals.. Prior to starting my own law firm, I was a patent attorney at large patent law firms in the United States, including Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman and at Schwegman Lundberg. Before that, I was an electrical and software engineer at Juniper Networks, Hewlett Packard, and at Lockheed Martin for more than 5 years. I bring my deep knowledge of engineering and business to help my clients protect and enforce their most prized inventions.. Like many of my clients, I am an engineer and entrepreneur myself. This helps me uniquely understand and relate to clients and their perspectives in helping them grow their businesses. I am a co-founder and CEO of the website LegalForce Trademarkia (attracting more than 1.5 million unique visitors every month), and the website the DealMap (formerly Fatdoor, now Google Offers), which was sold to Google, Inc. in 2011. Because of the sale to Google, Inc., I am the lead inventor of valuable issued patents owned by Google including issued U.S. Patent Nos. 8,204,776; 8,064,590; 8,190,357; 8,095,430; and 7,966,567.. I hold a B.S. in Electrical Engineering with honors recognition, and a MBA/JD from Arizona State University. In addition, I studied in the graduate school of engineering at Stanford University. I have superior English analytical writing skills, having obtained a 99% rank on the GMAT analytical writing section. My writing skills earned me a full tuition with a living stipend scholarship from the Pepsi Cola Company for graduate school.. I am a licensed attorney in the state of California, and am licensed to practice before the United States Patent & Trademark Office as a patent attorney.. If you have any questions about how I might be of assistance to you in protecting your intellectual property, please email me at:

I am a Partner at Di Maria & Cone, a Palo Alto law firm where we practice family law exclusively. I've been practicing law since 1978 and can provide my clients with extensive experience and knowledge. Our firm handles the broad spectrum of family law issues, such as child custody, child support, spousal support, property division and domestic violence restraining orders. At Di Maria & Cone, we pride ourselves in taking the time to get to know our clients because it will allow us to carefully tailor our representation to the client's goals and best interests. Also, we know that each client has a unique situation and we never lose sight of how the legal advocacy we provide affects real children and parents. We represent clients in most of the Bay Area counties, but primarily in Santa Clara and San Mateo counties. Please contact our office for a free consultation.Specialties:Family law, divorces, complex property issues, custody and visitation, child and spousal support, pre-marital (prenuptial) and post-marital agreements

I am a Certified Specialist in Family Law, and have practiced family law exclusively on the Peninsula since 1983.   I have a special interest in alternative dispute resolution, which includes mediation, acting as a mediation consultant, and representing clients in negotiating settlements with the help of private judges, but I also represent clients in the public courts in both San Mateo and Santa Clara counties.   I also frequently work with clients from throughout the Bay Area to prepare premarital agreements.

I am a certified specialist in estate planning, trust and probate with the California Bar, and I have an LL.M. (Masters in Laws) in Estate Planning.  I assist with estate planning, special needs planning, trust administration, probate administration, and limited conservatorships in San Mateo and Santa Clara Counties.. I am happily surrounded by boys - my husband (who helps me at the office), our two sons Caleb and Isaac, and our dog Ulysses, pit bull-boxer mix.  In my limited free time, I enjoy practicing yoga and pilates, reading dystopian fiction, and having deep spiritual conversations with friends.

Gary Gansle joined Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati's labor and employment law practice in 1998 where he provides clients expert counseling and litigation skills on a wide range of employment law issues. Mr. Gansle also established and manages his firm's nationwide employment law training practice. Mr. Gansle is a defense attorney and does not represent individual plaintiffs as his practice is focused exclusively on representing corporate clients.

Dr. Jill Jacobson is an intellectual property attorney specializing in patent strategy and procurement for biotechnology, life sciences, and clean technology companies. She assists clients with obtaining patent protection for their innovations and developing an IP strategy that aligns with their business interests. She also advises clients on freedom to operate and design around options in view of competitors’ patent portfolios, due diligence in patent acquisitions, and patent licensing issues, and provides assistance with trademark registrations.  Prior to her legal career, Dr. Jacobson obtained her Ph.D. in biochemistry from UCLA and worked as a researcher at the National Institutes of Health and in the biotechnology industry. She has both large law firm and in house legal experience.  She combines her scientific and legal skills to develop innovative solutions to her clients' intellectual property challenges and to provide strong protection for their innovative technologies.

Doug uses his deep knowledge of business and law to provide business solutions that manage legal risk and enhance performance. He is adept at tackling complex challenges that cut across clear functional and disciplinary lines. He helps board members, investors, in-house counsel, and entrepreneurs address difficult situations in corporate governance, corporate law, securities law and regulation, financing transactions, and mergers and acquisitions.

Daniel's practice focuses primarily on domestic and foreign patent drafting and prosecution, trademark prosecution, online privacy policies and terms of use agreements, confidential information and intellectual property assignment agreements, and intellectual property due diligence associated with mergers and acquisition and investment transactions.. Daniel has drafted and prosecuted patent applications for start-ups of all stages and multinational corporations including NVIDIA Corporation and Samsung Electronics. Daniel was previously an associate with Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati and Morrison & Foerster. In addition to his practice, Daniel also teaches a course in patent prosecution and intellectual property law at the extension program of the University of California, Berkeley.. Daniel holds an M.S. in biomedical engineering from the University of California, Los Angeles. He also holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of California, Berkeley and a law degree from Duke University Law School where he was on the editorial board of the Duke Law Journal. Daniel is a member of the state bar of California and registered to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

Certified Specialist in Appellate Law, California State Bar Board of Legal Specialization

Brian Kwok helps clients build, manage, and successfully monetize patent portfolios. A trusted advisor to technology companies around the world, Brian evaluates patent portfolios and negotiates deals ranging from a few hundred thousand to many billions of dollars. He recently represented an international technology company in a multi-billion dollar patent portfolio acquisition involving thousands of patents related to wireless telecommunications, cellular systems, and consumer electronics.. Brian also counsels clients through pre-litigation conflicts to resolve assertions and licensing disputes before patent litigation ensues. An experienced engineer, he provides clients with insightful and pragmatic advice, based on his ability to understand deeply the technical merit of a case and to explain its intersection with legal strategy. For example, Brian counseled a Fortune 50 technology company in a pre-litigation patent assertion relating to 3G/4G smartphone technologies, resulting in the asserting party dropping all its assertions against Brian’s client on favorable terms.. When patent disputes mature into formal litigations, Brian has significant expertise in patent matters before the International Trade Commission and numerous federal district courts. Brian represented Samsung in ITC proceedings against Ericsson’s cellular phones, Intel in a declaratory judgment action against Wi-LAN’s WiMAX and Wi-Fi patents, and Apple in various federal court and ITC actions against HTC and Nokia relating to smartphone technologies. Brian is well versed in all aspects of litigation, including deposing expert and fact witnesses, case-dispositive motions practice, and Markman proceedings. Brian’s practice also includes representing clients in contractual disputes involving patents and the enforcement of related indemnification rights.. Brian’s technical experience includes with a wide range of high-tech subject matter, such as standards-essential wireless telecommunications (e.g. LTE, UMTS, cdma2000, GSM, and Wi-Fi), user experience design, GPS, semi-conductor circuits, mobile payment systems, liquid crystal displays, and other consumer electronics technologies.. Brian is licensed to practice in California, Wisconsin, and before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

ASH NAGDEV is an associate in Sidley's Palo Alto office and a member of the firm’s Intellectual Property Litigation practice. Ash litigates patent, trade secret and contract matters in federal court. He also assists both established and emerging companies with technology and IP transactions, and has led various intellectual property transactions to closing.. Ash is frequently named a Rising Star by Super Lawyers. Prior to entering the legal profession, he was a software engineer at Symantec Corporation working on consumer (“Norton Security” products) and enterprise level security products. Ash is a registered United States Patent Attorney. He earned his J.D. from Northwestern School of Law and B.S. in computer science from UCLA.

As a principal in the Estate Planning law firm of Falk, Cornell & Associates, LLP, Mary Falk devotes herself to practicing law with integrity and sincerity, providing her clients with the type of quality legal service she herself would seek from an attorney. Her focus on estate planning stems from her firm belief in protecting her clients and their families from the devastating effects that often accompany disability and death.. Mary first decided she would pursue a career in law when she was still a high school student. Upon receiving her Juris Doctor, she practiced with a firm in San Jose for eight years, concentrating in estate planning, real estate and business. Part of Mary’s enjoyment in practicing estate planning law comes from her love of tax law. As an estate planning attorney she can assist clients with their tax-related issues without limiting herself solely to tax law.. Mary first went out on her own in 1996, and joined forces shortly thereafter with Daniel Cornell, as attorney she had worked closely with for eight years, to form Falk, Cornell & Associates, LLP. Falk, Cornell & Associates, LLP concentrates on estate planning law exclusively.. Mary is a Certified Legal Specialist in Estate Planning, Trust and Probate law. She is a member of the Estate Planning, Probate and Trust section of the Santa Clara County Bar Association and the San Mateo County Bar Association. She is a member of the American Academy of Estate Planning Attorneys.. Mary is coauthor of the books, “A Will is Not Enough in California.” and “Guiding Those Left Behind In California”.

Aria Vatankhah, Principal Attorney at Aria Law Group been practicing law since 1999 in different jurisdictions: Iran, England and US. Aria is an American Iranian Lawyer who speaks Russian, Arabic and Farsi. Aria Vatankhah an American Iranian Lawyer represent clients in San Jose, San Francisco and Los Angeles California.

Alan Nopar and his firm, Nopar & Associates, have each achieved an AV-Preeminent Rating (highest rating) from Martindale-Hubbell. This rating reflects the opinions of lawyers and judges who have worked with the firm, and includes both legal ability and ethical standards.. Our firm's law practice is limited to the areas of business law, real estate law and franchise law, and covers both transactional and litigation matters.. Alan S. Nopar, a Stanford Law School graduate, has been practicing law for over 38 years, and is a CPA as well as a licensed California real estate broker. Mr. Nopar practices in the areas of commercial and residential real estate, business law, and franchise law.  Attorney Nopar is a member of the American Bar Association Business Law Section, Real Property Law Section, and the Forum on Franchising.

Admitted before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and in California, South Dakota, Nevada and Colorado.. Snowboard instructor (AASI Level 2 and SBINZ level 2) at Northstar Ski Resort.

Adit Khorana is a partner in WilmerHale's technology transactions and emerging growth practice groups, and leads WilmerHale's west coast technology transactions practice, focusing on the representation of technology companies, from start-ups to Fortune 100 corporations, with particular emphasis on computer hardware and software, Internet and electronic media, mobile and wireless, semiconductor, and consumer electronics companies.