Firm: Garrison Law, LLC
Garrison Law, LLC , Duluth , Georgia
Practice Areas: Business
Firm: Merchant & Gould P.C.
191 Peachtree St, NE , Atlanta , Georgia
Practice Areas: Patent Application
I am an intellectual property attorney focusing exclusively on matters of patent and trademark law. My practice includes patent application preparation and prosecution, providing freedom-to-operate and non-infringement counsel, license negotiation and patent litigation counsel. In the patent space, I have represented clients in many technology areas, including manufacturing, fiber optic cable management, firearms, and construction. I also engage in trademark application prosecution, trademark rights development strategy, trademark litigation counsel and cancellation and opposition proceedings at the US Trademark Trial and Appeals Board (TTAB). I am also an adjunct law professor, teaching an annual course in international intellectual property law at Georgia State University Law School. I have particular experience working with medical device innovators as both in-house and outside patent counsel. To further enhance my technical capacity in this industry, I went back to school and completed a Master's degree in Bioengineering. I have worked on technologies including: ophthalmic lens design/manufacturing/inspection/imaging, surgical implant devices; medical feeding equipment; diagnostic equipment; orthopedic equipment; software; and dental inspection and surgical equipment. My experience also includes working as an in house patent attorney for a large multinational medical device company, acting as a national team leader with the Biomedical Engineering Society, and being a continued guest advisor to the Master of Biomedical Innovation and Design program at Georgia Tech. I am a registered US patent attorney and a licensed attorney in Georgia, Florida and Washington, DC. And, I am Board Certified as an Expert in Intellectual Property Law by the Florida Bar Association. Only 6% of eligible Florida attorneys achieve Board Certification. I am also AV Preeminent rated by the Martindale-Hubbell attorney rating service. I have also been selected as a Georgia SuperLayers Rising Star in Intellectual Property law each year since 2013, a designation given to only 2.5% of the state's attorneys.
Firm: Southern Poverty Law Center
Downtown , Decatur , Georgia
Practice Areas: Immigration
Born and raised in Santa Cruz, California, Peter has always been committed to social justice. In his immigration practice he is most interested in deportation defense and representing people in ICE detention. Peter now lives in Decatur, GA with his wife and three children.. Peter is a graduate of Wesleyan University in Middletown, CT.. Between college and law school Peter spent a year in Guatemala. He worked for the Human Rights Ombudsman's office in Quetzaltenango (La Procuraduria de los Derechos Humanos) and later La Defensoria Maya in Santa Cruz del Quiche.. While at Georgetown University Law Center Peter successfully represented a Falun Gong practitioner from China in an asylum case. His partner on that case, Ms. Robyn Painter, is now his wife. At the Florence Immigrant and Refugee Rights Project Peter worked under the supervision of Ms. Holly Cooper. There he successfully represented an unaccompanied minor held in INS detention in his asylum case. The client was from Honduras and sought asylum as a member of the particular social group street children. Peter also spent a summer in San Jose Costa Rica at the Inter-American Court of Human Rights.. After law school, Peter spent over three years a criminal public defender defending adults in misdemeanor and felony cases.. Most recently, with MALDEF, Peter was a lobbyist at the state capitol.. Peter is an enthusiast of live theater, a fan of the SF 49ers, SF Giants, Seattle Seahawks, Boston Red Sox and Toronto Blue Jays. Thanks to his wife, he is increasingly a fan of eating and cooking good food.
Within 1 hour of Metro , Atlanta , Georgia
Practice Areas: Family
Mrs. Matthews started her legal career knowing that family law and juvenile law were her calling. As someone who believes strongly in making surely the family unit is a positive one and that children are not affected negatively, she strives daily to treat each client with personalized attention. She knows that an individuals rights and the rights of their family is on a high list of importance.. In her spare time, as a wife and mother to two boys and a girl, Mrs. Matthews enjoys spending time with her family going to the park, reading to her kids, and taking a moment to enjoy life.
