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| Practice Areas | Intellectual Property Litigation; Business Litigation | | | Education | University of Minnesota Law School, J.D., cum laude, 1981, Marquette University, B.S.M.E., magna cum laude, 1978 | | | Admitted | 1981, Minnesota and U.S. District Court, District of Minnesota; 1982, U.S. Army Court of Military Review; 1986, U.S. Court of Military Appeals, U.S. Supreme Court and U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit; U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit; U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Wisconsin; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office | |
| Memberships | Minnesota State Bar Association; American Bar Association; Federal Circuit Bar Association; American Intellectual Property Law Association. | | | Military | Served four years in the United States Army JAG Corps stationed with the 7th Infantry Division | | | Biography | Chair, Intellectual Property Litigation Group and Member of the firm's Executive Board. Listed in The Best Lawyers in America. Named to its annual list of the "Top 10 Winning Litigators in the United States" in 2008, The National Law Journal. Frequent Lecturer and Author on topics related to litigation and trials and often quoted in the business and legal press. Has appeared on the NBC Nightly News and the CBS Morning News. Extensively involved in community affairs. Chair: Minnesota Commission on Judicial Selection (appointed by Governor Pawlenty); Center of the American Experiment. Member, Board of Directors: Guthrie Theater; YMCA of Metropolitan Minneapolis. Member, Alumni Advisory Board, Minnesota Law Review. Past President, University of Minnesota Law School Alumni Association. Attended Marquette University on an ROTC Scholarship. Member, University of Minnesota Law School Law Review. Member: University of Minnesota Law Alumni Association; Minnesota Academy of Conservative Leadership; Republican National Lawyers Association; Northwest Suburbs Cable Communication Commission. Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers. | | | Reported Cases | Fonar Corporation v. General Electric; Grantley Patent Holdings, Inc. v. Clear Channel Communications, Inc.; St. Clair Intellectual Property Consultants, Inc. v. Canon, Inc. et al.; St. Clair Intellectual Property Consultants, Inc. v. Sony Corp. et al.; St. Clair Intellectual Property Consultants, Inc. v. Fuji Photo Film, Ltd. et al.; LaserMaster Corporation v. Sentinel Imaging; TVI v. Microsoft; Luigino's, Inc. v. Robert Peterson and IBP; Carlson Marketing Group, Inc. et al. v. SME Associates; Display Solutions, Inc. v. Daktronics, Inc. et al. | | | ISLN | 903921563 | |
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