Held & Malloy">February 25, 2010, Chicago, Il., USA - February 25, 2010, Chicago, Il., USA - McAndrews, Held & Malloy, Ltd. announced the elevation of five of the firm's veteran attorneys to its Board of Directors and the promotion of four attorneys to partner.
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Following are the new board members at McAndrews:
John L. Abramic specializes in intellectual property litigation. He has acted as lead counsel and co-lead counsel in several patent infringement lawsuits, and has represented clients at numerous trials in Federal District Court. His litigation work has involved a wide range of technology areas, including medical devices, pharmaceuticals, laboratory equipment, petrochemical processes, networked lighting controls, construction machinery and contact lenses.
Mr. Abramic has also represented clients in numerous patent interferences before the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences. He is a member of the trial bar of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. He also is registered to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
Sara J. Bartos focuses on all aspects of intellectual property law and has worked with diverse technologies including balloon angioplasty catheters, printing equipment, lighting control systems and electronic dart games. Her experience includes coordinating all aspects of litigation from dispute resolution to document analysis and management, preparing for and participating in trials, consulting with clients, taking depositions, writing briefs and motions and researching legal issues.
She has also drafted license agreements, patent applications and legal opinions. Ms. Bartos is a member of the bars of the U.S. District Court for the Northern and Central Districts of Illinois and is registered to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
Michael J. Fitzpatrick's practice focuses on patent, trademark and anti-trust matters. His patent litigation work has involved various technologies, including cosmetic contact lenses, lighting controls, surgical gowns, radiopharmaceutical containers, desiccant-entrained polymers for packaging of medical test strips, ophthalmic lens generators, and GPS and personal navigation devices. Mr. Fitzpatrick has substantial experience in patent interferences, freedom-to-operate opinions, trademark registration, and patent prosecution and reexamination procedures.
Mr. Fitzpatrick is a member of the bars of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois and the Illinois Supreme Court. He is registered to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
David Z. Petty devotes his practice to patent prosecution and litigation, trademark litigation and copyright litigation. He has represented clients in a variety of technological areas including electro-mechanical connectors, speaker systems, surgical navigation, medical devices, electrical floor boxes, soap dispensers, networked lighting controls, electro-stimulation devices, downloading computer jukeboxes and contact lenses. He also has experience in the areas of opinion work, due diligence analysis, trademark prosecution and intellectual property licensing.
Mr. Petty is a member of the bars of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Illinois and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. Mr. Petty is registered to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
Hopeton S. Walker concentrates primarily on patent prosecution, working on all aspects of technologies related to existing and next-generation wired and wireless communications systems and technologies. These include narrowband and broadband systems, access, infrastructure, transport and related user equipment and customer premise equipment technologies. Mr. Walker has extensive engineering experience in the telephone service industry, previously working for AT&T Bell Laboratories, Lucent Technologies and AT&T Shannon Laboratories.
He is a member of the bar of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois and is registered to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. He also is admitted to practice law in Washington, D.C., and Florida.
Following are the new partners at McAndrews:
Patrick V. Bradley has an extensive background in biotechnology and the life sciences and has substantial experience in every aspect of major patent litigation. He also has significant transactional experience, including the performance of due diligence investigations for technology acquisitions and the negotiation of patent licenses. Bradley is a member of the bars of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. He also is registered to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
James L. Davis, Jr. specializes in patent litigation and prosecution, as well as other areas of intellectual property law. He has experience with a broad range of technologies including computer and network security software, automobile electronics, cell phones, gaming consoles, cardiovascular stent systems, medical devices and medical records systems. He is a member of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois and is registered to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
Sarah A. Kofflin specializes in intellectual property litigation and prosecution. Her litigation experience has involved patents, trademarks, trade secrets and unfair competition suits. She counsels clients on a wide range of technologies and has significant experience in preparing and prosecuting patents and trademarks for biological, chemical, mechanical and computer-related technologies. She is a member of the bars of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin and the Illinois Supreme Court. Ms. Kofflin is registered to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. ■