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Ready for YouJoseph Wang - Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P. A.
Joseph J. Wang is an attorney practicing in software, internet, digital media, and mechanical technologies. For 14 years, Joseph worked in the engineering of computer systems, embedded systems, software, and digital media. He supported technologies for computer graphics, video production, video post-production, media compression, media broadcasting, and media distribution. Joseph earned his Juris Doctor degree from Santa Clara University, receiving the Witkin Award for Business Planning. To book an appointment with Mr. Wang please contact him through the SCU Law Jobs Professional Network. You can access the Professional Network by clicking the "Networking" tab in your SCU Law Jobs account. Please send your resume to Mr. Wang at jwang@slwip.com 48 hours prior to scheduled appointment. ALL APPOINTMENTS WILL BE HELD AT THE MENTORS OFFICE UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED.
David Tsai - Perkins Coie
David J. Tsai is a Counsel in Perkins Coie's San Francisco and Taipei offices and a member of the Litigation Practice Group. His practice focuses on trade secret and patent litigation, with an emphasis on the Internet, software, semiconductors, set-top boxes, smartphones, light-emitting diodes (LEDs), pharmaceuticals, biotechnologies, and medical devices. His legal experience also includes litigating in the areas of copyrights and trademarks, preparing and prosecuting U.S. electrical engineering patent applications, drafting patentability, freedom-to-operate and non-infringement opinions, as well as dealing with patent interference in the area of biotechnology. ALL APPOINTMENTS WILL BE HELD AT THE MENTORS OFFICE UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED. To book an appointment with Mr. Tsai please contact him through the SCU Law Jobs Professional Network. You can access the Professional Network by clicking the "Networking" tab in your SCU Law Jobs account. Please send your resume to Mr. Tsai at dtsai@perkinscoie.com 48 hours prior to your scheduled appointment.
Kirsten Fish - Needham, Kepner & Fish LLP
Kirsten M. Fish joined Needham, Kepner & Fish in 2002 and became a partner in 2007. She focuses her practice on personal injury, wrongful death and elder abuse litigation. She is also a frequent guest lecturer and has presented "Nuts and Bolts of Elder Abuse Litigation" seminars to the Monterey County Bar Association and the Sunnyvale-Cupertino Bar Association. Kirsten has also lectured to law students studying Trial Techniques at Santa Clara University School of Law and has taught Legal Research and Writing at Lincoln Law School in San Jose since 2009. To book an appointment with Ms. Fish please contact her through the SCU Law Jobs Professional Network. You can access the Professional Network by clicking the "Networking" tab in your SCU Law Jobs account. ALL APPOINTMENTS WILL BE HELD AT THE MENTORS OFFICE UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED. Please send your resume to Ms. Fish at KFish@nkf-law.com 48 hours prior to your scheduled appointment.
Colby Springer - Lewis & Roca
Colby Springer is a partner in the firm's Intellectual Property practice group. He has experience in all fields of intellectual property law and advises clientele at every level of business development — from start ups to public companies. Colby counsels clients on the strategic development, acquisition, and enforcement of intellectual property portfolios, specifically with regard to patents. His representation includes a number of companies in patent, trade secret, copyright and antitrust suits. To book an appointment with Mr. Springer please contact him through the SCU Law Jobs Professional Network. You can access the Professional Network by clicking the "Networking" tab in your SCU Law Jobs account. ALL APPOINTMENTS WILL BE HELD AT THE MENTORS OFFICE UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED. Please send your resume to Mr. Springer at CSpringer@lrrlaw.com 48 hours prior to your scheduled appointment.
Carlos Rosario -Novak, Druce, Connolly Bove + Quigg LLP
Carlos Rosario is a registered patent attorney and concentrates his practice in U.S. intellectual property law, particularly in patent prosecution and litigation. His practice centers on computer technology including software and hardware. Carlos' fields of technical application include streaming media, microprocessor manufacturing technology and processes, global positioning systems, and data networks. To book an appointment with Mr. Rosario please contact him through the SCU Law Jobs Professional Network. You can access the Professional Network by clicking the "Networking" tab in your SCU Law Jobs account. ALL APPOINTMENTS WILL BE HELD AT THE MENTORS OFFICE UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED. Please send your resume to Mr. Rosario at carlos.rosario@novakdruce.com 48 hours prior to your scheduled appointment.
Peter Brewer- Law Office of Peter N. Brewer
Peter J. Brewer is a practicing attorney and mediator. His law practice emphasizes family law, civil and criminal litigation and real estate. He is admitted to practice law in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. He provides mediation services on various issues including divorce and separation, custody, guardianships, post-divorce, out of state relocation, landlord-tenant, business and contract disputes. To book an appointment with Mr. Brewer, please contact his office manager, Jessica, at (650) 327-2900 x 10. ALL APPOINTMENTS WILL BE HELD AT THE MENTORS OFFICE UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED. Please send your resume to Mr. Brewer at PBrewer@BrewerFirm.com 48 hours prior to your scheduled appointment.
Jim Chapman - Bingham McCutchen LLP-SLOTS FILLED
SLOTS FILLED. Jim Chapman focuses his practice on securities law, venture capital, mergers and acquisitions, and international business transactions. He has more than 25 years experience in corporate and securities law and has been involved in over 250 mergers, acquisitions and financing transactions. James also has a significant background in international transactions, particularly dealing with China and Chinese-related companies. To book an appointment with Mr. Chapman please contact him through the SCU Law Jobs Professional Network. You can access the Professional Network by clicking the "Networking" tab in your SCU Law Jobs account. ALL APPOINTMENTS WILL BE HELD AT THE MENTORS OFFICE UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED. Please send your resume to Mr. Chapman at James.Chapman@bingham.com 48 hours prior to your scheduled appointment.
Adam Davis - Davis & Young
Mr. Davis is an associate at Davis & Young, APLC in San Jose where he is involved in all aspects of the firm's employment and tort law litigation. He is formally recognized as a Rising Star in the legal profession by Super Lawyers Magazine and San Francisco Magazine and is listed among the top 2.5% of young attorneys in Northern California. He is an elected member of the Santa Clara County Bar Association Board of Trustees and is Co-Chairman of the Santa Clara County Barristers. To book an appointment with Mr. Davis please contact him through the SCU Law Jobs Professional Network. You can access the Professional Network by clicking the "Networking" tab in your SCU Law Jobs account. ALL APPOINTMENTS WILL BE HELD AT THE MENTORS OFFICE UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED. Please send your resume to Mr. Davis at ADavis@davisyounglaw.com 48 hours prior to your scheduled appointment.
Darryl Ong - McDermott, Will & Emery
Darryl J. Ong is an associate in the law firm of McDermott Will & Emery LLP and is based in the Firm’s Silicon Valley office. He focuses his practice on intellectual property litigation matters. Darryl received his J.D., cum laude, from Santa Clara University School of Law where he earned a High Tech Law Certificate in Intellectual Property, and served on the executive board of the Santa Clara Computer & High Tech Law Journal as a Senior Production Editor. Prior to his legal career, Darryl worked at a major semiconductor company negotiating inbound licenses for electronic design automation tools and semiconductor intellectual property. ALL APPOINTMENTS WILL BE HELD AT THE MENTORS OFFICE UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED. Please book Mr. Ong through simplybook.me. Please send your resume to Mr. Ong at djong@mwe.com 48 hours prior to your scheduled appointment.
Peter Bade - Berry, Appleman & Leiden LLP
Peter B. Bade is an Associate in the San Francisco office of Berry Appleman and Leiden LLP. He has experience with various corporate U.S. immigration legal matters, as well as family-based U.S. immigration legal matters. His current practice focuses on the PERM labor certification process and immigrant visa petitions. Peter's work is more similar to a patent prosecution attorney type of setting, where he is constantly at battle with the government over getting approval of a client’s application, but instead of IP applications he deals with foreign national employee’s work visa authorization status, that are sponsored by companies (i.e. many publicly traded high tech companies in the Silicon Valley). Please book Mr. Bade through simplybook.me. MEETING WILL BE HELD IN A COFFEE SHOP IN SAN FRANCISCO'S FINANCIAL DISTRICT, PLEASE CONFIRM LOCATION WITH MR. BADE. Please send your resume to Mr. Blade at pbade@balglobal.com 48 hours prior to your scheduled appointment.
John Horton - Hogan Lovells US LLP
John Horton practices in the areas of corporate, securities, and general business law. His representation ranges from emerging private companies to mature public companies, primarily in the technology and life sciences industries. Located in Menlo Park, California, his practice group at the firm is heavily involved in Silicon Valley start-up company work, venture capital law and securities law. He has significant experience working on high tech M&A deals of varying structures and sizes for preeminent Silicon Valley clients. While in law school, John was honored with the award for the Best Individual Appellate Advocacy Brief in his class and was a special award recipient of the Law Alumni Scholarship. Please book Mr. Horton through simplybook.me. Please send your resume to Mr. Horton at john.horton@hoganlovells.com 48 hours prior to your scheduled appointment. ALL APPOINTMENTS WILL BE HELD AT THE MENTORS OFFICE UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED. NO MORE REMAINING SLOTS AVAILABLE FOR MR. HORTON.
Meave Cox - Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP
Meave Cox has eleven years of experience in Professional Recruiting and Development at Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP, one of the world’s largest law firms focusing solely on Intellectual Property. She routinely screens resumes, manages the Palo Alto Office’s Summer Associate Program, and conducts all West Coast campus interviews for the firm. She also frequently speaks with students regarding preparing for the interview process. Please book Ms. Cox through simplybook.me. Please send your resume to Ms. Cox at meave.cox@finnegan.com 48 hours prior to your scheduled appointment. ALL APPOINTMENTS WILL BE HELD AT THE MENTORS OFFICE UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED.
Mark Tannahill - Simpson, Thacher & Bartlett LLP
Mark Tannahill is an Associate at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, practicing in the areas of investment management, private funds, mergers and acquisition and corporate transactions. After graduating from University of California, Davis, he attended Santa Clara University to obtain his JD. Highlights in law school include graduating Summa Cum Laude, Order of the Coif, and being the comments editor of the Santa Clara Law Review. To book an appointment with Mr. Tannahill please contact him through the SCU Law Jobs Professional Network. You can access the Professional Network by clicking the "Networking" tab in your SCU Law Jobs account. Please send your resume to Mr. Tannahill at mtannahill@stblaw.com 48 hours prior to your scheduled appointment. ALL APPOINTMENTS WILL BE HELD AT THE MENTORS OFFICE UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED.
Howard Hamilton - Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman
Howard Hamilton is a member of the Patent Practice Group and focuses on intellectual property protection for software and hardware in computer related technologies. Howard's practice includes a range of patent related services for technologies including: 3D graphics processors, operating systems, data processing and management, and networking systems.Prior to becoming an attorney, Howard worked as a computer engineer for Intel developing graphics drivers for integrated and embedded graphics products. Please book Mr. Hamilton through simplybook.me. Please send your resume to Mr. Hamilton at howard_hamilton@bstz.com 48 hours prior to your scheduled appointment. ALL APPOINTMENTS WILL BE HELD AT THE MENTORS OFFICE UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED.
Adrian Percer - Weil, Gotshal & Manges
Adrian Percer is a partner in the firm's Silicon Valley office in the Intellectual Property Counseling practice. He has been with the firm since he began practicing law in 2001. Mr. Percer counsels technology companies in a wide spectrum of intellectual property matters, including patent and trade secret litigation, portfolio management, dispute counseling, licensing, and freedom to operate. Mr. Percer has represented clients in a wide range of technical disciplines including software, medical devices, storage devices, user interfaces, and Internet technologies such as search and advertising. Please book Mr. Percer through simplybook.me. Please send your resume to Mr. Percer at Jennifer.Dekker@weil.com 48 hours prior to your scheduled appointment. ALL APPOINTMENTS WILL BE HELD AT THE MENTORS OFFICE UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED.
Dion Bregman - Morgan, Lewis & Bockius
Dion M. Bregman is a partner in Morgan Lewis's Intellectual Property Practice and serves as the hiring partner for the firm's Palo Alto office. Mr. Bregman has close to 20 years of patent law experience, focusing on both patent litigation and counseling (prosecution and licensing), and has represented public and private companies in a wide range of industries, including software and hardware, Internet and media, optoelectronics, cable and satellite television, telecommunications, medical devices, aerospace, audio technologies, and business methods. In 2012, Mr. Bregman was named a "California Lawyer of the Year" for Intellectual Property by California Lawyer. Please book Mr. Bregman through simplybook.me. Please send your resume to Mr. Bregman at hmoberg@morganlewis.com 48 hours prior to your appointment. ALL APPOINTMENTS WILL BE HELD AT THE MENTORS OFFICE UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED.
Robby Beyers - Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Dr. Beyers builds worldwide patent portfolios that protect our clients’ core technologies. Mr. Beyers has prosecuted hundreds of patents covering user interfaces in electronic products, including user interfaces for touch screen displays. More generally, Dr. Beyers has helped clients in the semiconductor, computer, Internet, telecommunications, and financial services industries, from startups to industry leaders. Dr. Beyers’s practice integrates patent strategy with a client’s overall business strategy via patent portfolio analysis, patent prosecution, licensing, infringement, and invalidity analyses, and due diligence investigations in connection with business transactions. Please book Mr. Beyer through simplybook.me. Please send your resume to Mr. Beyers at hmoberg@morganlewis.com 48 hours prior to your appointment. ALL APPOINTMENTS WILL BE HELD AT THE MENTORS OFFICE UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED.
John Park - Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Mr. Park's practice focuses on corporate and securities laws, including private placements (including both debt and equity offerings), public securities offerings, recapitalizations and mergers and acquisitions. He works with companies in varying industries on a wide range of matters including initial formation, venture capital financings, mergers and acquisitions, initial public offerings, the periodic reporting requirements of publicly held companies and general corporate counseling. He has represented both acquirers and targets in a variety of public-private and private-private business combination transactions, as well as issuers and venture capital firms in private securities offerings. Please book Mr. Park through simplybook.me. Please send your resume to Mr. Park at hmoberg@morganlewis.com 48 hours prior to your appointment. ALL APPOINTMENTS WILL BE HELD AT THE MENTORS OFFICE UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED. NO REMAINING SLOTS AVAILABLE FOR MR. PARK.
Julie Davies - Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Ms. Davies focuses her practice on counseling private and publicly listed companies in a broad spectrum of industries, including clean tech, biotech, medical device, life science, and online retail. Ms. Davies advises companies, investment banks and venture capital and corporate investors on day-to-day corporate matters and on major events in company life cycles, including formation, venture capital private placements, public capital markets transactions, mergers & acquisitions, and spinoffs. In addition, Ms. Davies counsels public and private companies on domestic and foreign equity compensation programs, including equity compensation issues related to mergers and acquisitions. She regularly counsels employers on the tax, securities, and corporate governance implications of such programs. Please book Ms. Davies through simplybook.me. Please send your resume to Ms. Davies at hmoberg@morganlewis.com 48 hours prior to your appointment. ALL APPOINTMENTS WILL BE HELD AT THE MENTORS OFFICE UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED. NO MORE REMAINING SLOTS AVAILABLE FOR MS. DAVIES.
Frederick Gonzalez - Corsair Components, Inc.
Experienced General Counsel in both public and private company environments both starting the legal function and managing a department. Substantial background in corporate governance and compliance as well as IP and litigation management. To book an appointment with Mr. Gonzalez please contact him through the SCU Law Jobs Professional Network. You can access the Professional Network by clicking the "Networking" tab in your SCU Law Jobs account. Please send your resume to Mr. Gonzales to frederickgonzalez8@gmail.com 48 hours prior to your scheduled appointment. ALL APPOINTMENTS WILL BE HELD AT THE MENTORS OFFICE UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED.
Nick Collins - Santa Clara County Office of the Public Defender
Nick Collins is currently a Public Defender for Santa Clara County, specifically San Jose and Palo Alto areas. He has a background in misdemeanor and juvenile cases. To book an appointment with Mr. Collins, please contact him through the SCU Law Jobs Professional Network. You can access the Professional Network by clicking the "Networking" tab in your SCU Law Jobs account ALL APPOINTMENTS WILL BE HELD AT THE MENTORS OFFICE UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED.
Al Spector - Resources Global Professionals
Al Spector has combined a career in senior level corporate management with his interest in how businesses can serve to impact social issues, transform lives, and in so doing fuel success. He is also a sportsman and a coach to athletes with physical disabilities, particularly to individuals who are blind or vision impaired. In addition to many years as a corporate lawyer, Al’s business experience spans operations, supply chain/logistics, strategic sourcing, sales, and customer service. He has served several notable global manufacturing/marketing/service organizations in a range of industries, including consumer electronics, industrial equipment/supply, telecom, and pharma/biotech. In 2007 Al founded a successful start-up, a hybrid for-profit/non-profit company, the Marin Sailing School and its Program for the Blind. Still experiencing rapid growth and popularity, the program is now among the largest in the United States to train blind and vision-impaired students to sail and race sailboats. In addition to overseeing the sailing school, Al serves on the board of directors of the Bay Area Outreach Recreational Program (BORP), a non-profit organization working to improve the health, independence and social integration of people with physical disabilities through sports, fitness and recreation programs. Al is multilingual (Spanish/French), has an MBA (Lake Forest Graduate School of Management), a JD (University of Colorado), a BA in Economics (University of California- Berkeley) and a United States Coast Guard issued Sea Captain’s License (Master 100-ton). His personal interests include baseball (as second baseman for the SF Seals in a Bay Area men’s league), downhill skiing, paddling kayaks, and most of all, caring for his family, Anna, Gabriel, and Rebekah. Please book Mr. Spector through simplybook.me. Please send your resume to Mr. Spector at alanjspector@gmail.com 48 hours prior to your scheduled meeting. ALL APPOINTMENTS WILL BE HELD AT THE MENTORS OFFICE UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED.
Jeffrey Smyth - Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP
Jeff Smyth focuses his practice on patent litigation and prosecution, primarily in the biotechnology and pharmaceuticals areas, although he has also been involved in litigation matters concerning electrical and computer technologies. Mr. Smyth has a wide range of litigation experience before U.S. district courts. He has been involved in a variety of pre-trial activities, including drafting written fact discovery, taking and defending depositions, preparing expert witnesses, drafting motions and legal briefs, and assisting in preparation for oral arguments. Additionally he has litigation experience involving trade secrets under the Uniform Trade Secret Act. To book an appointment with Mr. Smyth please contact him through the SCU Law Jobs Professional Network. You can access the Professional Network by clicking the "Networking" tab in your SCU Law Jobs account. Please send your resume to Mr. Smyth at jeffrey.smyth@finnegan.com 48 hours prior to your scheduled appointment. ALL APPOINTMENTS WILL BE HELD AT THE MENTORS OFFICE UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED.
Nick Ham - Morrison & Foerster LLP
Nicholas E. Ham is an associate in Morrison & Foerster’s Litigation Group in the Palo Alto office. Mr. Ham received his J.D., cum laude, from Santa Clara University School of Law, where he was elected to the Order of the Coif. Mr. Ham also earned the School of Law’s High Tech Law Certificate, with a specialization in Intellectual Property. While in law school, Mr. Ham served as a judicial extern to The Honorable Paul S. Grewal of the U.S. District Court of the Northern District of California. He is registered to practice before the United States Patent & Trademark Office. To book an appointment with Mr. Ham please contact him through the SCU Law Jobs Professional Network. You can access the Professional Network by clicking the "Networking" tab in your SCU Law Jobs account. Please send your resume to Mr. Ham at NHam@mofo.com 48 hours prior to your scheduled appointment. ALL APPOINTMENTS WILL BE HELD AT THE MENTORS OFFICE UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED.
Terry Ahearn - McDermott, Will & Emery
Terry W. Ahearn is a partner in the law firm of McDermott Will & Emery LLP and is based in the Silicon Valley office. He focuses his practice on intellectual property litigation and other complex commercial litigation related to high technology. Terry represents clients in a variety of high-tech industries, including semiconductor, telecommunications, optical networking and electronic gaming. Terry has successfully represented clients in state and federal courts, before the International Trade Commission and in arbitration and mediation proceedings. Terry is a member of the Firm’s Electronic Searchable Information (ESI) Practice Group. He is a member of the EDRM Standards Setting Committee on Electronic Discovery. While in law school Terry was an articles editor with the Santa Clara Law Review. To book an appointment with Mr. Ahearn please contact him through the SCU Law Jobs Professional Network. You can access the Professional Network by clicking the "Networking" tab in your SCU Law Jobs account. Please send your resume to Mr. Ahearn at TAhearn@mwe.com 48 hours prior to your scheduled appointment. ALL APPOINTMENTS WILL BE HELD AT THE MENTORS OFFICE UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED.
Nitin Gambhir - McDermott, Will & Emery LLP
Nitin Gambhir is an associate in the law firm of McDermott Will & Emery LLP and is based in the Firm’s Silicon Valley office. He focuses his practice on patent, trademark, copyright and trade secret litigation, and has experience representing clients in a broad range of technologies, including computer networking, telecommunications, memory controllers, medical imaging, and entertainment and internet-related technologies. While in law school, he received a Certificate in High Technology Law and CALI Excellence for the Future Awards in Trademark and Unfair Competition Law. During his first summer and second year of law school, Nitin interned for the Licensing & Technology Group at a major networking firm. Recently, Nitin was selected by Super Lawyers magazine as a Northern California “Rising Star” in intellectual property litigation. To book an appointment with Mr. Gambhir please contact him through the SCU Law Jobs Professional Network. You can access the Professional Network by clicking the "Networking" tab in your SCU Law Jobs account. Please send your resume to Mr. Gambhir at ngambhir@mwe.com 48 hours prior to your scheduled appointment. ALL APPOINTMENTS WILL BE HELD AT THE MENTORS OFFICE UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED.
Subroto Bose - Altera Corporation
Subroto Bose is IP Counsel at Altera Corporation, focusing on patent litigation and patent prosecution. In addition, he advises on patent issues in corporate transactions, open source issues, and issues related to standard setting organizations and standards essential patents. His prior experience includes working at a number of law firms, where he represented both plaintiffs and defendants before the International Trade Commission (ITC) and federal district courts. Mr. Bose’s prior experience also includes developing and implementing IP strategies, developing and managing patent portfolios, analyzing large patent portfolios, and providing advice regarding monetization and intellectual property development strategies. To book an appointment with Mr. Bose please contact him through the SCU Law Jobs Professional Network. You can access the Professional Network by clicking the "Networking" tab in your SCU Law Jobs account. Please send your resume to Mr. Bose at sbose@altera.com 48 hours prior to your scheduled appointment. ALL APPOINTMENTS WILL BE HELD AT THE MENTORS OFFICE UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED.