Charlie G. Giger
Charlie is a Partner in CM Law’s Chicago office. His practice focuses on trademarks, copyrights, domain names, litigation, and appeals. He advises clients in a diverse range of industry sectors, including technology, financial, insurance, education, and food & beverage. Charlie assists clients with all aspects of protecting, managing, and enforcing their trademarks. His trademark prosecution […]
Jordan Arnot Leahey
Jordan serves as an advisor who counsels clients about business needs and accomplishing overall goals. The role requires a balance between transactional work, enforcement and litigation. The transactional side of her practice focuses on contracts, risk analysis, due diligence and IP prosecution such as applying for trademarks, copyrights and other protections for Intellectual Property. Jordan […]
Mark V.B. Partridge (Retired)
Mark argued his first appellate case as a student volunteer for the Harvard Legal Aid Bureau at Harvard Law School. Since then, he has successfully represented domestic and international corporations at trial and appellate proceedings. Mark has been advising Fortune 500 companies on trademark issues since the late 1980s when he was brought as lead IP counsel […]
Courtney Lytle Sarnow
Courtney Sarnow is a partner in the Atlanta office of CM Law with over twenty-five years of experience in a broad-based transactional practice with a specific focus on intellectual property and technology. She has developed a distinctly creative and problem-solving approach to address client plans and issues. As a young attorney, Ms. Sarnow learned that […]
Ned E. Barlas
Ned Barlas is an attorney with the firm’s Business/Corporate and Intellectual Property (IP) practice groups, where he focuses on structuring and negotiating corporate, commercial and IP-related transactions, strategic IP counseling and global trademark protection. Ned previously spent 15 years as an IP transactional attorney with a prestigious international law firm, representing domestic and foreign companies. […]
Michael P. Dunnam
Michael Dunnam is a registered patent attorney, and his professional focus includes management of intellectual property matters for foreign and domestic clients, including drafting hundreds and prosecuting thousands of patent applications in a wide variety of electronic, software, electrical, and mechanical arts. He has also served clients by conducting numerous infringement and validity studies; participating […]
Caroline A. Morgan
Caroline focuses her practice on business litigation, representing companies in a variety of complex commercial disputes. A former partner and claims manager with a global reinsurer, Caroline knows the importance of aligning litigation goals with short and long-term business objectives. She takes a practical, comprehensive and efficient approach to solving clients’ legal problems, investing time […]
Jeff B. Vockrodt
Jeff Vockrodt represents both patent owners and challengers in disputes involving a wide range of technologies, including additive manufacturing, semiconductors, medical devices, pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, and chemical processing. Jeff serves as lead counsel in inter partes review (IPR) proceedings before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB), and has substantial experience throughout all aspects of ex […]
David P. Hendel
We are deeply saddened to announce the unexpected passing of our friend, colleague, and partner, David Hendel, on July 1st after suffering a cardiac event while jogging near his home. David was unwaveringly cheerful, kind, witty, and incredibly passionate about his work. He truly made CM Law a better place, and we will miss him […]
Christopher A. Rothe
Chris has practiced intellectual property law since 2000, devoting his practice to patent prosecution, IP risk management, trademark/trade dress protection and copyright protection. In the course of his career, Chris has advised fortune 500 companies, startup companies, and universities on issues involving IP strategic planning, IP licensing, IP portfolio management and risk avoidance. On the […]
Orlando Lopez, Ph.D.
Dr. Orlando Lopez concentrates on helping his clients, which range from individual inventors to large multinational corporations and universities, identify and protect their intellectual property and build their patent portfolios. He has drafted and prosecuted patent applications in diverse areas of technology such as nanotechnology, optics, quantum optics, software, business methods, telecommunications, wireless applications electronic […]
Anna Brook
Anna Brook is an intellectual property attorney focusing on patent litigation and counseling. As a litigator, Anna represents clients in patent disputes spanning a broad range of technologies with an emphasis on biopharma and chemical arts. As a counselor, Anna provides advice on a wide variety of IP issues, including IP aspects of corporate transactions, […]
