Alan G. Gorman

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Atlanta Office
191 Peachtree Street N.E.
Suite 4300
Atlanta, GA
30303 USA

ph: 404.954.5100
fax: 404.954.5099

Assistant:

Alan practices general Intellectual Property law with an emphasis on developing business strategies and counseling clients on matters relating to technology and innovation. His practice encompasses all phases of patent portfolio management, including prosecution, searches, opinions, technology transfer, licensing infringement/validity assessment and dispute resolution. Alan has experience in mechanical technologies, computer architecture, digital logic, software and electronic circuitry. Alan also advises clients in the entertainment and music industry on various legal and business transactions.

As an Electrical Engineer at General Electric Medical Systems, Alan designed digital and analog electrical circuits in GE's X-Ray and Ultrasound Technology Groups. In addition to the practice of Intellectual Property law, Alan served as an adjunct professor at the University of Wisconsin Law School and is very active in the community. He represents indigent clients on pro bono legal matters and served as a member of the Board of Directors of the Minnesota State Bar Association's Volunteer Lawyers Network and governing council of the Minnesota State Bar Association Computer Law Section. Alan is also active in law firm management having served one term on Merchant & Gould's Executive Committee. Alan is currently the Managing Partner of Merchant & Gould's Atlanta Office.

Alan has achieved an AV peer review rating by Martindale-Hubbell.

Education

Marquette University
B.S., Electrical Engineering, 1989

University of Wisconsin
J.D., 1992

Adjunct Professor, University of Wisconsin Law School, 1997

Bar Admissions

Minnesota State and Federal Bars, 1992, 1993
Wisconsin State and Federal Bars 1992
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, 1994
Georgia State Bar, 2008

Professional Affiliations

American Bar Association
American Intellectual Property Law Association
National Bar Association
Minnesota Association of Black Lawyers
Minnesota State Bar Association
Minnesota Intellectual Property Law Association
Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce