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Defended a large software and computer systems company in patent litigation against a competitor. The technology at issue involved procurement software used by numerous large companies and healthcare facilities. The case resulted in a verdict that the majority of the client’s accused products did not infringe the asserted patents.

Represented a multinational cosmetics company in trademark litigation against a beauty salon. The case resulted in efficient resolution of the matter on term...

  • Mitchell Hamline School of Law, Cybersecurity and Data Privacy Law Certificate Program, 2018,

    summa cum laude

  • University of Minnesota Law School, J.D., 2008,

    magna cum laude; Lead Managing Editor of Minnesota Journal of Law, Science & Technology

  • University of Minnesota - Twin Cities, B.S. Biology, 2005,

    summa cum laude

  • Minnesota State Bar, 2008
  • U.S Court of Appeals - Federal Circuit, 2018
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, 2010
  • U.S. District Court - District of Minnesota, 2008
  • U.S. District Court - Western District of Wisconsin, 2008
  • International Association of Privacy Professional (IAPP)
  • American Bar Association
  • Minnesota State Bar Association
  • Children’s Law Center of MN – Board Member
  • Children’s Law Center of MN Finance Committee Chair

Selected for inclusion in Minnesota Super Lawyer’s Rising Star (2014-2020)

  • On the Cutting Edge: Updates on Patent Law, Data Privacy, and E-Commerce, CLE (July 11, 2019)
  • Hot Topics, Trends, & Updates: Cybersecurity, Patent Litigation Decisions, and the Implications, CLE (July 11, 2018)
  • Ethics & Elimination of Bias for IP Lawyers Series – Part II, CLE (June 14, 2018)
  • Trending Law, Navigating Intellectual Property: Securing Software Patents, Twin Cities Business Magazine (September 2019)
  • The Death of Patent Reform? Why Leahy’s Legislation Matters, Lexology (July 9, 2014)
  • Akamai Technologies, Inc. v. Limelight Networks, Inc.: Induced Infringement Does Not Require a Direct Infringer (September 2012)
  • To Mark or Not To Mark? Forest Group, Inc. v. Bon Tool Co. Changes the Game, co-authored with Tom Leach, Intellectual Property Today (April 2010)
  • How to Try a Patent Case on a Budget…and Win, co-authored with Rachel Scobie, IP Law360 (April 23, 2009)
  • How to Try a Patent Case on a Budget…and Win, co-authored with Rachel Scobie, Minnesota Lawyer (March 9, 2009)
  • RIAA Tempers Tactics, co-authored with William Schultz, National Law Journal (January 19, 2009)
  • Notes & Trends: Intellectual Property Law, co-authored with with Anthony Zeuli, Bench & Bar of Minnesota (September 2009, October 2008, October 2007)
  • Attorney-Client Privilege and Work Product Immunity in Intellectual Property, Intellectual Property Counseling and Litigation: Ch. 75, update with Ernest W. Grumbles III and Matthew Bender (2007)

Quoted:

Certified Information Privacy Professional – U.S. Private-Sector (CIPP/US) by International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP)