I am a leader in both the mechanical and medical technology sectors and actively counsel clients on patent, trademark, trade dress, licensing, intra partes review, unfair competition, copyright, trade secret, and Internet matters. As a registered patent attorney, I have extensive experience in domestic and international patent prosecution, patent counseling, portfolio and competitor analysis, licensing, and commercial transactional matters for clients ranging from start-up companies to international conglomerates. I provide strategic due diligence guidance to companies, universities, and investors during mergers and acquisitions or portfolio restructuring, with a particular emphasis on early stage growth companies and entrepreneurs in commercializing their IP assets. 

Before joining Taylor English, I was a partner and team leader for the mechanical and medical technology practice teams for Ballard Spahr LLP and Needle & Rosenberg LLP where I formed the first focused medical technology patent group in the Southeast in 1999. Additionally, I worked as a domestic and international commercial pilot for Delta Air Lines and served in Operation Desert Storm as a fighter pilot with the United States Air Force.

 I am an adjunct professor of Intellectual Property Law and IP Licensing Law at both Georgia State University College of Law and Mercer University College of Law. I have also been listed as one of the leading patent attorneys in the world by IAM Patent 1000 for both 2014 and 2015. 

Specialties: I actively counsel clients on patent, trademark, unfair competition, copyright, trade secret, Internet, licensing, and trade dress matters.  In addition, I provide strategic due diligence guidance to companies, universities, and investors during mergers and acquisitions or portfolio restructuring. I particularly enjoy working with early stage growth companies and entrepreneurs in commercializing their IP assets.