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Partner

Nelson Mullins contributes to our clients' success through flexibility, business sense and tireless advocacy, working together towards the same goals.

I chair the intellectual property law and litigation group. My practice involves strategic counseling, litigation and mediation related to patents, trademarks, unfair trade practices, advertising, international law, and complex business arrangements. As a former Federal Circuit Law Clerk and United States Patent Examiner, I bring more than 30 years of experience litigating and resolving complex commercial and intellectual property disputes in courts across the United States, as well as before the U.S. Patent Trial and Appeal Board, the European Patent Office, and international courts, including those in Germany, Sweden, Italy, Japan, China, and Taiwan. My practice involves strategic counseling and litigation related to patents, trademarks, unfair trade practices, advertising, international law, and complex business arrangements. I lead a team of intellectual property law and litigation attorneys who handle litigation, patent preparation, prosecution, opinions, client counseling, and post-grant practice, including inter partes review. The team helps clients manage and expand their worldwide patent and trademark portfolios, protect intellectual property rights, and avoid infringement pitfalls. I am also a Supreme Court of South Carolina Certified Mediator and Arbitrator focusing on Alternate Dispute Resolution concerning complex commercial disputes and intellectual property matters, including patent mediation.