Welcome To My Site

I help businesses manage the legal risks associated with building something new:

	Protecting inventions, content, and business information with Intellectual Property (patent, copyright, trademark, etc.)

	Structuring complex commercial relationships with Contracts

	Navigating business formation, regulations, and other issues that slow startup and growth

I am a veteran business advisor, transactional attorney, and U.S. patent attorney with over 10 years of corporate, law firm, and consulting experience. I enjoy supporting local clients in Central New York State, but my practice is virtual and international in scope.

I offer Fixed Fee Pricing with defined deliverables so that my clients know what to expect and how much it will cost before we start a project. For growing businesses with recurring legal needs, I offer Virtual In-House Counsel services to manage intellectual property, contract, compliance, or litigation projects and support day-to-day operations until permanent legal staff can be justified. My goal is to be a flexible and responsive member of my clients’ business teams, providing feedback within 24 hours of any request and guaranteeing the business value of my work.

I am currently seeking new clients who are startup or growth companies involving new products, services, technology or media with a combination of intellectual property, contract, and general business issues. I want to help entrepreneurs and innovative companies start and grow great businesses.

About Client Resources

Client Resources are PDF downloads for people to read, save for future reference, share with others, etc. They are primarily short articles on various legal topics. I plan to add a new resource each month. So please check back. If you have an idea for a topic you would like me to cover, please e-mail me.

Resource Of The Month

How to Get a U.S. Patent

The Situation:

You have a new product in the works. You have analyzed the market and are confident that your product addresses a real need and there is a business model for making and selling it. You may have even filed a provisional patent application while you worked on your proof of concept. You have a budget for investing in patent protection. Now how do you actually go about getting a U.S. patent?

This Client Resource is a 2 page PDF article describing the process of getting a U.S. patent, including preparation for filing, preparation of the patent application, and a summary of the filing and examination process. To go directly to the PDF rather than the landing page, click here.