About me

I am an attorney in the Chicago area – a partner at Neal & McDevitt. I am also a law professor – I teach a class on negotiations at Chicago-Kent College of Law. Additionally, I serve as an arbitrator with the World Intellectual Property Organization, deciding domain name disputes under the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy.

I got my law degree in 2000 from the University of Denver Strum College of Law. Before that, I graduated from Wabash College (in Crawfordsville, Indiana) with a degree in philosophy.

I live with my wife and two children in the western suburbs of Chicago. My interests include firearms, fountain pens and learning French.

Let’s work together to:

• Develop strategy
• Negotiate, draft and review key contracts
• Understand and manage risk
• Protect confidentiality
• Secure and enforce copyrights
• Register and maintain trademarks
• Handle domain name disputes
• Manage rights of publicity
• Defend against claims of infringement
• Settle disputes and creatively solve other marketplace problems

My clients include:

• Software developers and vendors
• Marketing and advertising agencies
• Content providers
• Information technology solution providers
• Web developers
• Online retailers
• Publishers
• Authors
• Photographers
• Artists
• Data and analytics providers
• Musicians, actors and other celebrities
• Companies in a wide variety of industries with technology or intellectual property issues