Alana M. Fuierer
Partner/Shareholder, Heslin Rothenberg Farley & Mesiti P.C. Years in current role: 10 What do you enjoy most about your position? The ability to engage and strategize with innovative companies and individuals on a daily basis in a wide variety of technologies and creative arts. I also enjoy working with foreign colleagues and strategizing with clients […]
Neal L. Slifkin
Partner, Harris Beach PLLC Years in current role: 23 What do you enjoy most about your position? I feel fortunate to be working in a specialty that puts me at the forefront of new technologies. The pace of technological change over my career has been breathtaking and fascinating, and I enjoy learning about my clients’ […]
James Muldoon
Partner, IP Practice Group Leader, Harris Beach PLLC Years in current role: 12 What do you enjoy most about your position? I enjoy getting to know our clients and their technology, and then developing plans and strategies to protect and preserve their competitive advantage. What do you think the biggest change in your practice area […]
Terria P. Jenkins
Member (Partner), Bond, Schoeneck & King, PLLC Years in current role: 2 (over 20 as an IP Lawyer) What do you enjoy most about your position? I really enjoy all aspects of my Trademark Intellectual Property practice and having the privilege of partnering with my clients, both organizations and individuals, to develop, establish, protect and […]
Andrew Zappia
Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP Years in current role: 5 What do you enjoy most about your position? I get to work with so many interesting and cutting-edge technologies and help clients protect and commercialize them. What are the biggest current challenges in intellectual property law? AI is challenging many of our established principles in […]
Dennis B. Danella
Partner, Woods Oviatt Gilman LLP Danella is a registered Patent Attorney and has a national practice that assists clients with patent, trademark, copyright, trade secret, domain name and all other intellectual property matters. His clients range from start-up and emerging companies to large multinational corporations. Prior to joining Woods Oviatt, Danella was a partner at […]
Duane Basch
Patent Attorney, Dawson Law Firm, P.C. Years in current role: 20 What do you enjoy most about your position? The opportunity to engage with creative companies and inventors on a regular basis. What do you think the biggest change in your practice area will be over the next 3-5 years? I believe there will continue […]
Katherine McGuire
Partner, Chair of Intellectual Property Group, Woods Oviatt & Gilman LLP Years in current role: 15 What do you enjoy most about your position? I enjoy the variety and blend of intellectual property and corporate legal work I am challenged with every day. What is one thing you hope to accomplish before the end of […]
Jeremy J. Wolk
Partner, Nixon Peabody LLP Years in current role: 16 What is one thing you hope to accomplish before the end of the year? There is a not-so-subtle irony in my reply to a similar question about my personal goals for last year. In my response, I cited the prophetic words of the famous sage Ferris […]
Michael Berchou
Partner, Harter Secrest & Emery LLP Years in current role: 7 What do you enjoy most about your position? I enjoy meeting new clients and learning about new technologies, and building and maintaining relationships with our existing clients. Just as importantly, I enjoy spending time out of the office with my partners, many of whom […]
Brian Shaw
Partner, Practice Group Leader of the Intellectual Property Group, Harter Secrest & Emery Years in current role: 10 as practice group leader, 24 as partner What do you enjoy most about your position? Having the privilege to collaborate with so many talented inventors and dynamic companies and to do so with an enthusiastic and skilled […]
Tracy P. Jong
Senior Attorney, Evans Fox LLP Years in current role: 20 What do you enjoy most about your position? Taking the journey with entrepreneurs as they bring an idea to life or fulfill a lifelong dream of being a business owner. I can help mitigate the fears and “what-ifs” so they can move forward with confidence. […]
Case Digests
- Fourth Department – Negligent performance: Rosenthal v. Syracuse University, et al.
- Second Circuit – Visual Artists Rights Act: Kerson v. Vermont Law School Inc.
- NYS Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics – Former foreclosure referee: Opinion 22-157
- NYS Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics – College honorarium: Opinion 22-156
- Second Circuit – Reasonable accommodation: Tafolla v. Heilig
- Fourth Department – Labor Law: Primisch v. Peroxychem LLC
- NYS Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics – Judicial candidacy: Opinion 22-155
- Fourth Department – Defamation: Lavine v. Glavin
- NYS Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics – Law clerk: Opinion 22-154
- NYS Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics – Review of another judge’s actions: Opinion 22-153
- NYS Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics – Charitable contributions: Opinion 22-150
- Second Circuit – Class action settlement: Moses v. The New York Times Company
Law News
- Appeals court upholds conviction
- Federal lawsuit reinstated against jail officer over strip search, delayed release
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- NY appeals court reinstates lawsuit over contract to remove snow
- Fourth Department affirms $400K judgment in contract dispute
- Fourth Department affirms decision in NY property dispute
- Greenlight Networks selects Buffalo-based attorney as general counsel
- Barclay Damon hires attorney Matt Smith