Admitted
1978, Ohio; 1979, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Ohio; 1984, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio; 1988, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit; 1989, Illinois and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois including Trial Bar;
Law School
Northwestern University, J.D., 1978
Law School Graduation Year
1978
College
University of Cincinnati, B.A., summa cum laude, 1975
Memberships
Chicago, DuPage County, Ohio State, Illinois State (Member, Intellectual Property Law Section) and American (Member, Sections on: Antitrust Law; Business; Patent, Trademark and Copyright; Litigation) Bar Associations; American Intellectual Property Law Association (Member, Trade Secret and Related Unfair Competition Committee; Chairman, Committee 410, 1999-2001; Chairman: ABA Intellectual Property Law Section, Committee No. 403, Inequitable Conduct, 2001-2002, Committee No. 459, Speial Committee on the Management of IP Assets, 2002-2003, Committee No. 408 Small Business, 2003-2004); Intellectual Property Law Association of Chicago (Member, Board of Managers, 1992-1994; Secretary, 1994-1996; Vice-President, 1999-2000; President-Elect, 2000-2001; President, 2001-2002; Chairman, Trade Secret and Unfair Competition Committee, 1989-1992, 1996—); Licensing Executives Society, LES (Co-Chairman, Trade Secret Licensing Committee, 1997—)
Biographical
Phi Beta Kappa. Articles Editor, Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology, 1977-1978. Author: GTE Sylvania, The Case for Overruling Albrecht v. Herald Co., 39 Ohio State Law Journal 196, 1978; The Hidden Truth Behind Thermography, For The Defense, Defense Research Institute, Vol. 31, No. III 12-16, November 1989; Cross Examination Of An Expert Witness, For The Defense, Defense Research Institute, Vol. 32, No. 9, 29-32, September 1990; How to Identify and Protect Trade Secrets: The Illinois Trade Secrets Act, Ill. Inst. for CLE, 1992; Protection of Trade Secrets: The Illinois Trade Secrets Act, DCBA Brief, DuPage County Bar Association Vol. 4, Issue 5 (May/June 1992); PepsiCo, Inc. vs. Redmond: The Seventh Circuit's Position on Threatened Misappropriation of Trade Secrets, DCBA Brief, Vol. 8, Issue 2 (December 1995); Trade Secrets: Increasing Globalization, Corporate Demands Fuel Trend Toward Greater Protection, EuroWatch, Vol. 7, No. 20 (January, 1996); The Economic Espionage Act of 1996, The National Law Journal, Vol. 19, No. 15 (December, 1996); How Technology Escrow Accounts Can Protect Computer Software, The Intellectual Property Strategist, Vol. 3, No. 4 (January, 1997); The Theft of Trade Secrets is Now a Federal Crime, Competitive Intelligence Review, Vol. 8(3) 7-12 (1997); R. Mark Halligan, Esq. Trade Secrets Case Digest, James Publishing, Inc. (1999); Safeguarding Secrets: Twelve Predictions for Trade Secret Law in The New Economy, Corporate Counsel Magazine, 44-46 (January, 2000); Computers Spark Surge in Use of Trade Secrets, The National Law Journal, C12-13 (January 31, 2000); Seven Safe Harbor Principles vs. Trade Secret Rights, The National Law Journal, Intellectual Property Section, C14-C15, C20 (December 18, 2000); The Bite of Carnivore: Dark Days for Privacy, IP Worldwide, American Lawyers Media Publication pp. 48-53 (February, 2001); Do Your Secrets Pass the Test?--Special Focus on Information Protection, Security Management (ISSN 145-9406) Volume 45, No. 3 America