Admitted
1994, Illinois; 1995, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois; 2001, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
Law School
John Marshall Law School, J.D., cum laude, 1994
Law School Graduation Year
1994
College
Tuskegee University, B.S.E.E., with highest honors, 1984; Georgia Institute of Technology, M.S.E.E.,
Memberships
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois State (Ex-officio, Intellectual Property Section Council), National and American (Seventh Circuit Reporter, 1994-1998, Intellectual Property Litigation Newsletter) Bar Associations.
Biographical
Eta Kappa Nu; Kappa Alpha Psi; Order of John Marshall; Giles S. Rich Moot Court Competition, Semi-Finalist. Recipient: Kappa Alpha Psi Southern Province Achievement Award, 1984; AT&T Distinguished Member of Technical Staff Award; National Merit Achievement Scholarship; National Action Council for Minorities in Engineering (NACME) Scholarship; NCR Scholarship. Co-Author: Inevitable Disclosure -- No Noncompete Is Needed, Employment Law Strategist, Vol. 3, No. 8, December 1997; Hilton Davis Preserves Doctrine of Equivalents With Clarifications? Intellectual Property Litigation, Vol. VIII, No. 1, Spring 1997. Author: Shrinkwrap Licenses Are Enforceable, Intellectual Property Litigation, Vol. VIII, No. 3, Fall 1996; Supreme Court Unanimously Affirms Markman v. Westview Instrument, Intellectual Property Litigation, Vol. VIII, No. 2, Summer 1996; Can You Copy A Device Disclosed In An Expired Utility Patent? ISBA Intellectual Property, Vol. 37, No. 4, June 1998.