Summary

Shaun is a patent attorney and assists clients with developing and enforcing their intellectual property rights. With a particular focus working with companies in the electronics, financial services, and computer industries, he has significant experience with patent prosecution, patent litigation, post-grant review work, opinion, freedom-to-operate, invalidity, licensing, and IP rights analysis. In addition, Shaun is experienced working on matters involving technology and IP-related transactions, negotiation, and review including wired and wireless telecommunications management and infrastructure, power management, encryption, data storage, network and data security, mainframe environments, distributed processing, client/server software, data communications, lighting infrastructures, and autonomous vehicles.

Prior to and during law school, Shaun spent five years as a patent examiner at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office in Technology Center 2400, where he examined hundreds of patent applications relating to computer security and cryptography.

Before beginning his legal career, Shaun spent over 15 years in the telecommunications and wireless networking industries in increasing roles of responsibility. His practical, technical experience includes implementing security and e-commerce solutions, developing web-based applications, and designing internet infrastructure and data centers.

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Education

  • University of Richmond School of Law (2013)
  • University of Denver Sturm College of Law (2022)

    LL.M., Tax Law

  • University of Phoenix (2006)

    MBA

  • Charter Oak State College (2002)

    Bachelor of Science

Admissions

  • Federal - United States Patent and Trademark Office
  • Federal - U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
  • State - District of Columbia
  • State - Virginia

Professional Affiliations

  • American Bar Association

    Member

  • American Intellectual Property Law Association

    Member