Our FOunder
- U.S.P.T.O. Registered Patent & Trademark Attorney (U.S. Registration No. 46,762) With 22+ Years of Experience
- Formerly At Greenburg Traurig LLP (ranked 8th in U.S.) and Sheppard Mullin LLP (ranked 54th in U.S.)
- Obtained patent and trademark portfolios for various clients that have been valued at or sold for $20,000,000+
- Obtained $35,000,000 Settlement for client that asserted human genome tehcnology patents
- Lead attorney that has succesffully settled 50+ high stakes IP and business litigation matters
- Obtained 12 U.S. patents on neutracutical product and process with sales exceeding $2,000,000,000
- Obtained arbitration award of 3.6M and ongoing royalties for medical device client
- Admitted to practice law in California and all federal courts
BIOGRAPHY
Steve has 20+ years of IP and litigation experience, including 10+ years of experience at two of the most prestigious large U.S. law firms, Greenberg Traurig LLP, (AMLAW 10) and Sheppard Mullin LLP (AMLAW 100). Steve has been a licensed U.S. Patent and Trademark Office registered attorney and litigator since 2002. Steve’s extensive experience and interpersonal skills have given him the skills that allow him to provide his clients with the very best quality and service.
Steve has successfully represented clients achieve their goals in a variety of IP, patent, trademark and trade secret disputes. He has successfully obtained many hundreds, if not over a thousand, valid and enforceable U.S. and international patents and trademarks applications for his clients over the years. As a result, he has strong, longstanding relationships with many of the Examiners at the USPTO and works with an international team of foreign associates to secure foreign rights and litigate abroad whenever needed. Many of Steve’s clients have been a client of Partners Law Group for 5+ years. More than a few have been clients for 15+ years. Steve prides himself on providing accurate results and efficiency-driven advice on complicated IP, litigation, and real estate matters in a clear and concise way; helping his clients make the best decisions possible when dealing with complex and sensitive legal matters.
Steve has successfully negotiated hundreds of complicated licensing and pre-litigation IP, patent, trademark, business, real estate cases and matters for various clients large and small. Steve’s IP practice focuses on all aspects of intellectual property and covers various technical disciplines. He has extensive experience in medical devices, pharmaceuticals, internet or business methods and processes, broadband and 5G technologies, data acquisition, migration, monitoring and protection, piracy, nutritional supplements, sports and nutrition products, herbal products, pharmaceuticals, orthodontics, and surgical procedures and devices, health-related products to computer hardware and software, music, and mobile device applications, hardware and software, business methods, industrial machinery, mechanical devices to other technologies he understands and believes he can help the client achieve his or her goals.
EDUCATION
University of California, San Diego, San Diego, California
B.S., Biology – Animal Physiology and Neuroscience, 1998
EXPERIENCE
- PARTNERS LAW GROUP, Los Angeles, CA July 2014 – Present
- SILICON EDGE LAW GROUP, Los Angeles, CA April 2010 – July 2014
- GREENBERG TRAURIG LLP, Santa Monica, CA April 2006 – April 2010
- SHEPPARD MULLIN LLP, Los Angeles, CA October 2001 - February 2006
BAR ADMISSIONS
California, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Reg. No. 46,762
