Representative Experience
Patent prosecution of applications directed toward microelectromechanical systems (MEMS devices) including fuel cells and piezoelectric pumps, macro-scale electrical and mechanical devices including devices used to treat and diagnose human patients, computer software, and telecommunications

Graduate level coursework in the areas of MEMS, micro and nanofabrication, and self-assembly of nanoscale objects and devices

Graduate level coursework in the areas signal processing, including image analysis and processing, computer and wireless networking, information theory, and machine learning

Preparation of patentability and freedom to operate opinions

Litigation experience with cases involving patent infringement, trade secret misappropriation, and copyright infringement

Prior Experience
Contract Attorney, Barnard, Loop & McCormack LLP, Seattle, WA

Associate Attorney, Christensen O’Connor Johnson Kindness PLLC, Seattle, WA

Application Developer, The Boeing Company

Publications and Presentations
Co-author, “Software Patenting in the European Union: Achieving a Technical Effect,” 2002 Wiley Intell. Prop. Law Update, 2002

Co-author, “Enforcing and Challenging Awards: The Achilles Heel of Arbitration,” 2002 Wiley Intell. Prop. Law Update, 2002

Co-author, “The On-Sale Bar: Commercial Exploitation Through Competitive Advantage,” 9 Intell. Prop. Today 10, Sept. 2002

Co-author, “A Heuristic Approach to Warehouse Layout with Class-Based Storage,” 29 IIE Transactions: Design and Manufacturing 337, 1997

Memberships and Activities
Washington State Bar Association

Registered Patent Attorney with the United States Patent and Trademark Office

E.I.T., State of Iowa

American Intellectual Property Law Association

Education
M.S. in Electrical Engineering, University of Washington, 2006

J.D., summa cum laude, Seattle University School of Law, 2001

• Seattle University Law Review