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Courtland Merrill represents businesses across the country in intellectual property disputes, including enforcement of patents and IP rights in trials and appeals. His patent litigation experience includes handling claims of willful patent infringement under the doctrine of equivalents, an area of...
Supporting Ideas Through a Company’s Life Cycle Transforming an idea into a business is a journey filled with excitement and challenges. Building a company requires an effective team who can make difficult decisions with imperfect information. From choosing partners to securing reliable funding...
Saul Ewing’s Shareholder Litigation Practice is national, but we have substantial strength in Maryland. It is the second most popular state of incorporation for companies listed on the New York Stock Exchange and the state in which more than 80 percent of all publicly registered REITs are formed...

Brian Michalek helps companies protect their technological innovations, advances and brand reputation through his intellectual property law practice. As a patent litigator, he has advised clients on a variety of disputes involving software-based technologies, wireless transactions and communications...
Saul Ewing’s experienced patent attorneys assist companies and institutions in securing, leveraging, and enforcing commercially valuable intellectual property. From developing patent strategies on a global scale to vigorously asserting and defending patents in court, our team serves as trusted...

Max Bremer advises entrepreneurs and established companies on key transactions throughout the business life cycle, from formations and financings to mergers, acquisitions and divestitures. Max works with clients in a variety of industries, including health care IT, medical devices, data analytics...

Doug Ramler's focus is on helping entrepreneurs, managers and boards build their companies. He advises high-growth start-up and emerging companies on business formation, technology commercialization, finance, governance, contracts and strategic matters. With 30 years of experience, Doug is able to...

Julia Taylor advises clients on mergers and acquisitions, securities and corporate finance, and general corporate and commercial matters. Public and private companies, both international and based in the United States, rely on Julia to assist them from pre-deal structuring and planning and due...

Daniel Kopp, Ph.D., advises companies and universities on how to protect the intellectual property behind their commercially and scientifically meaningful inventions. In his work as a patent attorney, Daniel brings an informed perspective as an MIT-trained biochemist and 20 years of legal work in...

Peter Brunovskis brings more than 20 years of experience to his role as a patent agent assisting clients with U.S. and overseas patent applications. He is a former biotech patent examiner for the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office with a Ph.D. in microbiology and 15 years of research experience in...

Robert Gill has more than 35 years of experience as a commercial litigator. Robert handles cases both locally in the Washington, D.C. metro area and throughout the United States, and has tried a number of cases in state and federal courts, and before arbitration tribunals. He has particular...

Mark Gruhin is a business lawyer who has been practicing law for more than 40 years. In addition to his legal practice, he has co-founded and been involved in several start-up businesses, including Careerbuilder.com. Mark has an extensive amount of general corporate experience in venture capital...

Jay Reilly represents biotech, medical device and diagnostic companies, as well as universities and nonprofits, in strategic transactions in the life sciences industry, particularly complex collaborative arrangements and technology acquisitions and dispositions. Jay has extensive experience...

For more than 30 years, Michael Gold has assisted clients in corporate and transactional matters. He is a trusted advisor to general counsel, senior management and boards across the country. Michael is a "closer" with a record of negotiating complex transactions to a satisfactory conclusion...

Justin Crotty brings both a scientific and business sensibility to his work helping clients protect their intellectual property through patent prosecution, inter-partes review proceedings and litigation, particularly for the pharmaceutical, medical device and biotechnology industries. His experience...

Judith B. Kassel provides legal advice and representation pertaining to a broad array of issues relating to doing business with the federal government and state governments. These issues include acquisition planning, proposal preparation, source selection, rights in and protection of intellectual...

A patent attorney with a Ph.D. in Molecular Biology and Microbiology, Alireza Behrooz assists companies and universities in protecting intellectual property connected to inventions in the life sciences. Drawing on years of private practice experience, Alireza prepares, files and secures patents as...

Chihao Wang is a registered patent agent who draws on his scientific background in biochemistry to assist clients in protecting their innovations. Chihao has intellectual property experience in a broad spectrum of technology areas, including biotechnology, biochemistry, molecular biology...

George Naya is a seasoned corporate lawyer with a broad practice centered on U.S. securities laws and corporate governance. He advises companies in a diverse array of industries and has extensive experience in both domestic and international capital markets transactions. In addition to his time in...

Dave Manjorin is a member of the Transactional Department in the firm's Washington, D.C. office. He maintains a general corporate practice and assists with a variety of deals. His skill set includes: reviewing contracts; drafting a wide array of forms, agreements and bylaws; and handling filings for...