- Fourth Circuit Judicial Conference
- International Association of Defense Counsel
- Virginia State Bar
- Governing Council (2015-2021)
- Board of Governors, Intellectual Property Section (2010-2020)
- Virginia Bar Association
- Civil Litigation Executive Council (2004-2014); Chair (2012-2014)
- Faculty member, Harry L. Carrico Professionalism Course (2009-2012)
Education
- University of Virginia School of Law, J.D., 1988, Winner, Lile Moot Court Competition, 1988Winner, Stephen J. Traynor Award for Best Oral Advocate, 1988
- College of William & Mary, B.A., 1983
Bar Admissions
- Virginia
Court Admissions
- U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Virginia
- U.S. District Court, Western District of Virginia
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit
Clerkships
- Hon. James R. Spencer, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Virginia, 1988-1989
- Moderator, “Practicing Law in a Pandemic,” Webinar sponsored by John Marshall and Lewis F. Powell, Jr. American Inns of Court, July 25, 2020.
- Panelist, “Beyond the Patent Powerhouse,” Greater Richmond Chamber’s Entrepreneurial Trilogy, February 5, 2013.
- Co-author, “Analogies to Federal Law in the State Regulatory Context,” Law360, August 19, 2025.
- Co-author, “Fed. Circ. Offers Guidance on Right to Repair in Patent Law,” Law360, April 5, 2024.
- Author, “Building on Successful Judicial Assignment Reform in Texas,” Law360, April 17, 2023.
- Co-author, “Why the Original ‘Rocket Docket’ Will Likely Resume Its Pace,” Law360, February 9, 2023.
- Author, “Change Could Be Coming to Patent Suit Volume in Texas,” Law360, June 29, 2022.
- Co-author, “How the Pandemic Is Shaping Patent Trials in District Courts,” Law360, February 18, 2021.
- Co-author, “Patent Rights: Best Practices for Responding to Patent Demand Letters,” Manufacturing Today, July 2018.
- Co-author, “Litigating Patent Infringement Cases in the Rocket Docket,” Virginia State Bar, Virginia Lawyer, August 2017.
- Author, “Does Inducement of Patent Infringement Require Actual Knowledge of a Patent?—The Supreme Court’s Review of Global Tech Appliances Inc. v. SEB S.A.,” BNA’s Patent, Trademark & Copyright Journal, January 2011.
- Co-author, “Supreme Court Grants Cert to Decide the State of Mind Necessary for Induced Infringement,” Troutman Sanders Intellectual Property Advisory, Oct. 13, 2010.
- Co-author, Virginia Law of Products Liability (Thomson/West 2002).
- Mentioned, “Judge Cements Decision Clearing Cisco From $2.75B Ruling,” Law360, June 17, 2024.
- Quoted, “EDTX Eclipses WDTX as Top Patent Venue,” Law360, February 7, 2024.
- Mentioned, “Legal Lions of The Week,” Law360, December 15, 2023.
- Mentioned, “Cisco Clears IP Suit After Axed $2.7B Judgment, Recusal Row,” Law360, December 11, 2023.
- Quoted, “4th Circ. Says Water Act Liability Shield Blocks Mine Suit,” Law360, March 30, 2021.
- Mentioned, “Capital One Asks Fed. Circ. to Revive Patent Antitrust Claims,” Law360, October 15, 2014.
- Quoted, “A Lesson on Due Diligence,” Richmond Times Dispatch, February 5, 2013.
- Quoted, “Va. IP Case May Lower Bar for Piercing Corporate Veil,” Law360, November 16, 2012.