Lawrenceville Intellectual Property Lawyers

Our clients are innovative 7 and 8 figure companies with national and global reach. They create brands, license software, and distribute content to Fortune 500 enterprises, governmental agencies and strategic partners. The diverse industries we serve include technology, food and beverages, manufacturing, healthcare, finance, consulting and professional services.

We align with middle market business leaders who value agile, responsive legal collaboration, and profit-focused guidance. Many clients are founders, families and friends who've grown their privately held businesses through savvy acumen and faithful perseverance. We commit to your success, and build longstanding relationships as trusted advisors.

After over ten years working at large and mid-size patent-specialty and general practice law firms, Charlena Thorpe formed her own practice to provide quality patent law and related IP services to clients in a responsive, flexible, and cost-effective manner. Charlena Thorpe has extensive patent drafting, patent procurement, and patent litigation experience. Charlena also has significant experience preparing opinions on matters such as patentability, infringement, validity, and essentiality. Charlena Thorpe's legal education and legal experience is complemented with an exceptional technical education at a top-ranked engineering school and industry experience at Fortune 500 companies and nationally-recognized research institutions.

Professional History:
> 2005-present: Owner, Bockhop Intellectual Property Law, LLC
> 2002-2005: Partner, Arnall Golden Gregory LLP
> 2000-2002: Founding Partner, Bockhop & Reich, LLP
> 1994-2000: Associate, Needle & Rosenberg, PC
> 1988-1991: IBM - Design Engineer (Designed arithmetic logic circuits used in CPU of AS/400 computer)
> 1980-1985: U.S. Naval Officer - Electrical Officer USS Nicholson (DD 982)
Education:
> J.D., University of Georgia School of Law, 1994
> M.S., Electrical and Computer Engineering, The University of Iowa, 1988 Research and Thesis: Switching Properties of Non-Linear Optical Interface; Eta Kappa Nu Electrical Engineering Honors Society
> B.S., General Science, The University of Iowa, 1980
> US Navy Gas...

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Yenniffer is a trusted legal adviser, looking out for your best interest. Yenniffer is a deep thinker who deeply considers every available legal avenue. Yenniffer is a graduate of Emory University School of Law and the Honors College at Florida International University. Yenniffer has held leadership positions in the Hispanic National Bar Association, and the board of directors for the Ecuadorian American Chamber of Commerce. Yenniffer served as President of the Georgia Hispanic Bar Association and co-chair of the MultiBar Leadership Council. Yenniffer is also fluent in Spanish.

Cortney has 20 years of litigation experience, serving as lead counsel in over 120 patent-infringement litigations. He also represents clients in proceedings before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (e.g., IPR proceedings) and in appeals before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. • S.M.R Innovations v. Apple (W.D. Tex.), Motorola (D. Del.), LG, and Samsung (E.D. Tex.): Lead counsel in cases involving patents for routing multimedia between electronic devices. • POWERbahn (N.D. Ga.): Represented technology innovator in asserting patents related to exercise equipment that better simulated real-life conditions. Claims resolved after district court denied Defendants’ motions for summary...

A dedicated attorney based in Georgia, specializing in intellectual property, business law, real estate, and estate planning. I graduated from Barry University School of Law in 2016 and have been able to garner diverse experiences including conducting unemployment hearings for State governments and working as a trademark attorney. I now own my own law firm, ACM Law Group, where we work to help IP, real estate, and business in various areas.

I obtained a Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology and a Masters in business administration at the Florida Institute of Technology. I studied law at New England Law in Boston, graduating in 1989.

Previously I have been employed by top Fortune 500 companies (Raytheon Company, Scientific-Atlanta (Currently Cisco), Intel Corporation, and RealNetworks) as an in-house corporate patent and trademark attorney and represented other major companies (Microsoft, IBM, GE, Lenovo, Amazon, HP, Infineon and Boeing) as an outside patent counsel. In April of 2006, I opened my own private practice with a focus on intellectual property services.

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Yasha Heidari is a founding member of Heidari Power Law Group LLC (H&P). He is well known both for his litigation focus and for his versatility. Yasha has given lectures and presided over seminars in many areas of the law, including ethics law, administrative and regulatory law, best business practices, the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, and the role of Intellectual Property in the age of digital media. Moreover, Yasha has presented numerous papers with topics ranging from modern day questions concerning technology to complex game-theory models at the London School of Economics. Yasha holds a juris doctor...

Tamorra A. Boyd, MBA is the Managing Attorney of Boyd Legal Counsel, LLC (BLC). Tamorra’s goal is to provide entrepreneurs and businesses located in Metropolitan Atlanta, Georgia and state wide assistance in formation, growth and maintenance of their businesses. No stranger to the inner workings of successful businesses, Tamorra studied top businesses in technology, healthcare, consumer goods and services as a student at the illustrious Florida A&M University School of Business and Industry. After completing her MBA coursework, she spent nearly a year at a Fortune 100 pharmaceutical company as a product manager. She moved on to an international medical...

JJ Poole is the owner of JJ Poole Attorney at Law, LLC and an Associate Closing Attorney that works with Elite Law. He specializes in Sports and Entertainment Contracts, Civil Litigation, Intellectual and Real Property law, and is a certified Agent for the NFL and NBA player associations. Attorney Poole is an alumni of the University of Georgia and Atlanta’s John Marshall Law School. He is also a licensed five-star rated residential and commercial real estate broker, and graduate of the Atlanta Realtors Association Leadership and Development Program. His designations include Certified Foreign Investor Specialist, as well as Certified...

Atlanta business and entertainment lawyer with a passion for helping people build their lives, careers, and businesses with the support of the law. My practice includes both transactions and litigation. I help people build a foundation for success in entrepreneurship through educating and advising clients on the appropriate corporate entity structure, copyright and trademark protection, licensing, brand management, contracts, business strategy, and so much more. Entertainers are inherently entrepreneurs because they are their business! I am thrilled when clients come across a business opportunity that would help them reach their goals in entrepreneurship and/or entertainment. It is...

Sydnee Mack Attorney at Law is a boutique law firm that specializes in Sports & Entertainment, Small Business and Trademarks. Attorney Mack is highly experienced in the areas of contract drafting, review and negotiation, risk management, business formation/compliance and trademark filing/portfolio management. She is committed to helping athletes, entertainers, creatives, side-hustlers, dreamers, sports businesses and small businesses build and protect strong brands and companies.

In addition to her work as a law firm owner and operator, Attorney Mack is an author and law professor. She is author of 10 Steps to StartUP, a fun, easy-to-read, legal and business strategy...

A lawyer for over 30 years, Mark's extensive legal background representing large corporate entities and artists both established and emerging, as well as his work as a gigging musician, make him equally comfortable navigating the halls of Corporate America and the mustiest of music halls. Licensed to practice law in all the federal and state courts of Georgia, Tennessee, North Carolina and Alabama, as well as the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals, Mark is an alumnus of the University of Alabama (B.A.) and Cumberland School of Law (J.D.), and served two years as judicial law clerk to a federal judge....

Maggie Heim represents clients in complex litigation matters in both the Federal and State court systems. She has earned a reputation as a skilled advocate who is unwilling to accept less than the best result for her clients. Maggie has been recognized for excellence in the practice of law by numerous independent attorney rating services, including Super Lawyers, the Daily Report, Martindale-Hubbell, Legal Elite, and Avvo.

Andrei Tsygankov is an Atlanta-based attorney and entrepreneur. Andrei’s primary specialization is Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Law, and Intellectual Property Law, including: IP Licensing, Software Licensing, and Trademark Prosecution. Andrei enjoys navigating complex, multi-faceted transactions to build stable, understandable, and effective deal structures for clients.

In addition to being one of the founding Partners of Founders Legal, Andrei has over 10 years’ experience serving as a C-level executive for companies in the legal, enterprise software, and international distribution and logistics industries.

Given his business background, Andrei promotes a practical approach to the practice of law, focusing first and foremost on providing...

David is a corporate attorney with unique insight into technology transactions. Prior to joining Founders Legal, David worked in communication technology arena for nearly a decade as a sales consultant. In this capacity, David has encountered the bureaucratic pitfalls that can cause deals to fall out. A problem-solver by nature, and a skilled negotiator, David leverages his years of contract experience to enable clients to achieve their objectives.

More recently, David obtained experience in managing and monetizing intellectual property at AT&T and Aptean. As a former president of Georgia State University Intellectual Property Law Society, David has...

AJ helps Media, Technology, Online, Education and other businesses launch, grow, and build lasting relationships with customers, partners and the community through a strong public benefit / social cause focus. He likes to make it Fun, because life is short! (And, it turns out, Fun is Good for Business! :)

David M. Lilenfeld is an intellectual property attorney and founder of Lilenfeld PC, an intellectual property boutique law firm in the Buckhead area of Atlanta. His Firm represents clients in disputes involving trademarks, copyrights, patents and trade secrets. With the talented lawyers in his Firm, David also works with clients to protect their intellectual property assets. David is a graduate of Hunter College with a Bachelor of Arts in philosophy. He earned his J.D. at The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law in 1996 where he was a member of The Ohio State Law Journal. David has been...

The Nuriddin Law Company is a full service law firm with a focus on Business Law, Consulting, Criminal Law, Estate Planning, Family Law and Personal Injury Law. We represent companies and individuals concerning various business and personal legal matters. Founded by Bukhari R. Nuriddin, at The Nuriddin Law Company, we recognize that our clients have important legal needs requiring customized legal solutions. Quite often, our clients also have related non-legal needs that they want fulfilled, such as guidance and compassion. Understandably, clients are also concerned about fees. We were established as a community-based practice that serves the...

Bill Needle is a registered patent attorney who has been exclusively practicing all aspects of Intellectual Property law for 42 years. Mr. Needle began his legal career at the first IP boutique firm in Atlanta (Newton, Hopkins & Orsmby) from 1970-1983. He then founded the IP boutique Needle & Rosenberg which, in 2008, merged into Ballard Spahr LLP. He served as the first Chair of Ballard Spahr's Intellectual Property Department until July 1, 2012 and remains a partner in the firm. His litigation experience includes being counsel in the copyright and trademark litigation for the CABBAGE PATCH KIDS(R)...

T. Madden & Associates, P.C. is Georgia’s premier Personal Injury Law Firm bringing civil justice to aggrieved victims by Turning Injury To Cash® since 1998. We have offices located in Atlanta, Jonesboro, and Augusta to serve as many victims of personal injury as possible. With over 50 years of combined experience, we have helped thousands for Georgians receive deserved reparations involving negligent activity. Let us protect your rights and turn your injury into cash. Whether you have already given a recorded statement to the insurance agency, we are here to protect you and bring justice. Call us at 833-PAID-123...

Over 20 years of legal experience, working with Fortune 50 corporations, private companies and small businesses, helping them to resolve business issues. Expert contract draftsman with extensive depth reviewing, negotiating, and completing agreements, including global agreements for multi-million dollar purchases, licensing agreements for talent, technology and intellectual property, and a wide variety of contracts that every business now seems to be asked to sign each day just to do business. Clients have included Mohawk Industries, Coca-Cola Bottlers Sales & Services, Premiere Global Services, and Printpack, Inc., and Siegel Communications, Inc.

My intellectual property practice specializes in trademark brand protection, patent drafting, prosecution, and portfolio development, and business launch and organization. My practice further includes trade secret development and management, and copyright protection for Fortune 100 companies, small businesses, and emerging enterprises. If you are an emerging enterprise seeking brand development and protection of your core technologies, take advantage of my free consultation. I have drafted hundreds of patent applications covering emerging technologies in electromechanical systems, automotive, computer hardware, and cloud-based software and content delivery. I have expertise in autonomous robotics, machine learning, mobile telecommunications, medical devices, and automotive...

Mr. Cirino, originally a mechanical engineer, began his career working for a major automaker. He returned to school to pursue a legal education. After successfully completing law school, Mr. Cirino worked in both public service prosecuting patent applications for university professors and at a major law firm. Mr. Cirino has hands-on experience prosecuting patents and securing intellectual property rights across a wide range of technical disciplines. He prides himself on taking a personal interest in his client’s goals, and his ability to quickly understand new inventions.

Paparella & Associates is a law firm specializing in intellectual Property. Namely, Patents, Trademarks, & Copyrights, and serves the business community nationwide. By structuring the law firm around, and operating the firm under sound business practices, Paparella & Associates has uniquely positioned itself to deliver the highest quality representation, while utilizing a fee structure that is more in line with the business community’s expectations. Representing clients in all intellectual property matters including, Patents, Trademarks, Copyrights, Infringement Matters, Clearance Opinions, Freedom to Operate Opinions, Trade Secrets, and Litigation.

DANIEL S. WRIGHT provides general business legal services in the fields of commercial real estate, entity formation and governance, joint venture/equity structure arrangements, intellectual property, and various other transactional practice areas. Dan has experience working with organizations both large and small to achieve their goals and understands their different organizational and business needs. Because he started his career in litigation, Dan also appreciates the pragmatic aspects of agreement enforceability and cost-driven decisions. Dan keeps the focus on the client's business rather than legal minutiae. Dan's other primary field of practice is estate planning, particularly focusing on trust establishment...

Thomas is a registered patent attorney whose practice is focused exclusively on intellectual property law. His practice includes: patents, trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets, patent prosecution, patent portfolio management, patent infringement, patent litigation, patent licensing, trademark registration, trademark infringement, trademark litigation, copyright registration, copyright litigation, intellectual property licensing, and other intellectual property matters.