Experience

Benesch, Friedlander, Coplan & Aronoff LLP

• United States
• Law Practice
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Legal Assistant

  • Oct 2018 - Present

  • Responsible for prosecution of utility, design, PCT and foreign patent applications for Chicago, Cleveland and Columbus offices. • Extensive correspondence with clients and foreign associates. • Docket management. • Maintain budgets and status reports for clients. • Attend weekly meetings with Chicago patent attorneys to manage IP portfolios. • Responsible for prosecution of utility, design, PCT and foreign patent applications for Chicago, Cleveland and Columbus offices. • Extensive correspondence with clients and foreign associates. • Docket management. • Maintain budgets and status reports for clients. • Attend weekly meetings with Chicago patent attorneys to manage IP portfolios.



Loeb & Loeb LLP

• United States
• Law Practice
• 500 - 600 Employee

• Patent Assistant

  • Mar 2015 - May 2017

  • Responsible for prosecution of new utility and design patent applications through issuance for major clients. • Corresponding with associates regarding foreign applications. • Docket management. • General assistance in trademark prosecution and litigation. • Responsible for prosecution of new utility and design patent applications through issuance for major clients. • Corresponding with associates regarding foreign applications. • Docket management. • General assistance in trademark prosecution and litigation.



Niro, Haller & Niro

• United States

• Legal Assistant

  • Aug 2000 - Jan 2015

  • Responsible for filings in United States District Courts, United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, and the Supreme Court of the United States, including preparing and filing all pleadings, Markman and summary judgment briefs, exhibits, status reports as well as preparation and under seal filing of all confidential documents. • Arranging service of process and coordinating scheduling of depositions and court reporters. • Drafting shell documents for discovery responses and patent infringement contentions in accordance with various Local Patent Rules as well as routine motions and proposed orders. • Key member of multiple trial teams; participating in day-to-day trial responsibilities including assisting with attorney preparation of witnesses and experts. • IP prosecution support for clients including EFS filing of new utility patent applications, declarations, powers of attorney, assignments, formal drawings; preparing shell responses to office actions, restriction requirements, requests for continued examination, and notices of appeal. • Extensive client contact to coordinate all inventor declarations, powers of attorney, and prior art references to be disclosed in Information Disclosure Statement; coordinating transfer of docket for over 200 patents and trademarks from new client. • Attending to filings before Patent Trial and Appeal Board through PRPS system for inter partes and post grant reviews.



Cahill, Christian & Kunkle

• Legal Assistant

  • May 1997 - 2000

  Responsible for assisting attorneys specializing in commercial litigation, insurance defense, personal injury, and gaming law; vast knowledge of court procedures as well as other aspects of litigation responsibilities including drafting complaints, motions, briefs as well as filing and docketing of same in state and federal courts. Responsible for assisting attorneys specializing in commercial litigation, insurance defense, personal injury, and gaming law; vast knowledge of court procedures as well as other aspects of litigation responsibilities including drafting complaints, motions, briefs as well as filing and docketing of same in state and federal courts.



Bartlit Beck Herman Palenchar & Scott LLP

• Legal Assistant

  • Aug 1996 - 1997

  Assisted in trial preparation. Assisted in trial preparation.



Wilson & McIlvaine

• Legal Assistant

  • Jan 1988 - 1997

  Responsible for general administrative duties to partner and associates practicing corporate, bankruptcy and real estate law; paralegal duties in litigation department, including drafting of pleadings, discovery, correspondence to courts and clients; conducting document productions and legal research; assisting in trial preparation. Responsible for general administrative duties to partner and associates practicing corporate, bankruptcy and real estate law; paralegal duties in litigation department, including drafting of pleadings, discovery, correspondence to courts and clients; conducting document productions and legal research; assisting in trial preparation.