Dan protects the intellectual property of some of the world’s largest companies and best known brands.
He prepares and prosecutes domestic and foreign patent applications, and domestic and foreign trademark applications. With a background in mechanical engineering, Dan has served as trial and appellate counsel and as an expert witness in patent, trademark, trade dress, and copyright litigation, including litigation concerning medical instruments, athletic equipment, computer software, camouflage and digital piracy.
Dan is registered to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
- Represented G&L Holdings, Inc. in the sale of all issued and outstanding equity of Grain Craft, the largest US-based independent flour miller.
- Recognized by The Legal 500 United States in the area of patent: patent prosecution (2018-2023)
- Named to The Best Lawyers in America in the areas of intellectual property law (2008-2011, 2014-2024) and litigation – patent law (2012-2024)
- Recognized by Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business in the area of intellectual property (2020-2023)
- Selected for inclusion in Georgia Super Lawyers® (2008-2024)
- Member, American Bar Association
- Member, Federal Circuit Bar Association
- Member, Intellectual Property Law Section, State Bar of Georgia
- Member, American Society of Mechanical Engineers
- Council Member, Fédération Internationale des Conseils en Propriété Industrielle
- Member, American Intellectual Property Law Association
- Member, International Trademark Association
- Member, Atlanta Bar Association
- Member, Lawyers Club of Atlanta
- Member, International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property
- Delegate, US Bar - EPO Liaison Council
- Georgia
- U.S. Supreme Court
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
- U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia
- J.D., Emory University School of Law,
Research Editor, Bankruptcy Developments Journal
- B.M.E., Georgia Institute of Technology
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