Conferences and Presentations
- CLE Speaker – “Bumping Into Your Own Prior Art,” State Bar of Texas IP Law Symposium, Houston, Texas (February 2020)
- CLE Panelist – “Managing the International Patent Portfolio,” 2019 Tennessee Intellectual Property Association CLE Program, Nashville, Tennessee (May, 2019)
- Author – “Energy and Patents in Houston,” published by the Houston Bar Association (December 2019)
- CLE Panelist – “Incorporating Pro Bono Into Your IP Practice,” 2018 AIPF Annual Meeting, Chicago, Illinois (September, 2018)
- CLE Speaker – “Ethics and the OED,” Dallas Bar Association IP Section (April 2018)
- CLE Speaker – “IP Issues Lurking in Your Contracts,” 2017 Corporate Counsel CLE Program for the Knoxville Bar Association (August 2017)
- Subject – “How Cool Is That? Upstream Engineer-Patent Attorney,” www.rigzone.com/news/how_cool_is_that_upstream_engineerpatent_attorney-05-jan-2018-153030-article/ (January 05, 2018)
- Author – “Resurrecting the Value of the Opinion Letter, iAM Magazine (August 2016)
- CLE Panelist – “Incorporating Pro Bono Into Your IP Practice,” 2018 AIPF Annual Meeting, Chicago, Illinois (September, 2018)
- CLE Speaker – “Intellectual Property Law Update,” 2015 Knoxville Bar Association Corporate Counsel Section CLE Program, (August 16, 2015)
- CLE Speaker – “Ethics and the OED,” State Bar of Texas Intellectual Property Law Symposium, Houston, Texas (March 2015)
- CLE Speaker – “What Does An IP Troll Look Like?”, Spring 2014 Tennessee Intellectual Property Law Association CLE Program, Nashville, Tennessee (May 2, 2014)
- CLE Speaker – “IP Trolls and Treasure,” 2014 Knoxville Bar Association Intellectual Property CLE Program, Knoxville, Tennessee (February 28, 2014)
- Guest Speaker – “Intellectual Property Law for the Visual Artist,” East Tennessee Artists League, Athens, Tennessee (November 2013)
- Lecturer – “Intellectual Property Law for the Entrepreneur,” Memphis and Knoxville Business Incubators (2013)
- CLE Speaker – “Ethics and the Office of Enrollment and Discipline,” Houston Intellectual Property Law Association Annual CLE Program, Galveston, Texas (September 2012)
- Guest Speaker – “What Every Business Owner Should Know About Intellectual Property,” Knoxville Chamber of Commerce (May 16, 2012)
- Guest Speaker – “Patents and the Energy Industry,” Texas A&M Energy Club, College Station, Texas (September 2011)
- CLE Speaker – “Ownership of Inventions,” Tennessee Bar Association statewide webcast (June 2011)
- CLE Panelist – “Inducement to Infringe a Patent,” Tennessee Bar Association Annual IP Symposium, Nashville, Tennessee (March 2011)
- Guest Speaker – “Patents and the Oil Patch,” Midland County Bar Association Monthly Meeting, Midland, Texas (October 2010)
- Guest Speaker – “Patents for the Energy Industry,” Appalachian Basin Society of Petroleum Engineers Monthly Meeting, Paintsville, Kentucky (September 2010)
- CLE Speaker – “Intellectual Property Trends in the State of Tennessee,” 2008 Tennessee Intellectual Property Law Association Conference, Nashville, Tennessee (November 2008)
- CLE Speaker – “Things in the IP World that Make You Scratch Your Head,” Fall 2007 Tennessee Intellectual Property Law Association Conference, Nashville, Tennessee (November 2007)
- Seminar Speaker – “Intellectual Property for the Start-Up Business,” 2007 FedEx Business Plan Competition Seminar hosted by EmergeMemphis, Memphis, Tennessee (April 2007)
- CLE Co-Presenter – “Intellectual Property Audits and Due Diligence,” Spring 2007 Tennessee Intellectual Property Law Association Conference, Nashville, Tennessee (March 2007)
- Guest Speaker – “The Challenge of Obviousness: KSR International v. Teleflex Inc.,” Tennessee Inventors Association, Oak Ridge, Tennessee (November 2006)
- CLE Speaker – “Walk the Line: The Do’s and Don’ts of Practicing Patent Law,” 2006 Tennessee Intellectual Property Law Association Conference, Nashville, Tennessee (November 2006)
- CLE Speaker – “Ethical Dilemmas for the IP Attorney: Representing Clients in Related Technologies,” 2006 Tennessee Intellectual Property Law Association Conference, Nashville, Tennessee (April 2006)
- CLE Speaker – “The Patent Attorney’s Duty of Pre-Filing Investigation,” Tennessee Bar Association IP Forum, Nashville, Tennessee (Spring 2005)
- CLE Speaker – “The Utility of Opinions of Counsel After Knorr-Bremse,” 2005 Tennessee Bar Association IP Forum, Nashville, Tennessee (April 2005)
- CLE Speaker: – “Commercial Use Issues in Patent Infringement Litigation,” 42nd Annual Intellectual Property Seminar, Dallas, Texas (Fall 2004)
- CLE Speaker – “Willful Infringement and Opinions of Counsel,” Tennessee State Bar IP Seminar, Nashville, Tennessee (Spring 2004)
- Technical Speaker – “The Interpretation of Claims in a United States Patent,” Innovation Issues Seminar Sponsored by the Technology Licensing Office of The Texas A&M University System, College Station, Texas (Spring 2004)
- CLE Speaker – “Commercial Use Issues in Patent Infringement Litigation,” Tennessee Intellectual Property Law Association, Nashville, Tennessee (Fall 2002)
- Technical Speaker – “Intellectual Property for the Oilfield,” International Association of Drilling Contractors Convention, Dallas, Texas (February 2002)
- CLE Moderator – “Managing the International Patent Portfolio,” May 2019 Tennessee Intellectual Property Law Association CLE Program (May 2019)
- CLE Speaker – “Ethics and the OED,” Dallas Bar Association IP Section Meeting (April 2018)
- CLE Panelist – “IP Issues Lurking in Your Contracts,” 2017 Corporate Counsel CLE Program for the Knoxville Bar Association (August 2017)
- CLE Speaker – “Ethics and Intellectual Property,” Spring 2016 Tennessee Intellectual Property Law Association CLE Program (May 2016)
