Unbeatable Resumes (64 page)

Hubbard, Thurman, Turner & Tucker, Dallas TX

Responsible for client procurement and development, as well as litigation, licensing, and prosecution responsibilities for a partner in a major firm in the Intellectual Property field; duties involved patents and trademarks and the surrounding antitrust and trade regulation areas.

First-chair and second-chair responsibilities in numerous litigations, including Federal District Court litigation, Federal Appellate practice, State District Court and State Appellate practice, and the International Trade Commission.

First-chair responsibilities in state trade secret, Deceptive Trade Practices Act (DTPA-Texas) in state antitrust actions.

Co-author with William D. Harris Jr. of “The ITC as Patent Infringement Forum,” lecture given before the Southwestern Legal Foundation, 28th Annual Institute on Patent Law, December 6–7, 1990.

Akzona Incorporated, Asheville NC

Representing Organon Inc. (pharmaceuticals and diagnostics—primary healthcare subsidiary of Akzona), Organon Teknika Corporation (dialysis equipment and supplies), formerly Info-Chem Project (thermometers and hospital disposable products—sold to the PyMaH Corporation of Somerville, NJ), and Akzona New Ventures (high-risk medical projects).

Seven years' concentrated, intensive, broad Intellectual Property
inter partes
experience at Akzona, lead negotiating counsel of, as well as primary counsel for design and implementation of, the largest diagnostic licensing program (enzyme immunoassay) in the North American medical industry and other licensing programs.

Lead counsel in a number of contested/opposed reissue and reexamination applications for patents involved in the program.

Pravel Wilson & Gambrell, Houston TX

Extensive patent and trademark prosecution experience (average 20 U.S. originated and 12–15 foreign originated filings per year; since 1975, firm clients have procured over 40 issued patents.

Assisted three partners as second chair with numerous pieces of patent, trademark, and trade-secret litigation, including travel to Austin, Texas; New York; and Boston.

Supreme Court of Texas, Austin TX

Reviewed drafts of opinions circulated in Conference for Chief Justice and Other Justices.

Extensive review of Texas and foreign laws and preparation of first draft of opinions as directed by Chief Justice.

Exxon Corporation U.S.A., etc., Houston TX

Summer work on platforms of drilling rigs for Superior Oil Corporation and seismographic boats as way of obtaining sufficient funds for completion of undergraduate studies at Austin College and University of Texas at Austin.