MICHAEL A. COLLINS
KINNEY & LANGE, P.A.
312 South Third Street
Minneapolis, MN 55415
(612) 339-1863


EMPLOYMENT

Kinney & Lange, P.A., Minneapolis, Minnesota

Associate, 2004 - Present

Law Clerk, 2003 - 2004

  • Patent Prosecution

EDUCATION

University of Minnesota Law School, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Juris Doctor, cum laude, May 2004

  • Royal Stone Scholarship Recipient

  • Dean's List

University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin

Bachelor of Science, Electrical Engineering, with honors, December 2000

  • Fred W. and Josephine Colbeck Scholarship (outstanding engineering student)

  • Robert J. Mensel Scholarship (outstanding engineering student)

  • Tau Beta Pi Engineering Society

EXPERIENCE

Schwegman, Lundberg, Woessner and Kluth, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Law Clerk, Summer 2002

  • Drafted patent applications, office action responses, and other matters related to the prosecution of patent applications

Accenture, Chicago, Illinois

Analyst, 2001

  • Member of development team on "Southwest Bell Technician of the Future" project - coordinated with database managers to convert existing database infrastructure to Oracle database

Computer Aided Engineering, Madison, Wisconsin

Computer Consultant, 1998 - 2000

  • Provided technical assistance to engineering students and faculty at UW-Madison

  • Taught computer tutorial programs

Alliant Techsystems, Hopkins, Minnesota

Summer Intern, 1997 and 1998

  • Assisted with research into IC chip packaging methods (Wire Bond, TAB, Chip Scale, Flip Chip)

  • Statistical Process Control (Six Sigma) of production line

ACTIVITIES

American Bar Association

Minnesota State Bar Association

ADMISSIONS

Supreme Court of Minnesota

U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

 



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312 South Third Street   Minneapolis, MN 55415-1002
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