EMPLOYMENT

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

Shareholder, 2004

Associate, 1996 - 2003

Law Clerk, 1995-1996

• Patent Prosecution, primarily electrical, electronic systems and medical devices

• Advising clients on patent management issues

• Admitted to practice before State and Federal Courts

EDUCATION

University of Iowa Law School, Iowa City, Iowa

Juris Doctor, with high distinction, May 1996

• Order of Coif

• Recipient of West Publishing Company Award for Outstanding Academic Achievement

• Vice President of Students' Intellectual Property Law Society

• Member of Journal of Corporation Law

Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa

Bachelor of Science, Electrical Engineering, May 1993

• Dean's List

• Eta Kappa Nu Electrical Engineering Honor Society

EXPERIENCE

Norand Corporation, Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Patent Assistant, 1993 - 1996

• Draft patent applications and responses to Patent Office communications

• Coordinate patent labeling activities

Henderson & Sturm, Des Moines, Iowa

Technical Law Clerk, 1992 - 1993

• Assist in preparation of patent applications

• Assist in organization of litigation materials

ACTIVITIES

American Intellectual Property Law Association

Minnesota Intellectual Property Law Association

Regular speaker at Minnesota CLE presentations on patent law and at Kinney & Lange's Intellectual Property for Business Lawyers seminar

Published author in The IP Book published by Minnesota CLE and in Intellectual Property Today magazine

Minnesota Law & Politics "Rising Star," 2002, 2003 and 2006

ADMISSIONS

Supreme Court of Minnesota

U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota

Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

Canadian Patent Office