LEGAL WORK EXPERIENCE

BUCHANAN, INGERSOLL & ROONEY, PC, October 2017 – December 2019
New York, NY – IP Section, Of Counsel

MARC ADLER, LLC, June 2008 – October 2017

ROHM & HAAS COMPANY, 1982 – June 2008
Philadelphia, PA
Chief Technology and Intellectual Property Counsel,
Associate General Counsel & Assistant Secretary

Responsible for all intellectual property matters for 8.2 billion (sales) worldwide specialty materials company with approximately $300M annual R&D budget.  Managed 25 attorneys in 6 locations in 4 countries:  US, UK, Japan and China.

Patent Public Advisory Committee:  November 2008: Nominated by Secretary of Commerce and appointed to the USPTO’s Patent Public Advisory Committee for 2009-2012.

EDUCATION

J.D. 1980 St. John’s School of Law, New York
M.E. (Chem. Eng.) 1973 University of Florida
BS (Chem. Eng.) 1972 City College New York