Introducing Patent Attorney, Arbitrator and Mediator Les Weinstein
Les Weinstein, who remains affiliated with the law firm of Shelton Mak Rose Anderson PC while arbitrating national and international intellectual property cases with the American Arbitration Association, was my boss, mentor and teacher more than twenty years ago (yikes!) when we practiced together at Pepper, Hamilton & Scheetz.
It's a pleasure and privilege to welcome Les as one of the contributors to the IP ADR Blog. Since meeting one another again in the ADR world, Les and I have co-mediated copyright and patent infringement cases and I have assisted him with some of the most sophisticated and complex arbitrations, including a billion dollar infringement case between two IP industry titans.
Les has over 40 years of experience as a trial, counseling and appellate lawyer specializing in patent, copyright and trademark law, as well as the law of competition (antitrust, trade secrets, unfair competition and unfair trade practices). Mr. Weinstein's knowledge of patent law and practices is particularly deep.
He is not only registered to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, he had early experience as a Patent Examiner, before which he worked as an engineer to ITE Circuit Breaker Co.
No stranger to the courtroom, Mr. Weinstein worked for the U.S. Department of Justice in Washington D.C. under an appointment to the Attorney General's Honor Program. It was there that Mr. Weinstein earned his trial stripes before going on to a long and distinguished private career as a partner with McKenna, Conner & Cuneo; name partner with Bleecher, Collins & Weinstein, and Senior Partner with the law firms of Pepper, Hamilton & Scheetz, Graham & James LLP, Squire Sanders & Dempsey LLP and Sheldon Mak.
Mr. Weinstein has lectured on intellectual property and competition law in the United States, China, Korea and Japan. In 2003, he was an advisor to the Federal Trade Commission regarding its intellectual property and competition policy study. He has represented U.S., European and Asian clients in numerous international law matters relating to competition and intellectual property in federal trial and appellate courts as well as before the U.S. International Trade Commission.
He has handled cases relating to semi-conductors, consumer electronics, chemicals, medical devices, internet services, petroleum, fashion, wireless technology, computers, automotive technology and financial transaction systems, just to name a few. Mr. Weinstein's ADR experience includes his membership on the American Arbitration Association's Large Complex Case panel and its Patent Panel.
He has lectured and taught on Intellectual property and ADR at meetings of the ABA, the L.A. County Bar Association, the Southern California Mediation Association, the Northwestern University School of Business and USC Law School.
He has served as an ICC arbitrator and as a AAA sole arbitrator and panel arbitrator on domestic and international disputes. Mr. Weinstein is admitted to the Bars of the District of Columbia, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (Registered Patent Attorney), the California Bar and all of the Federal District Courts in the State of California.
He obtained his B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Pennsylvania; his J.D., with distinction, Order of the Coif, and his LL.M in Patent and Antitrust Law from George Washington University. Mr. Weinstein's full profile can be found here.
