Background
Payne, Junior, Alton W. was born on August 8, 1948 in Fort Ord, California, United States.
Payne, Junior, Alton W. was born on August 8, 1948 in Fort Ord, California, United States.
University of North Carolina (Bachelor of Science in Physics & Mathematics, 1971). North Carolina State University (Master of Science in Nuclear Engineering, 1976). University of North Carolina (Doctor of Philosophy in Medical Physics, 1979).
Franklin Pierce Law Center (Juris Doctor, Intellectual Property Law, 1982).
Sigma Pi Sigma. Member, National Physics Honor Society.
Worked at Sroufe, Payne & Lundeen, Limited liability partnership (Houston, Texas) specializing in Mediator/Arbitrator, Patent, Trademark and Copyright, Litigation and Prosecution. Admitted to the bar, 1983, Texas. United States. Court of Appeals, Federal and Fifth Circuits.
United States.
District Court, Northern, Southern and Western Districts of Texas. Registered to practice before United States. Patent and Trademark Office.
Sigma Pi Sigma.
Member, National Physics Honor Society. Adjunct Professor: New Hampshire Technical Institute, 1981-1982. University of Houston, Cullen School of Engineering, 1983-1985.
American Arbitration Association Commercial Panel and Patent Panel of Mediators/Arbitrators, 1983.
Association of Attorney-Mediators. Author: "Alternative Dispute Resolution Procedures in Intellectual Property Cases," HIPLA Institute, 1990.
Member: Houston, Federal Circuit and American Bar Associations. Houston Intellectual Property Law Association (Director, 1990-1992.
Secretary, 1988; Chairman, Trade Secrets Committee, 1986 and 1989).
College of the State Bar of Texas. Fellow: Houston Bar Foundation. Military: 2).
Houston, Federal, Federal Circuit and American Bar Associations. State Bar of Texas; Houston Intellectual Property Law Association (Secretary, 1988. Chairman, Trade Secrets Committee, 1986 and 1989).
College of the State Bar of Texas.
American Intellectual Property Law Association. The Association of Trial Lawyers of America.
Houston Medical Legal Society (Treasurer, 1984-1986). American Nuclear Society (Member, Executive Committee, since 1986).
[Lieutenant„ National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration Commissioned Corps, 1971-1974].