Background
Kleinke, Bernard Lester was born on July 30, 1938 in Oak Park, Illinois, United States. Son of Lester Bernard and Marie E. (Heffernan) Kleinke.
Kleinke, Bernard Lester was born on July 30, 1938 in Oak Park, Illinois, United States. Son of Lester Bernard and Marie E. (Heffernan) Kleinke.
Northwestern University (Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, 1961). State University of Iowa. DePaul University (Juris Doctor, 1965).
Phi Alpha Delta.
Member of Staff, De Paul University Law Review, 1964 1965. Licensed Professional Engineer, Illinois, 1961.
Worked at Higgs, Fletcher & Mack Limited Liability Partnership (San Diego, California) specializing in General Civil and Trial Practice in all State and Federal Courts. Antitrust, Aviation, Banking, Bankruptcy, Business, Commercial, Condemnation, Construction, Corporation, Eminent Domain, Employment, Environmental, Estate Planning, Government Relations, High Technical, Insurance, Insurance Coverage, Bad Faith, Intellectual Property, Land Use, Libel, Media, Municipal, Negligence, Oil and Gas, Patents, Probate, Products Liability, Professional Malpractice, Public Contracts, Real Property, Federal and State Securities, Tax, Water Rights, Wills and Trust. Admitted to the bar, 1966, Illinois and United States.
District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Illinois.
1982, United States. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. 1985, California and United States.
District Court, Southern, Central and Northern Districts of California. 1987, United States. Supreme Court.
1990, United States. District Court, Northern District of California.
1994, United States. District Court, Central District of California. Registered to practice before United States.
Patent and Trademark Office.
Phi Alpha Delta. Member of Staff, DePaul University Law Review, 1964-1965. Author: "Patents--Factual Application of the Old Combination Doctrine," DePaul Law Review, Spring/Summer, 1965.
Member: Chicago (Member 1966-1982 and Chairperson, 1981-1982, Patent, Trademark and Copyright Committee.
Chairperson, Patent Subcommittee, 1979-1981), San Diego County and American (Charter Member. Member, Computer Software Committee) Bar Associations. State Bar of California.
San Diego County Bar Association (Member, Intellectual Property Section).
San Diego Trial Lawyers Association. American Intellectual Property Law Association (Member, Programmable Machines and Processes Committee, 1978).
San Diego Intellectual Property Law Association. The Intellectual Property Law Association of Chicago.
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineering.
Association of Computing Machinery. Higgs, Fletcher & Mack is one of the oldest and largest law firms in San Diego County. Formed in 1939, the firm has grown from two attorneys to 50 attorneys.
Member: Chicago (Member 1966-1982 and Chairperson, 1981-1982, Patent, Trademark and Copyright Committee. Chairperson, Patent Subcommittee, 1979-1981), San Diego County and American (Charter Member. Member, Computer Software Committee) Bar Associations.
State Bar of California.
San Diego County Bar Association (Member, Intellectual Property Section). San Diego Trial Lawyers Association.
American Intellectual Property Law Association (Member, Programmable Machines and Processes Committee, 1978). San Diego Intellectual Property Law Association.
The Intellectual Property Law Association of Chicago.
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineering. Association of Computing Machinery.
Married Carol Marrianna Gowallis, October 21, 1967. Children: Michael D., Jonathan T.