Background
Sprowl, James A. was born on May 18, 1941 in Evanston, Illinois, United States.
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James A. Sprowl
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University of Michigan (Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, Bachelor of Science, Physics, 1964. Juris Doctor, cum laude, 1967).
Career
Worked at Fitch, Even, Tabin & Flannery (Chicago, Illinois) specializing in Intellectual Property and Technology-Related Law including Patents, Trademarks, Trade Secret, Copyrights and Unfair Competition, Antitrust and International Trade Commission Causes and Related Litigation. Admitted to the bar, 1967, Illinois. Registered to practice before United States.
Patent and Trademark Office.
Author: "A Manual Foreign Computer-Assisted Legal Research," American Bar Foundation, 1976. Company-Author with P. Maggs: "Computer Applications in Law," West, 1987.
Company-Author with P. Maggs and J. Soma: "Computer Law," West, 1992. Lecturer: Northwestern University Law School, 1970-1983.
Loyola University of Chicago School of Law, 1987.
Lecturer, 1975-1983 and Associate Professor, 1983-1987, Chicago-Kent College of Law, Illinois Institute of Technology. Vice Chairman, Illinois Criminal Justice Information Council and Authority, 1977-1991. Research Attorney, American Bar Foundation, 1975-1983.
Member, Illinois Supreme Court Committee on Electronic Transmission of Data, 1991-1996.
Member: Chicago, Illinois State and American Bar Associations. Intellectual Property Law Association of Chicago.
Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers. Fitch, Even, Tabin & Flannery was founded in 1859 as Goodwin, Larned & Goodwin making it the senior established law firm in Chicago.
Its practice is devoted to intellectual property and technology related law.
The firm"s clients range from independent inventors to multi-national corporations. The firm regularly represents its clients in courts and governmental agencies in the United States. as well as some 140 other countries. Firm members have been leaders in their respective fields of technology as well as in the legal community, having served as expert witnesses, special masters in the Federal Courts, educators, authors and also founders and presidents of noteworthy legal associations including the Intellectual Property Law Association of Chicago and its predecessor.
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Member, Illinois Supreme Court Committee on Electronic Transmission of Data, 1991-1996. Member: Chicago, Illinois State and American Bar Associations. Intellectual Property Law Association of Chicago.
Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers.
