Background
Higgins, John P. was born on July 2, 1957 in Denver, Colorado, United States.
Higgins, John P. was born on July 2, 1957 in Denver, Colorado, United States.
University of Arkansas (B.S.ChE., with honors, 1979). Wake Forest University (Juris Doctor, cum laude, 1990). Member, Wake Forest Law Review, 1989-1990.
Registered Professional Engineer: Florida.
1°>84; North Carolina.
Worked at The Bell Seltzer Intellectual Property Law Group (Charlotte, North Carolina) specializing in Capital Markets and Investments, Finance and Public Finance, Financial Institution, Trial and Appellate, Health Care, Real Estate, Environmental, Antitrust and Investigations, Bankruptcy, Reorganizations and Workouts, Tax and Fiduciary, Labor and Employment, International, Communications and Technology, Intellectual Property Law (Patents, Trademarks, Copyrights and Trade Secrets), Licensing, Antitrust, Unfair Trade Practices, Technology and Computer Law, Trials and Appeals. Admitted to the bar, 1990, North Carolina. Registered to practice before United States.
Patent and Trademark Office.
Registered Professional Engineer: Florida, 1984. North Carolina, 1989.
Member, Society of Petroleum Engineers, 1980-1987. On August 1, 1997, Bell, Seltzer, Park & Gibson, established in 1922, merged with Atlanta based Alston & Bird Limited Liability Partnership, established in 1893, to form the Bell Seltzer Intellectual Property Law Group of Alston & Bird Limited Liability Partnership. The combination of the two firms constitutes one of the largest in the Southeast and brings together the full service capabilities of Alston & Bird with the specialized expertise of Bell Seltzer Park & Gibson in intellectual property law.
The new firm"s intellectual property and technology law practice ranks as the largest in the Southeast with more than 75 attorneys, including 30 partners, and has capabilities in all areas of intellectual property practice, including patent prosecution and information technology transactions.
Bell Seltzer Intellectual Property Law Group of Alston & Bird Limited Liability Partnership now has offices in Charlotte, the Research Triangle area, Atlanta and Washington, District of Columbia
North Carolina State Bar. Society of Petroleum Engineers.