Background
Cruz, Lawrence was born on January 7, 1965 in Arlington Heights, Illinois, United States.
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Lawrence Cruz
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Southern Illinois University (Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering, 1987). George Washington University (Juris Doctor, 1992).
Career
Worked at Niro, Scavone, Haller & Niro (Chicago, Illinois) specializing in Intellectual Property and Technology-Related Law including Patent, Trademark, Trade Secret, Copyright, Licensing, Unfair Competition, Related Antitrust Matters. Real Estate Development and Environmental Law. Admitted to the bar, 1993, Illinois.
United States.
District Court, Northern District of Illinois and District of Arizona. Registered to practice before United States. Patent and Trademark Office.
Author, "The Advantage of Using a Patent Litigation Specialist v. a General Trial Attorney in Patent and Trade Secret Litigation," State Bar of Texas Intellectual Property Law Institute, 1996.
Patent Examiner, United States Patent and Trademark Office, 1987-1992. Group Patent Counsel, Federal Maritime Commission Corporation, 1992-1996.
Member: Chicago, Illinois State and American Bar Associations. Intellectual Property Lawyers Association of Chicago.
American Intellectual Property Law Association.
NIRO, SCAVONE, HALLER & NIRO specializes in the trial of intellectual property cases, generally including patent, trademark, trade secret, unfair competition and busines torts. The firm"s practice extends throughout the United States, with lawyers of the firm having extensive trial and appellate experience in nearly all of the federal judicial circuits and in various state trial and appellate courts. The firm also represents clients in a broad spectrum of related intellectual property matters including licensing and the procurement of domestic and international patents, trademark registrations and copyrights.
Partners of the firm have written and lectured on trial advocacy at major law schools and the Practicing Law Institute, American, Federal and Illinois Bar Associations and elsewhere.
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Membership
Member: Chicago, Illinois State and American Bar Associations. Intellectual Property Lawyers Association of Chicago. American Intellectual Property Law Association.
