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John S. Upton, Esq.
Perkins Thompson, P.A.
Country:
Maine, USA
Practice Area:
M&A
Phone Number:
(207) 774-2635
Fax:
(207) 871-8026
John Upton advises both small and large businesses in all facets of their operations. He has extensive experience in mergers and acquisitions, petroleum distribution, bank financing, venture capital transactions, negotiation of contracts, and general business advice. Recent Representative Transactions: • Lead counsel to purchasers in an asset acquisition of a food processing division of a publicly traded seller. • Lead counsel to shareholders of a regional equipment distributor in the sale of its stock to a publicly traded international competitor. Advised client on assignment of distribution rights, noncompetition agreements, and employment issues. • Advised Maine-based medical device manufacturer in the sale of a minority stock interest to a Fortune 500 investor and in related long term supply and distribution arrangements. • Negotiated joint venture agreement between co-owners of a marine storage terminal. • Drafted multi-party shareholder agreements for owners of corporations in Maine and Virginia. • Drafted restricted stock plan for privately held manufacturing company. • Advised fast growing natural food producer on multiple stages of equity and debt financings. • Represented shareholders of a consulting corporation in a tax advantageous stock sale of the business to a national competitor, including advice on employment agreements, noncompetition covenants, and tax treatment of installment sale payments. • Negotiated asset acquisition of a marine terminal and petroleum pipeline. • Negotiated contracts for CNG and LNG supply by truck to commercial and industrial end-users. • Lead counsel to Canadian corporate purchaser of a forest products mill located in Northern Maine.
Richard H. Steen
The ADR Lawfirm
Country:
New Jersey, USA
Practice Area:
Mediation
Phone Number:
(609) 895-0071
Fax:
(609) 895-1437
Founded in 2000 by Richard H. Steen, this AV rated firm provides comprehensive management of complex commercial, construction and environmental disputes and innovative Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) solutions to conflict. Mr. Steen has more than 30 years experience in ADR and the construction industry, including claims and disputes valued in the billions of dollars on public and private projects worldwide. We are committed to finding effective and efficient solutions to your business disputes. Mr. Steen has been selected and has served as an arbitrator or mediator in more than 1500 disputes in a wide variety of commercial, construction, professional liability and insurance matters. With extensive experience in ADR process development and program design, and claims management, we can tailor an ADR solution to one dispute or to a caseload. Please contact Rick Steen to discuss your requirements and to learn more about how the firm can assist you.
Richard H. Steen
The ADR Law Firm
Country:
New Jersey, USA
Practice Area:
Mediation & Arbitration
Website:
Phone Number:
(609) 895-0071
Fax:
(609) 895-1437
Founded in 2000 by Richard H. Steen, this AV rated firm provides comprehensive management of complex commercial, construction and environmental disputes and innovative Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) solutions to conflict. Mr. Steen has more than 30 years experience in ADR and the construction industry, including claims and disputes valued in the billions of dollars on public and private projects worldwide. We are committed to finding effective and efficient solutions to your business disputes. Mr. Steen has been selected and has served as an arbitrator or mediator in more than 1500 disputes in a wide variety of commercial, construction, professional liability and insurance matters. With extensive experience in ADR process development and program design, and claims management, we can tailor an ADR solution to one dispute or to a caseload.
Deborah Tropp
McNeil, Tropp & Braun LLP
Country:
California, USA
Practice Area:
Medical Malpractice
Phone Number:
(949) 259-2890
Fax:
(949) 259-2891
Deborah S. Tropp is a founding partner of McNeil Tropp & Braun, LLP. Ms. Tropp has represented numerous insurance and private clients in complex trials and is known for her expertise in insurance defense/civil litigation. Her main practice includes defense of personal injury cases involving auto, trucking, medical malpractice, elder abuse, products liability and premises liability. Ms. Tropp also represents clients in employment litigation, business litigation, and healthcare law. Ms. Tropp is a national representative for the Orange County Chapter of the American Board of Trial Advocates and a proud member of several professional organizations including the American Bar of Trial Advocates Foundation and the Orange County Women Lawyers Association. She volunteers for the Constitutional Rights Foundation’s Mock Trial Program and has been a mock trial judge and high school mock trial coach for the past three years. Ms. Tropp also regularly lectures to insurance companies, attorney groups, and healthcare providers on such topics as Proper Patient Charting, MICRA, Sexual Harassment in the Workplace, Managed Care Litigation, HIPAA and Steps to Avoid Malpractice Litigation. She is frequently asked to speak as an educator to physician staff members through the Medical Education Speakers Network. Ms. Tropp has also served as an adjunct professor at Western State College of Law where she has taught Pre Trial Litigation and Trial Practices to graduating law students. Ms. Tropp has been recognized with several honors including nomination to the International Society of Barristers and membership with Lawyers of Distinction. Well respected for her knowledge and skill, she credits her accomplishments to dedication, hard work, and commitment to providing the best possible results for her clients. Ms. Tropp attributes much of her success to her late father, Henry Hirsch, for his support and to one of the firm’s founding partners, Joe McNeil. Mr. McNeil was instrumental in helping Ms. Tropp establish her practice and she was admitted to the American Board of Trial Advocates on his nomination. Ms. Tropp has also been business partners with Mr. Jeff Braun since the year 2000, when they formed McNeil Tropp & Braun. Ms. Tropp is extremely thankful for her friendship and partnership with Mr. Braun and believes that the firm’s success is driven by their comparable work ethic, their belief and trust in each other as well as their mutual desire to succeed. Ms. Tropp’s educational background includes a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of California, Los Angeles and a Juris Doctor degree from McGeorge University School of Law. Upon graduation from law school, Ms. Tropp received the Order of the Barristers Award for Excellence in Trial Advocacy. Passionate about giving back to the community, she has been involved with organizations such as the Pediatric Cancer Research Foundation and Women’s shelter groups. Away from her practice and community work, Ms. Tropp enjoys spending time with her husband, Dave, two sons, Harrison and Justin, and two stepsons, Brian and Garrett.
David Rosenbaum
Rosenbaum IP, P.C
Country:
Illinois, USA
Practice Area:
Patents
Phone Number:
(847) 770-6000
Fax:
(847) 770-6006
Mr. Rosenbaum’s patent practice specializes in biomedical, biotechnological, pharmaceutical, chemical, biochemical, semiconductor materials and processes, and computer software. As patent counsel to several major public universities, public and private corporations, and independent inventors, Mr. Rosenbaum has prepared and prosecuted patent applications in the fields of surgical implants, including cardiovascular stents and vascular grafts, natural and synthetic pharmaceuticals, electrophoresis devices and methods, diagnostic systems and methods, DNA transformation and transfection, oligonucleotide ligands, vaccines, monoclonal antibodies, drug delivery systems, immunology, ultrasonic, laser and cryogenic ablation catheters, nanolithography, atomic force microscopy, photolithography, vacuum deposition processes, including chemical and plasma vapor deposition, sputtering and ion bombardment processes, chemical sensor technology, resist technology, carbon nitride continuous solids and the use of finite elements analysis modeling for corneal remodeling. In representing both corporate and individual clients, Mr. Rosenbaum’s practice has included such diverse biomedical technologies as novel biomaterials, biomaterial surfacing technology, DNA and RNA hybridization, genetic testing, implantable vascular and endovascular devices, computer controlled laser catheters, synthetic peptides, chemical tracers for above-ground and underground leak detection, contact lenses, dermatological preparations, hydraulic shock absorbing pistons, misting devices for evaporative cooling, and water filtration systems. Firm clients routinely call upon Mr. Rosenbaum to devise intellectual property portfolio strategies, licensing and merger and acquisition preparation, negotiation, due diligence and closing and counsel regarding patent landscapes, technology white-space identification, freedom-to-operate and non-infringement. Mr. Rosenbaum has assisted clients in a wide variety of contract negotiations, including technology transfer, cooperative research and development agreements, grant contracts, co-development agreements, sponsored research agreements, clinical trial agreements, cross-license agreements, merger and acquisition agreements and the like. In addition to his transactional intellectual property practice, David has represented clients in patent, trademark and trade secret litigation. Most recently, Mr. Rosenbaum was plaintiff’s lead counsel in Augme Technologies, Inc. v. AOL, et al. and Augme Technologies, Inc. v. YAHOO!, both patent infringement lawsuits involved patents covering methods and systems for targeted marketing advertising over the Internet, is defense co-counsel in LAM Research, Inc. v. Xycarb Ceramics and Schunk Semiconductor, a patent infringement lawsuit pertaining to patents on semiconductor processing equipment, represented plaintiff in a patent infringement suit to enforce patents for insulating construction tarps in Midwest Canvas v. NTI, was counter-claim plaintiff’s co-counsel in Ingenix v. Symmetry Health Data Systems, Inc., a patent infringement counter-claim pertaining to methods of correlating medical claim information into Episode Treatment Groups. Mr. Rosenbaum also represents clients, with European Patent counsel, in several post-grant opposition proceedings before the European Patent Office Opposition Division and European Patent Office Opposition Appeal Board. Mr. Rosenbaum holds a bachelor’s degree in General Science-Chemistry from Grinnell College and studied in the Ph.D. program in Pharmacology and Toxicology at the State University of New York at Buffalo. Since graduating law school in 1984 from the Illinois Institute of Technology with honors (Chicago-Kent College of Law), Mr. Rosenbaum has been the managing shareholder of Rosenbaum & Associates, P.C., a managing patent partner at the national law firm of Sonnenschein, Nath & Rosenthal, and the managing intellectual property partner at two general practice firms in Phoenix, Arizona. David has served as patent counsel to major universities, local, regional and national corporations, private inventors and start-up and emerging companies. David has been an adjunct professor at The John Marshall Law School in the L.L.M. Program in Intellectual Property Law and at Grinnell College, Grinnell Iowa. David provides pro bono legal services to several start-up companies and non-profit organizations engaged in providing mentoring for entrepreneurial start-ups. Mr. Rosenbaum is admitted to practice in Arizona, Illinois, in several federal trial and appellate courts, as well as the United States Patent and Trademark Office. An active member of multiple bar and industry associations, Mr. Rosenbaum serves as a member of committees on biotechnology law and university patents, and has been a featured speaker at national legal and industry conferences. David is the author of the best-selling book Layman’s Law Guide to Patents, Trademarks and Copyrights and is a co-inventor of U.S. Patent Nos. 7,980,289 and 7,122,049 and U.S. Patent Application Publication Nos. 2009-0043191and 2007-0061006.

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