Member Profiles

John is a partner at Bingham Greenebaum Doll LLP and serves as Leader of the firm’s Intellectual Property Group. He focuses his practice on prosecution and licensing of patent applications in a wide variety of mechanical, software, and electrical fields. He has helped clients protect inventions pertaining to various types of engines (including jet, rocket and diesel), nanotechnology, medical devices, sensors, manufacturing, software applications, signal processing and dynamics, vehicles, food packaging, fluid manipulation, and non-lethal weapons. John has been named an IP Star by Managing IP.

Terrence M. Dunn is a founding Partner of Einbinder Dunn & Goniea and has been practicing law since 1983. He is the senior partner in charge of the firm’s business, real estate, trusts and estates and fashion law practices. He works on significant commercial real estate matters in New York City and nationwide. He is well-regarded in the franchising field for his work in franchise development, registration and transactions, including the launch of new franchise systems. He has represented clients in large scale franchise acquisitions and sales, including multi-unit and area developments, and he has managed the introduction into the U.S. of international franchise systems. He has over thirty years of experience in business law, representing businesses of all sizes and in every industry imaginable in structuring, financing, transactions and intellectual property. He has practiced for over 25 years in fashion law, trademarks and trusts and estates. Through his work in real estate and franchising, he has become highly knowledgeable about the area’s restaurant industry. His knowledge of real estate law has proven invaluable to the Firm’s franchisor, franchisee and other business clients. Terrence has been interviewed by and written articles for major publications such as Entrepreneur, New Jersey Lawyer Magazine and the Franchise Law Journal. He also speaks at franchising-related events such as the International Franchising Association Symposium and the ABA Forum on Franchising. Terrence is the author of the firm blog, franchiselawyerblog.com.

Michael Hardgrove is a Partner at DLA Piper and located in the Boston office. His practice focuses on international tax. He has provided international consulting, structuring and intangible transaction services to numerous public and private companies with operations throughout the world. Michael serves his clients as international tax counsel, addressing their cross-border objectives for IP transfers, supply chain conversion, acquisition planning, repatriation and transfer pricing. He has been repeatedly recognized for his ability to integrate complex tax issues and operational constraints by Chambers USA and The Legal 500 United States.

After practicing for ten years throughout Europe, Asia and Africa, Albert returned to California in 1970. In addition to an extensive tax and business law practice, he was an Adjunct Law Professor at Southwestern University School of Law and at Whittier Law School, and a Lecturer at the law schools of the USC, Loyola, UC Davis and UCLA. He has authored more than 50 articles and five books and has served on many different Committees of the Bar.

CHARLES CROWLEY is a member of Sandler, Travis & Rosenberg, P.A., resident in the New York office. As a nationally-recognized authority on international trade and business law, Mr. Crowley has substantial experience leading and directing global trade and customs practices. He concentrates his practice on assisting multinational corporations with a wide variety of customs and international trade activities, including international supply chain security and management, intellectual property rights, import/export process management, antidumping and countervailing duty matters, unfair trade actions and anti-corruption compliance. In addition, Mr. Crowley provides counsel to clients on customs issues such as first sale and other valuation matters, duty refunds and tax/tariff reductions, foreign-trade zones and customs audits. He also advises clients on penalty matters and brings considerable insight to these issues as a former attorney with U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s Office of Regulations and Rulings and as a licensed U.S. Customs Broker in good standing since 1999.