Tim transitioned from an electrical engineering career to a legal career at Schwegman, eager to help Schwegman’s clients protect their ideas. Tim has handled intellectual property matters for concepts ranging from the incremental to the revolutionary. Tim and SLW understand that all of the matters handled by our firm are important to our clients and deserve excellent care. Tim assists clients through activities such as patent drafting, acquisition, and supporting diligence, and he is well-versed in patent clearance investigations.

By way of particular areas of emphasis, Tim enjoys working on matters related to medical technology, including implantable devices, surgical apparatus, and medical imaging. Tim is also conversant in physics-oriented domains such as imaging science, acoustics, electromagnetics, and spectroscopy, as well as electronics-related subject matter including device structures, circuits, fabrication techniques, and display technologies. Tim is a private pilot and is also interested in mechanical technologies, particularly in the aerospace domain.

Tim is named as an inventor on multiple issued patents and understands the patent process particularly well as both a technical and legal practitioner. Above all, Tim approaches legal problems from a practical perspective with an eye on removing barriers and unlocking the value of his clients’ ingenuity. Tim values any opportunity to learn more about a prospective or existing client’s technology and business.