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A former patent examiner with the U. S. Patent Office, Tim also has over 15 years of private practice experience. As such, Tim brings a unique expertise and savvy to his dealings with the Patent Office, including reissue, reexamination and interference proceedings. Tim is highly experienced in a multitude of intellectual property subjects and categories, and he is particularly skilled in various aspects of client counsel. Tim enjoys working with innovative clients that regularly require steadfast patent protection. He also works especially well in helping clients obtain and assert their IP rights, while similarly respecting the IP rights of others. A founding member of the firm, Tim currently serves on Boyle Fredrickson's board as secretary. He is also a former adjunct professor at Marquette University Law School, where he taught patent prosecution for over a decade. Tim is a member of several professional organizations, a member of the State Bar of Wisconsin, and he is registered to practice before the United States Patent and Trademark Office. He holds a J.D. with honors from George Mason University, and he earned his undergraduate degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Wisconsin-Platteville . Tim co-authored Changes in Patent and Copyright Law Under GATT, which was published in Wisconsin Lawyer in 1995. He later co-authored Protecting American Inventors, which was published in Wisconsin Lawyer in November of 2000. He and Michael Gratz also co-authored a chapter on patent law in the "Intellectual Property Law" volume of the State Bar of Wisconsin Business Advisory Series, published in 2006. (414) 225-1667
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