RICHARD A. GIANGIORGE, PARTNER ATTORNEY

Mr. Giangiorge was born in Highland Park, Illinois, July 8, 1949. He was admitted to the Illinois bar in 1967 and in 1968 the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois.

From 1978-1982, the U.S. Court of Customs and Patent Appeals (The Federal Courts Improvement Act of 1982 merged the U.S. Court of Customs and Patent Appeals and the U.S. Court of Claims to form the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit); 1982, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois including Trial Bar in 1967. Mr. Giangiorge is registered to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

His education includes a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Marquette University in 1962, a J.D. in 1966, Pi Tau Sigma, and Delta Theta Phi from Georgetown University and Examiner, U.S. Patent Office, 1963-1966.

He is a member of both the Chicago and Illinois State Bar Associations and Intellectual Property Law Association of Chicago. Mr. Giangiorge’s areas of concentration are Intellectual Property; Patent, Trademark and Copyright Law, Trade Secrets Law and Unfair Competition Law.