Chuck is a veteran trial and appellate lawyer whose practice has spanned a broad spectrum of intellectual property litigation for more than 35 years. His breadth of trial experience and long engagement with intellectual property disputes enable him to achieve effective, client-focused solutions to intellectual property issues. Chuck has served as lead trial counsel in numerous patent, trademark, false advertising, unfair competition, copyright, and trade secret lawsuits in federal and state courts throughout the United States. He is also an experienced appellate advocate in intellectual property cases, having argued more than fifteen cases in various US courts of appeals, including patent matters before the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, and trademark and copyright cases before the regional federal courts of appeals, including the Second, Fourth and Ninth Circuits.

Chuck has also served as first-chair litigation counsel in numerous ANDA cases in federal courts around the country, including in Delaware and New Jersey, involving a broad range of chemical compounds.

He successfully tried the first patent jury case on behalf of the plaintiff before the Hon. Rodney Gilstrap of the Eastern District of Texas in Marshall, Texas, winning a jury verdict of willful infringement that was later upheld on appeal. In addition, he has litigated antitrust counterclaims in patent litigation, as well as independent antitrust claims arising from the use or enforcement of intellectual property rights.

Chuck’s practice further encompasses Section 337 litigation before the International Trade Commission (ITC) and arbitration proceedings involving intellectual property claims. He is admitted to practice in the District of Columbia and Virginia.

Bar Admissions

Education
JD, Villanova University School of Law, Member, Villanova Law Review, 1978

BA, History, Williams College, cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, 1975

• Law360 Intellectual Property Editorial Advisory Board, 2016
• Intellectual Property Owners Association (Trade Secrets Committee)
• International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (AIPPA)
• American Intellectual Property Association
• International Trade Commission Trial Lawyers Association
• Union Internationale des Avocats
• Advisory Board Member, BNA Pharmaceutical Law & Industry Report
• Master of the Bench and Founding Member, The Pauline Newman IP American Inn of Court in Alexandria, Virginia

• Cited for being “about as smart as they come,” Chambers USA, 2005-2006
• Named among IP Stars for Trademark and for Patent, Washington DC, Managing Intellectual Property, 2014-2016
• Listed as a Local Star in Litigation, District of Columbia, Benchmark Litigation, 2016
• Named among the Leading Lawyers in Copyright and Trademark Law, Washington DC, Legal Times, 2007
• Named among the Top Lawyers for Intellectual Property Law, Washingtonian magazine, 2013-2015
• Named among the Stars of the Bar for Intellectual Property Law Washingtonian magazine, 2011
• Selected as a Best Lawyer for Litigation-Intellectual Property (2007-2012) and Litigation-Patent (2014-2016) and Litigation-Intellectual Property and Litigation-Patent (2017). Also selected as a Best Lawyer in Washington, DC, Washington Post/Best Lawyers, 2016; Best Lawyers in America. A description of the selection methodology can be found on Best Lawyers’ webpage.
• Selected as a Super Lawyer for Intellectual Property Law, Washington DC, Super Lawyers magazine, 2010-2017. A description of the selection methodology can be found on Super Lawyers’ webpage.

• 2018 Eastern District of Virginia Intellectual Property Year in Review
• 2019 EDVa IP Year in Review
• 2016 Eastern District of Virginia Intellectual Property Year in Review
• 2017 Eastern District of Virginia Intellectual Property Year in Review