Jesse.
Two engineering degrees, a law degree and an MBA, all from Missouri, and a divinity degree finished later while practicing. Registered to practice before the patent office since 2002. The rest is a list, and a list has never won an argument, but it is a reasonable thing to want before a first phone call.
Education
- Economics of Blockchain and Digital Assets, 2022 Wharton executive education.
- Master of Divinity in Christian Education, 2015 Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary.
- Juris Doctor and Master of Business Administration, 2000 University of Missouri.
- B.S. Electrical Engineering and B.S. Computer Engineering, 1996 University of Missouri.
Admissions
- United States Patent and Trademark Office Registered patent attorney since 2002.
- State bars California and Missouri, active. Texas and Tennessee, inactive.
- Appellate and specialty courts U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. U.S. Court of Federal Claims.
- District courts Northern District of California. Central District of California. District of Kansas. Western District of Missouri. Eastern District of Texas. Eastern District of Virginia.
Recognition and service
- Baccalaureate address, UMKC School of Law, class of 2016 Selected to give it.
- Externship, Hon. John C. Holstein Supreme Court of Missouri.
- Internship, Hon. Harold Lowenstein Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District.
- Hispanic National Bar Association Member. Former INROADS scholar.
- Northland Christian School Five years on the board.
- You
- Does any of that predict how my case goes?
- Jesse
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No. Nothing on this list predicts an outcome, and anyone who tells you their diploma does is selling something.
What two engineering degrees predict is narrower and more useful: whether the person reading your patent needs somebody else to explain the technology to them first. That is a real difference, and it shows up in the second week rather than in the closing argument.
- You
- Where do I check any of it?
- Jesse
- Bar admissions are public and searchable state by state. Patent office registration is public too. The firm profile at Practus, LLP carries the same record, and the seven recommendations are signed by people with names you can find.