about me

Throughout my educational career, I've worked in the IT industry, and found myself at home alongside server racks and fellow nerds. I became an attorney in order to practice at the intersection of law and technology, with the goal of helping everyone from garage inventors to startups to large companies with their legal and business affairs.

I earned my B.S. degree in Cognitive Science, with College Honors, from the University of California, Los Angeles. While at UCLA, I studied a diverse range of coursework including artificial intelligence, signal detection theory, and complexity science. A “Double Bruin,” I then earned my J.D., with a specialization in Intellectual Property, from the UCLA School of Law. During law school, I served as the Chief Tech Editor of the UCLA Journal of Law and Technology, and passed the Fundamentals of Engineering Exam. I'm admitted to practice law in California and before the United States Patent and Trademark Office, in addition to federal district courts around the country.

As a patent lawyer, I've worked with all kinds of technologies, including computer software and hardware, chemical formulae, telecommunications, and cryptocurrencies. My practice in IP litigation has also involved asserting my clients' patents, trademarks, and copyrights, as well as defending clients from frivolous infringement suits.

Out of the office, I love live music, hiking Southern California's peaks, running, fencing, and watching movies with my wife and our two cats, Kaiju and Gipsy.