Different skills are necessary to serve different needs. Attorney, lawyer, advocate, counselor: these words describe different types of lawyers and the services they can perform for clients. The tough-as-nails litigator may not be the first choice to handle a delicate business negotiation or a settlement. Sheldon Mak Rose & Anderson clients have selected it because it has a firm-full of lawyers who can satisfy our clients' intellectual property needs.
Our attorneys have developed various specialties at the firm's encouragement as complements to provide clients the broadest range of intellectual property law services. The Firm's hiring practices and in-house training are designed to build the most effective team for attaining client objectives. Clients interact with a single lawyer who, in turn, draws on skills throughout the firm to achieve the clients' business objectives.
Our attorneys are recognized experts in their fields. The firm's litigators are acclaimed by clients, opposing parties and their counsel, as well as by the courts before which their cases are litigated.
Our many professional credits include:
Professional Leadership: Our attorneys have provided leadership to the following professional organizations: American Bar Association (ABA - Intellectual Property Law Section); State Bar Of California - Intellectual Property Section; Los Angeles County Bar Association (LACBA-Litigation Section); American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA); Los Angeles Intellectual Property Law Association (LAIPLA); San Francisco Intellectual Property Law Association (SFIPLA); International Trademark Association (INTA); Licensing Executive Society; Western San Bernardino County Bar Association; Pasadena Bar Association; Los Angeles Complex Litigation Inn Of Court (LACLIC).
Publications: The firm's lawyers write extensively and are often invited to be editors for intellectual property publications.
Authorship: California Intellectual Property Handbook, Matthew Bender; How to Write Patent Applications, Practicing Law Institute.
Editorships (past and/or current): Patent World; Trademark World; Copyright World; Managing Intellectual Property; New Matter - Newsletter of the Intellectual Property Section of the State Bar Of California; California Business Law Reporter - Continuing Education of the Bar (CEB); California Civil Practice - Bancroft Whitney.
Columnists (past and/or current): Los Angeles Daily Journal; Patent World; Trademark World; Copyright World; Managing Intellectual Property; California Business Law Reporter; Pasadena Star News.
Legal Instruction: Members of the firm have taught and lectured for the following organizations: American Bar Association (ABA); Continuing Education of the Bar (CEB); Practicing Law Institute (PLI); Intellectual Property Section Of The State Bar Of California; Pasadena Bar Association; West San Bernardino County Bar Association; University Of California at Los Angeles (UCLA); Loyola University School Of Law; Southwestern University School Of Law; LaVerne University School Of Law; and the European Studies Conference, London, England
Finding the right lawyer for the job is never an easy task. The right lawyer to hire is the one who inspires confidence and knows what needs to be done. Employing an expert in the field will ultimately cost much less than hiring a journeyman for the task when effectiveness, efficiency and the costs of failure are considered.
Last Updated
September 28, 2006