McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP (MLA) announced today that litigator William Long has joined the firm’s partnership and Joshua Curry and Tara Stuart have joined the firm as associates in MLA’s Intellectual Property & Technology practice.
“McKenna Long & Aldridge continues to grow and the exceptional experience that Bill, Joshua, and Tara bring to our national intellectual property and technology practice will further support and expand the services we provide to our clients,” said Jeff Haidet, MLA Chairman. “We are delighted to have them join us in Atlanta.”
Mr. Long’s litigation practice focuses on complex commercial matters involving patents and other intellectual property rights. He has successfully tried and arbitrated numerous cases involving a wide range of intellectual property and technology issues, including, for example, patent disputes involving computer software and hardware, pharmaceutical products, chemicals, medical devices, industrial machines, and consumer products. Mr. Long is registered to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
Prior to his legal career, as a licensed professional engineer, Mr. Long worked as a design engineer in the field of chemical process automation, instrumentation and control. He earned his J.D., with distinction, from Emory University School of Law and M.B.A. and B.S.E.E., cum laude, from Mississippi State University.
Mr. Long works closely with Mr. Curry and Ms. Stuart. Mr. Curry focuses his practice on intellectual property litigation involving patent, trade secret, copyright, trademark, unfair competition, antitrust and other technology-related disputes. He received his J.D., cum laude, from the University of Florida Levin College of Law and B.A., cum laude, from Florida State University. Ms. Stuart is experienced in litigating patent claims through trial in the pharmaceutical industries, including Hatch-Waxman litigation. She received her J.D., cum laude, from The John Marshall Law School, M.S. from Indiana University, and B.S. from DePaul University. Mr. Curry and Ms. Stuart are both registered to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
MLA’s Intellectual Property & Technology practice is comprised of more than 50 attorneys, patent litigators and patent agents. The firm serves a wide range of companies from startups to multinational conglomerates in matters globally. The March 2012 merger with Luce, Forward, Hamilton & Scripps LLP further strengthened MLA’s Intellectual Property & Technology practice by adding patent prosecutors with a wide range of technical and scientific backgrounds, trademark and copyright prosecutors, licensing specialists, seasoned litigators, as well as corporate and tax attorneys with a deep understanding of intellectual property issues.
