Joan works in a number of areas in the field of IP law including U.S. and foreign patent prosecution, trademark registration, protection and licensing, trade secret law, and unfair competition. Joan finds that practicing IP law is the perfect solution to combine her education in chemistry with the practice of law.

LEGAL EDUCATION

Tulane University, J.D.
      cum laude, 1984

UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION

Tulane University, B.S. Chemistry
      cum laude, 1982

MEMBERSHIP

Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association

American Intellectual Property Law Association

American Bar Association

Association for Women Lawyers of Greater
    Kansas City

Missouri Bar Association

BAR ADMISSIONS

Texas, 1984

United States Patent and Trademark Office, 1984

Missouri, 1987

Kansas, 1987