Steve has extensive experience in all phases of complex mechanical patent prosecution, expertise in agricultural machinery and significant litigation experience in a variety of mechanical technologies.

Steve first became interested in patent law as a career during high school. Later, while in engineering school, he interviewed Kansas City patent attorney Orville Gold, who encouraged Steve to continue with his plan to become a patent attorney. After being accepted into law school at the University of Missouri – Kansas City, he clerked for Hovey Williams until graduation, when he joined the firm.

Steve is listed in The Best Lawyers in America.

LEGAL EDUCATION

University of Missouri – Kansas City, J.D., 1971

UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION

Iowa State University, B.S. Industrial
    Engineering, 1968

MEMBERSHIPS

Missouri Bar Association

Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association

American Intellectual Property Law Association

BAR ADMISSIONS

Missouri, 1971

Kansas, 2006

U.S. District Court, Western District
    of Missouri, 1971

U.S. District Court, District of Kansas

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, 1973

U.S. Supreme Court, 1981

U.S. Court of Appeals for Federal Circuit, 1984