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Bill Dyer

Patent Attorney/Partner

bill.dyer@leehayes.com

T 404.736.1857

Paralegal

Gwen Ramsey

gwendolyn.ramsey@leehayes.com

T 404.736.1928

Bill Dyer has more than twenty years of intellectual property experience, including

significant experience as lead counsel in patent, trademark, and trade secret cases

in U.S. District Courts and before the International Trade Commission. Beyond his

litigation expertise, he leads large-scale IP due diligence studies, clearance

studies, and freedom-to-operate studies, and has negotiated the sale and licensing

of significant IP assets. Widely respected by bench and bar, he has accepted

multiple appointments as Special Master in Federal courts for issues including

patent claim construction and discovery disputes. And as a former in-house IP

Counsel for a Fortune 100 company, he brings keen, business-oriented insight into

strategic IP risk assessment, risk avoidance, growth, and monetization. Bill is

nationally recognized by Chambers and Managing Intellectual Property as a leader

in the intellectual property field. Outside the office, he teaches advanced trial

advocacy skills as a faculty member of the National Trial Advocacy College at the

University of Virginia School of Law. He is also a decorated combat veteran, and

currently serves as a Brigadier General in the U.S. Army Reserve.

EDUCATION

Samford University, Cumberland School

of Law J.D.

Virginia Military Institute B.S., Electrical

Engineering

U.S. Army War College M.S., Strategic

Studies

ASSOCIATIONS

Admitted to practice law in the state of

Georgia

Registered to practice before the U.S.

Patent and Trademark Office

AWARDS & RECOGNITION

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Brig. Gen. William B. Dyer III

Commanding General

Brigadier General William B.

Dyer III is currently serving as the

Commanding General for the

United States Army Reserve

Legal Command, Gaithersburg,

Maryland. Prior to this

assignment, Brigadier General

Dyer served as the Assistant

Judge Advocate General for

Military Law and Operations

(IMA), with duty at the Pentagon,

a position held since December

2017, with the exception of an 8-

month deployment to

Afghanistan, where he led the

combined US, NATO, and

coalition initiative to establish the

Rule of Law within the Afghan

National Army and the Afghan

National Police. Brigadier General Dyer’s previous assignments include: Deputy

Commander East of the United States Army Reserve Legal Command;

Commander, 153th Legal Operations Detachment; Deputy Chief of Staff, G-3/5/7

for the U.S. Army Reserve Legal Command; Staff Judge Advocate of the 335th

Signal Command in East Point, GA; Staff Judge Advocate for the 3d Medical

Command at Ft. Gillem, GA; deployment with the 416th FEC-SE as part of the 3d

Infantry Division for the initial invasion of Iraq during Operation Iraqi Freedom; Staff

Judge Advocate of the 416th Engineer Command’s Facility Engineer Center,

Southeast; and as first assignments after leaving Active Duty, he served in a

variety of positions including Trial Counsel, Mobilization Officer, and Legal

Assistance Attorney with the 213th Legal Support Organization.

Brigadier General Dyer earned his bachelor of science in Electrical Engineering

from the Virginia Military Institute in 1985 and his law degree from the Cumberland

School of Law at Samford University in 1992. His military education includes a

Masters in Strategic Studies from the U.S. Army War College, as well as the

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Advanced Joint Professional Military Education course, U.S. Army Command and

General Staff College, and the Judge Advocate Officer Basic and Advanced

Courses.

Brigadier General Dyer was initially commissioned in the U.S. Air Force and served

on the Base Engineering Staff at Lowry AFB, CO. Following graduation from law

school, he was commissioned in the Army and served four years on Active Duty at

Ft. Gordon, GA as a Legal Assistance Attorney and Trial Defense Counsel.

His military awards include the Defense Superior Service Medal, Legion of Merit,

Bronze Star Medal, Meritorious Service Medal with 5 Oak Leaf Clusters, Army

Commendation Medal with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters, Iraq Campaign Medal,

Afghanistan Campaign Medal, Presidential Unit Citation, and the Combat Action

Badge.

Brigadier General Dyer is a partner in the Atlanta office of Lee & Hayes, where he

chairs the firm’s national intellectual property litigation practice, primarily focusing

on patent, trademark, and trade secret issues. He has been nationally recognized

by Chambers and Managing Intellectual Property as a leader in the intellectual

property field, and is a frequent lecturer on intellectual property topics. He has

been a faculty member of the National Trial Advocacy College at the University of

Virginia School of Law since 2006, and is a member of the Georgia Bar.

Brigadier General Dyer is married and has two daughters.

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