Click here to download the entire article. As originally appeared in Boston Software Newspaper in May, 1998.
Lawyer bashing is a great American pastime.
Into the latter category falls the field of intellectual property law. Abstruse and demanding, IP law requires a near-Renaissance personality for success. Not only must IP attorneys be thoroughly schooled in their profession, they also, out of necessity, must be experts in their client's field of endeavor. Indeed, many IP lawyers hold dual degrees, one in engineering or science, the other in law. He earned both his bachelor's and master's degrees in electrical engineering at MIT before completing a law degree at Georgetown University.