He has been employed as in-house patent counsel to the Standard Oil Company, the Brunswick Corporation and TRW, where he managed the patent and licensing department, and served on the Advanced Electronics Panel chaired by Simon Ramo and the Patent Committee for the Aerospace Industry Association. In 1983, Mr. Connors founded Connors & Associates, a law firm dedicated to creating valuable property and contractual rights in the ideas of its clients in the most cost-effective way.