He also helps oversee USD’s Technology Entrepreneurship Law Clinic. Previously, Professor Sichelman practiced in intellectual property, venture finance, and other areas at the law firms of Heller Ehrman and Irell & Manella. Professor Sichelman clerked for Judge A. Wallace Tashima of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Before practicing law, Sichelman founded and ran a venture-backed software company, Unified Dispatch. He designed the company’s software and is a named inventor on several issued and filed patents.