CHANG & HALE - Key Persons
Alan earned his law degree from the University of California, Los Angeles. He also earned his bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from Brigham Young University, with a focus on semiconductor technology, digital signal processing, and computer software.
Additionally, Alan is the patent expert and guest co-host of the legal advice radio program, "Barely Legal Radio," which is broadcast on KEIB AM 1150 in Southern California, and on Indie1031.com
Job Titles:
- Partner
- Partner in Our Irvine
Carrie focuses on strategic patent portfolio development in various technology areas for both U.S. and foreign jurisdictions. She enjoys applying her technical background and legal knowledge to help clients develop effective patent protection to achieve their business goals. Carrie has experience in strategic patent procurement, intellectual property due diligence, as well as patent infringement and validity analyses. She has prosecuted applications for clients in a wide range of technology areas, including in the chemical, mechanical and electronics industries. In particular, she has prosecuted applications relating to semiconductor fabrication processes, batteries, supercapacitors, medical devices, computer software, and optics.
Prior to attending law school, Carrie was a process engineer at a major semiconductor equipment manufacturer in Silicon Valley. She graduated with honors from University of California, Berkeley in Chemical Engineering. Carrie earned her J.D. from University of California, Los Angeles.
Job Titles:
- Partner
- Partner in Our Palo Alto
Catherine focuses her practice on intellectual property and patent prosecution/strategy in various technical areas with an emphasis in software and computer science. Catherine has experience working with various types of technology, including social networking systems, machine learning, enterprise data protection/storage systems, video coding, data analysis/processing, and user interfaces. She also has experience identifying expert witnesses for various inter partes review (IPR) proceedings.
Prior to attending law school, Catherine worked as a system integration developer at Samsung SDS and as a law clerk in the Intellectual Property Group of Kim & Chang in Korea. She graduated from Stanford University with a B.S. in Symbolic Systems and a minor in Computer Science. Catherine earned her J.D. from University of Southern California.
Job Titles:
- Partner
- Partner in Our Irvine
David's practice focuses on patent procurement and strategy in various technical areas. Some of his core areas include social networking systems (content recommendation, live streaming, image processing, data compression, encryption, UI, etc.), autonomous vehicles, telecommunication, image processing, AR/VR, animation rendering, business intelligence systems, medical devices, and RF/digital circuits. He genuinely enjoys all technical areas and have assisted clients obtain patent protection with a wide variety of inventions ranging from childproof medicine containers to pseudo-quantum computing systems.
Additionally, David's practice focuses on privacy and data security concerns. As a Certified Information Privacy Professional / US (CIPP-US), he helps clients comply with ever-changing regulatory landscape in the field.
Prior to entering law practice, David worked as an embedded system engineer at General Electric for 5 years. In his engineering role, he helped General Electric launch its first, and successful, laser-based moisture analyzer. Today, David effectively combines his technical expertise and legal experience to assist his clients protect their valuable ideas, domestically and in foreign countries.
David earned his law degree from Boston University. He earned his bachelor's degree in computer engineering from University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
David is fluent in English and Korean.
Kumar Maheshwari counsels and represents clients in various areas of law. For the last 16 years, Kumar has represented various companies as patent counsel to strategic business goals while reducing IP risk. Kumar brings expertise in various technology areas such as, medical devices, computer software, business method, musical instruments, banking and finance. In addition, his legal experience includes licensing, risk assessment, avoidance, and other intellectual property counseling. Kumar's background includes working for a large law firm for 8 years and being the only attorney at a NASDAQ company and helping startups.