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Adam E. Urbanczyk has represented tech startups, online merchants, film producers, software companies, national shipping lines, marketing firms, landlords, IT distributors, and consultants in defense, and pursuit, of intellectual property and commercial disputes. Adam has produced favorable outcomes for plaintiffs and has obtained dismissals and removals based on artful pleading, lack of standing, and preemption in state and federal courts in Illinois. Adam has helped recover millions of dollars for online resellers and merchants.In his intellectual property practice, Adam has represented plaintiffs and defendants in disputes involving copyright infringement, trademark infringement, cyber-squatting, computer tampering. Adam has experience counseling clients regarding the protection, transaction, and enforcement of their patent, trademark, copyright, trade secret, and other intellectual property interests.
Adam has argued in the Illinois Supreme Court, Illinois Court of Appeals (Second District), Illinois circuit courts, and the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.
Before law school, Adam worked as a lethality and survivability systems engineer with General Dynamics Land Systems.
Education
The John Marshall Law School, Savannah, Georgia
J.D. with IP Certificate - 2009
Carnegie Mellon University
B.S.M.E. - 2003
Job Titles:
- Associate
- Attorney
- Associate Attorney With AU LLC
Brian M. Swift is an associate attorney with AU LLC focusing his practice in the areas of intellectual property and commercial litigation. Brian has ample experience handling disputes involving trademark infringement, copyright infringement, patent infringement. Daniel additionally assists clients with the management, protection, and monetization of their intellectual property assets.
While in law school, Brian served as the Associate Editor for the Journal of Intellectual Property Law and and received a CALI Award for Contracts. Prior to entering law school, Brian was a Process Engineer for James Hardie Building Products. Brian received his B.S. in Chemical Engineering from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 2017.
Education
Chicago-Kent College of Law, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois
J.D. - 2021
Michael Davis has more than 20 years of experience as an attorney and litigator in Chicago. Representing plaintiffs and defendants in commercial, insurance, workers compensation, and commodities / securities actions, Michael brings a wealth of hard-nosed, pragmatic courtroom and trial experience.
Education
Illinois Institute of Technology (Kent) College of Law, J.D.
University of Iowa, B.B.A (Finance)