Jim is a highly-experienced intellectual property attorney with extensive experience working with disruptive technology companies in fast-paced, dynamic and chaotic environments. He has significant experience advising companies as they scale from early-stage / high-growth private companies through IPO and into mature public companies while counseling on broad range of matters including intellectual property strategies, competitive intelligence, risk mitigation, and on other strategic and transformative matters.

His intellectual property practice includes developing and maintaining domestic and international patent and trademark portfolios, including analyzing competitor patent portfolios, and litigating patents against competitors. He is experienced in strategic patent counseling and commercial disputes involving complex technical issues, and has served as associate general counsel for intellectual property at a major cybersecurity company.

Jim has experience in a broad range of emerging technologies, including artificial intelligence, cryptography, and information security, including intrusion detection and prevention, malware discovery and remediation, among others, and is a frequent speaker and writer on the subject.

Jim is currently a degree candidate at the University of Texas at Austin for a Masters of Science in Artificial Intelligence. He has completed professional coursework at MIT and Stanford in computer security and cryptography. He also has technical certifications in information security from the Cloud Security Alliance and Cisco Systems, and has passed the CISSP examination. Before founding CipherLaw, Jim was with the international law firms of Morrison & Foerster and Perkins Coie.

He holds a degree in computer engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology and an LL.M. in National Security Law from Georgetown University and is licensed to practice law in various federal courts, in Washington, D.C., California, Virginia, Maryland, and before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.