J. LaVar Oldham - Equity Shareholder

Mr. Oldham’s practice is currently centered around preparing and prosecuting patents. Mr. Oldham’s technical experience is in electrical engineering.

Prior to attending law school, Mr. Oldham worked as an engineer for Underwriters Laboratories, a large third party independent safety-testing firm in Santa Clara, California. Mr. Oldham is a registered Professional Engineer in Electrical Engineering in the State of California.

In law school, Mr. Oldham served as the president for the Intellectual Property Student Organization (IPSO). Academic and achievement awards presented to Mr. Oldham in law school include the following: The Dean’s Academic Scholarship, The Locke Liddell and Sapp Technology Award for having the highest GPA with a technical background in a first-year class section, and the Carothers Prize for outstanding contribution to the study of intellectual property. He was an articles editor for the Houston Business and Tax Law Journal and a student editor for the patstats.org website, a website dedicated to reporting statistics on patent litigation in the United States, and he is conversant in Swedish.

Primary Practice Focus

• U.S. Prosecution of IP
  • U. S. Patent Prosecution

Technical Experience

• Electronics & Electrical Engineering
  • Integrated Circuit Design
  • Electrical & Electromechanical Systems
  • Semiconductors

• Computer Systems, Software, E-Commerce, Business Methods & Information Technology
  • Hardware Systems
  • Software Systems and Architecture
  • Internet Technologies

• Physics & Optics
  • Fiber Optics and Lasers

Second Language

Swedish

Education

• J.D., University of Houston Law Center, magna cum laude, Order of the Coif, 2002
• B.S., Brigham Young University, Electrical Engineering, 1996
• A.S., Ricks College, Electrical Engineering, 1994

Professional Admissions and Associations

• Utah State Bar
• Registered Patent Attorney
• American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA)
• American Bar Association
• California Professional Engineer in Electrical Engineering