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KIT M. STETINA, born in Compton, California, 1952; admitted to Bar, California (1978); U.S. District Courts for the Central, Northern, and Southern Districts of California; U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal and Ninth Circuits; U.S. Claims Court; registered to practice before the United States Patent and Trademark Office (1979).
Education:
Arizona State University (B.S. Mech. Eng., 1974); Pepperdine University (J.D., Cum Laude, 1978); Phi Alpha Delta Staff Member 1976-1977 and Editor 1977-1978, Pepperdine University Law Review.Member:
Orange County Bar Association; State Bar of California; Orange County Patent Law Association; Los Angeles Patent Law Association.Kit M. Stetina may be reached at the following email kstetina@stetinalaw.com
BRUCE B. BRUNDA, born in Staten Island, New York, 1951; admitted to Bar, New York (1978), California (1983); U.S. District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York (1979); U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit and Ninth Circuit (1983); U.S. District Courts for the Northern, Central and Southern Districts of California (1983); U.S. Court of Customs and Patent Appeals (1981); and U.S. Claims Court (1983); registered to practice before United States Patent and Trademark Office (1978); Appointed Special Master, United States District Court, District of Arizona; United States District Court, Eastern District of Texas, Marshall Division; [U.S. Army Special Forces – (1972-1974)].
Education:
New Jersey Institute of Technology (B.S.E.E. 1972); Franklin Pierce Law Center (J.D. 1977); Author: “Patent Preliminary Injunction,” 65 Journal Patent Office Soc’y 632 (1983); “Resolution of Patent Disputes by Non-Litigation Procedures,” 15 AIPLA Quarterly Journal 73 (1987); Author: “The Effect of Utility Patents on Trade Dress Infringement,” Orange County Lawyer (May 2000); Update Author: “Trade Secrets Practice in California,” CEB, California (1999-2010); Judicial Law Clerk to Chief Judge Howard T. Markey, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, 1980-1982, Director/President: Orange County Patent Law Association; Councilman, National Council of Patent Law Association, Delegate U.S. Bar/JPO Liaison Council; Director Orange County Barristers Association.Listed in Southern California's Best Lawyers, 2010 Edition (Intellectual Property)
Member:
Orange County Bar Association; Federal Bar Association; Federal Circuit Bar Association; American Bar Association; Orange County Patent Law Association; American Intellectual Property Law Association; Los Angeles Intellectual Property Law Association.Bruce B. Brunda may be reached at the following email bbrunda@stetinalaw.com
MARK B. GARRED, born in Euclid, Ohio, 1964; admitted to Bar, Ohio, California, and U.S. District Court, Northern District of California and North District of Ohio (1990); U.S. District Court, Central and Southern Districts of California (1991); U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit and U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (1995); registered to practice before the United States Patent and Trademark Office (1991).
Education:
Gannon University (B.M.E. [Mechanical Engineering] 1986); Cleveland State University (J.D. 1989); [Design Engineer 1986-1987].Member:
Orange County Patent Law Association; Orange County Bar Association; State Bar of California.Mark B. Garred may be reached at the following email mgarred@stetinalaw.com
WILLIAM J. BRUCKER, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1964; admitted to Bar, Ohio (1990), California (1991); U.S. District Courts for the Central, Southern, Northern and Eastern Districts of California; U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Federal and Ninth Circuits; U.S. District Courts for the Northern District of Ohio, Eastern District of Wisconsin, Western District of Michigan and District of Colorado; registered to practice before the United States Patent and Trademark Office (1992).
Education:
Gannon University (B.E.E. [Electrical Engineering] 1986); Case Western Reserve University (J.D. 1990).Member:
Orange County Patent Law Association; American Intellectual Property Law Association; and State Bar of California.William J. Brucker may be reached at the following email wbrucker@stetinalaw.com
MATTHEW A. NEWBOLES, born in Bakersfield, California, 1965; admitted Bar, California (1993); U.S. District Courts for the Central, Northern, and Southern Districts of California (1994); U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit and Ninth Circuit (1995); registered to practice before the United States Patent and Trademark Office (1992).
Education:
California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo (B.S., Biochemistry, Cum Laude, 1988); Santa Clara University (J.D., 1993); Research Editor, Santa Clara Computer and High Technology Law Journal (1992-1993).Member:
State Bar of California; Orange County Patent Law Association.Matthew A. Newboles may be reached at the following email mnewboles@stetinalaw.com
ERIC L. TANEZAKI, born in Long Beach, California, 1967; admitted to Bar, California (1996); U.S. District courts for the Central and Southern Districts of California (1997); registered to practice before United States Patent and Trademark Office (1996).
Education:
University of Southern California (B.S. Mech. Eng., 1989); University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law (J.D., 1996); [Engineer, McDonnell Douglas Electronic Systems Co., 1989-1993].Member:
California Bar Association; Orange County Bar Association; and Orange County Patent Law Association.Eric L. Tanezaki may be reached at the following email etanezaki@stetinalaw.com
LOWELL ANDERSON, born in Nebraska, 1950; admitted to practice before the California Supreme Court, all federal District Courts in California, federal district courts in Missouri, Washington and New York, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, and the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.
Education:
Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering in 1972 from the University of Nebraska, Lincoln, where he was admitted to the Pi Tau Sigma and Sigma Tau engineering honorary societies; Masters degree in Mechanical Engineering in 1977 from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, where he taught under Professor Joseph Shigley; Juris Doctorate 1982 from the University of California, Hastings College of Law in San Francisco, where he was a semi-finalist in the 1981 Giles Sutherland Rich Moot Court Competition, and where he served as a managing editor of the Hastings Constitutional Law Quarterly.He worked as an engineer in the Research & Development Department of the Eastman Kodak Company in Rochester New York, for three years, and for four years worked in El Segundo, California at the Aerospace Corporation, which was the consultant to the Air Force Space Division.
Member:
State Bar of California; Orange County Patent Law Association (Past-President of the Orange County Patent Law Association); Editor of New Matter, a quarterly publication of the Intellectual Property Section of the State Bar of California, and was chair of that Section from 1992-1993. Lowell has authored a number of articles on various intellectual property topics for New Matter, for the OCPLA Newsletter, and for the European Intellectual Property Law Reporter. He wrote several chapters in the CEB book on Trade Secrets in California.Lowell Anderson may be reached at the following email landerson@stetinalaw.com
JAMES C. YANG, born in Seoul, South Korea, 1969; admitted to Bar, California (2004); U.S. District Courts for the Northern, Central and Southern Districts of California; U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit and Ninth Circuit; registered to practice before the United States Patent and Trademark Office (2003).
Education
California Polytechnic State University, Pomona (B.S., Mechanical Engineering, 1995); Loyola Law School, Los Angeles (J.D., 2003, Top 15% of class); CALI Award (formerly known as American Jurisprudence Book Awards) in Contracts; First Honors in Latin American Law Seminar; [Mechanical Engineer 1997-1998].
Publications:
Co-Update Author: "Trade Secrets Practice in California," CEB, California (2004-2006); “Basics of Patents, Trademarks, Copyrights and Trade Secrets,” Irvine Chamber of Commerce: Business Connection, Vo. 24, No. 1 (July 2006).
Member:
State Bar of California; Orange County Bar Association; American International Property Law Association; Orange County Patent Law Association; and on the Board of Directors for Orange County Asian American Bar Association.
James C. Yang may be reached at the following email jyang@stetinalaw.com
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ASSOCIATES
SHUNSUKE (SAM) SUMITANI, born in Tokushima City, Japan, 1979; admitted to Bar, California (2005); registered to practice before the United States Patent and Trademark Office (2005).Education
Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana (B.S. Electrical Engineering Technology, 2002); Franklin Pierce Law Center, Concord, NH (J.D., 2005).Languages:
Japanese (conversational).Shunsuke (Sam) Sumitani may be reached at the following email ssumitani@stetinalaw.com
STEPHEN Z. VEGH, born in Encino, California, 1967; admitted to Bar, California (1994); U.S. District Court for the Central District of California (1995); U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California (2005); U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit (1994); registered to practice before the United States Patent and Trademark Office (2001).
Education:
University of California, Los Angeles (B.S., Biology, 1990); University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law (J.D., 1994); Best Brief Award, Phillip Jessup International Moot Court Competition (1992-1993).Member:
State Bar of California, Los Angeles Intellectual Property Law Association, Orange County Bar Association, World Affairs Council.Languages:
Hungarian, German (conversant)Stephen Z. Vegh may be reached at the following email svegh@stetinalaw.com
BENJAMIN N. DIEDERICH, born in McHenry, Illinois, 1978; admitted to Bar, California (2006); U.S. District Court for the Central District of California (2006); U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit (2006); registered to practice before the United States Patent and Trademark Office (2003).
Education:
Mt. San Jacinto College (A.S., Mathematics, 1998); Phi Theta Kappa National Honor Society; University of California, San Diego (B.S., Molecular Biology, 2001); Golden Key National Honor Society; University of Southern California (J.D. Candidate 2006); USC Law Merit Scholarship; High Honors in Contracts and Constitutional Law II; Phi Alpha Delta Legal Fraternity.
Experience:
Manufacturing Scientist II, Chemicon International, 2001-2003.
Benjamin N. Diederich may be reached at the following email bdiederich@stetinalaw.com
MICHAEL J. ZINGALE, born in East Amherst, New York, 1980; admitted to Bar, California (2006); registered to practice before the United States Patent and Trademark Office (2006).
Education:
University of Notre Dame (B.S., Mechanical Engineering, 2002); Whittier Law School (J.D. Candidate 2006); Whittier Law Review; Certificate in Intellectual Property.
Michael Zingale may be reached at the following email mzingale@stetinalaw.com
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