Recognized in Best Lawyers since 2021 
Dedicated to helping businesses develop, protect, and manage their intellectual property portfolios both domestically and internationally, Chuck brings over 25 years of experience obtaining patent protection for clients' inventions across a wide range of technologies. His technical depth spans automotive, hybrid vehicle, lubricant filtration, control systems, electronic, computer and software, material handling, diagnostic, and medical device technologies, giving him the versatility to serve clients in virtually any engineering driven industry.
At the core of his approach is the conviction that a client's intellectual property portfolio must complement its overall business strategy. Chuck recognizes that intellectual property rarely has value unless a business makes money from what it protects, and he counsels clients accordingly on identifying, protecting, licensing, and reviewing the value of their technologies. His experience encompasses patent application drafting and prosecution, intellectual property portfolio management, patent opinion and clearance work, licensing, and trademark prosecution.
A respected voice in the intellectual property community, Chuck has been a guest speaker on IP matters at numerous national universities and has spoken internationally on behalf of the World Bank Group's International Finance Corporation. He also served as an adjunct professor at the Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law in Indianapolis, where he taught the school's International Intellectual Property Law course.
Before entering the legal profession, Chuck worked as an engineer and held numerous positions in the television industry at Thomson Consumer Electronics, where he was selected for Thomson's Technical Leadership Program. That industry experience instilled in him a deep understanding of the importance of providing clients with consistent and predictable project estimates, and more importantly, of meeting clients' deadlines and budgetary needs with reliability and accountability.
