Jeffrey S. Sternberg

Mark Jotanovic, a registered patent attorney, practices out of the firm’s Troy office. He focuses his practice on intellectual property litigation and patent prosecution involving electrical, electro-mechanical, and software matters. He has worked in a wide range of electrical and computer technologies, including artificial intelligence (focusing on image recognition, machine learning, and neural networks), autonomous vehicles, cloud computing, smart home environments, and product desig...

Sangeeta serves as the firm’s Chief Executive Officer and has over 20 years of experience. Her practice includes all aspects of intellectual property litigation, prosecution and counseling, with a special focus on post-grant challenges and patent opinions. She represents several Fortune 500 clients for whom she provides strategic counseling and guidance on their global intellectual property portfolios. Sangeeta has handled numerous patent, trade secret, trademark, and unfair competition...

I am an intellectual property (IP) and business attorney with over 25 years of experience. I am an advisor, a strategist, a litigator, a deal maker, and a problem solver. But most of all, I am an invested team member. Together, we plan pathways forward, take measured business risks, and develop mitigation plans for foreseeable bumps in the road. We are in it together. My IP experience does not fit neatly in a box. I have managed issues involving one or more of patents, trade secrets, trademar...

Robert S. Zawideh is a Vice President, Director, and shareholder at Kemp Klein in Troy, Michigan, where he has practiced since 2010. For more than 34 years, he has represented individuals, businesses, and municipalities in complex disputes involving arbitration, commercial litigation , and litigation involving trusts and estates . His work frequently involves high-value trust and estate disputes, where he represents interested parties in probate and fiduciary matters. Robert has appeared in t...

Diane M. Soubly is a lawyer recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice areas of Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law, Employment Law - Management and Litigation - ERISA. Diane M. practices law in Birmingham, Michigan Best Lawyers has recognized Diane M. Soubly since 2006. The Best Lawyers recognition is based on a peer-review survey of lawyers in the same geographic region and legal practice area. The recognition reflects the professional regard in which Diane M. Soubly is held by other lawyers.

Brendan G. Best is a lawyer recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area of Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law. Brendan G. practices law in Birmingham, Michigan Best Lawyers has recognized Brendan G. Best since 2020. The Best Lawyers recognition is based on a peer-review survey of lawyers in the same geographic region and legal practice area. The recognition reflects the professional regard in which Brendan G. Best is held by other lawyers.

Craig W. Hammond focuses his practice in the areas of public finance, banking and economic development law, with more than 30 years of experience representing lenders, state and local units of government, underwriters and borrowers in connection with economic development projects and tax exempt bond financings. Craig is recognized as one of the leading public finance attorneys in the State of Michigan in financings for senior housing, health care, higher education, charter schools, economic d...

Experience Mr. Mullins concentrates his practice in the areas of litigating personal injury and commercial matters, as well as liability and discrimination actions brought both on behalf of or against the Firm’s wide variety of clients, including cities, counties, school districts, universities, hospitals, manufacturers, professional corporations and various other entities, in conjunction with both insured and self-insured programs. Tim has considerable litigation experience representin...

Mr. Cracchiolo is an adviser to high net worth individuals and families on a variety of personal, business and tax matters, including estate planning, estate, gift and generation-skipping tax issues, closely-held business transactions and succession, family office formation and operation, private trust companies, real estate transactions and philanthropic strategies. He also represents professional and individual trustees on trust and estate administration matters and works closely with famil...

Marc is the Co-Chair of Brooks Kushman's intellectual property litigation practice. He has been instrumental in building, developing, and growing the team. Throughout his career, Marc has successfully tried patent, trademark, trade secret and copyright cases in Federal Courts nationwide. Marc has successfully argued appeals before the Federal Circuit including a leading decision on 101 jurisprudence, Ancora Techs., Inc. v. HTC Americas, Inc. , 908 F.3d 1343 (Fed. Cir. 2018). Marc, as lead cou...