Atty. Edgar Matias
Clients turn to Edgar Matias for guidance around protecting, enforcing, and defending their intellectual property rights. An accomplished scientific researcher before beginning his law career, Edgar brings deep technical knowledge and sharp analytic skills to his practice.
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About Edgar Matias at a glance
Edgar Matias is a real estate and ip attorney based in Chicago, Illinois, practicing at Riley Safer Holmes & Cancila LLP. Admitted to practice in Illinois, Illinois State Bar. Educated at Chicago-Kent College of Law at IIT (J.D., 2020) and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (B.S., 2013). Recognitions include Best Lawyers in America — Intellectual Property Law (2026), Best Lawyers in America — Litigation - Intellectual Property (2026), and Best Lawyers in America — Patent Law (2026). Serands clients in Chicago, IL and the surrounding metropolitan area.
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- Clients turn to Edgar Matias for guidance around protecting, enforcing, and defending their intellectual property rights
- An accomplished scientific researcher before beginning his law career, Edgar brings deep technical knowledge and sharp analytic skills to his practice
- Before joining RSHC, Edgar was an associate attorney at a national law firm where he worked on a range of patent and trademark-related issues, including infringement complaints and defense, patent claim construction, patent prosecution, and licensing matters
- He also has experience with matters related to Uniform Domain Name Resolution Dispute Policy and the Digital Millennium Copyright Act
- Having studied biological engineering and physics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Edgar previously was a researcher at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine where he gained hands-on laboratory experience in early HIV-1 transmission studies and contributed to various research publications
- He also was part of a research team at the Max Planck Institute in Germany, working on improving influenza vaccine production
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Each practice area below reflects the types of cases Edgar Matias handles, with a brief overview of what that area of law covers.
Real estate attorneys handle home purchases, sales, commercial transactions, title disputes, and landlord-tenant matters.
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IP attorneys protect inventions, brands, and creative work through patent prosecution, trademark registration, copyright, and trade-secret enforcement.
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Jurisdictional Context
Why local counsel matters in Illinois
Practicing law in Illinois. Legal matters in Illinois are governed by state-specific rules of civil and criminal procedure, statutes of limitations, and substantive law. Cases originating in Chicago are typically filed in the local municipal court or the appropriate Illinois state district court, depending on subject matter and amount in controversy. An attorney licensed in Illinois brings working knowledge of local procedural deadlines, judicial practices in this andnue, and the substantive law that applies to cases brought here. Out-of-state attorneys generally cannot represent clients in Illinois courts without local counsel or pro hac vice admission.
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