Intellectual Property Lawyers in Baltimore
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Charles L. Simmons, Jr. is a lawyer practicing insurance & worker's compensation, negligence, admiralty and maritime and 8 other areas of law.
Jeffrey Nusinov is a lawyer practicing fiduciary litigation, complex commercial litigation, intellectual property litigation. Jeffrey has been license...
Jeffrey E. Nusinov is a lawyer practicing complex commercial litigation, elder law, estates & trust law and 8 other areas of law.
Christopher R. Rahl is a lawyer practicing banking, business law, emerge and 6 other areas of law.
Jonathan Martin Herbst is a lawyer practicing entertainment & sports law, bankruptcy, business law and 5 other areas of law. Jonathan received a B.A. ...
Jocelyn Szymanowski focuses her practice on taxation, business, religious and charitable organizations, banking, and real estate matters. She has been...
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Alexander William Koff is a lawyer practicing lawsuits & disputes, general practice, life sciences and 25 other areas of law. Alexander received a deg...
Frank S. Jones, Jr. is a lawyer practicing mergers & acquisitions, securities, private capital and 12 other areas of law.
Mr. Anthony J de Laurentis is a lawyer practicing business, real estate, litigation and 1 other area of law.
Newton Belnap Fowler III is a lawyer practicing business transactions, technology transactions, business law and 3 other areas of law. Newton received...
Robert Scott Brennen is a lawyer practicing alternative dispute resolution, commercial & business litigation, antitrust & business torts and 13 other ...
Thomas Christopher Costello is a lawyer practicing commercial litigation, trade secrets, employment and 7 other areas of law. Thomas received a B.A. d...
Neal Cormac Baroody is a lawyer practicing appellate practice, automobile accidents and injuries, business law and 15 other areas of law. Neal receive...
Ned Talkin Himmelrich is a lawyer practicing business, emerge, technology & intellectual property. Ned received a A.B. degree from Bowdoin College in ...
Alexander Chizhik is a lawyer practicing criminal defense, construction & development, administrative law and 163 other areas of law. Alexander receiv...
Mr. Jeffrey Earl Young is a lawyer practicing intellectual property.
Eileen Morgan Johnson is a lawyer practicing nonprofit organizations, associations, nonprofit corporate services and 17 other areas of law. Eileen rec...
Emmett Francis McGee, Jr. is a lawyer practicing class actions and complex litigation, general employment litigation, restrictive covenants, trade sec...
Charles Francis Morgan is a lawyer practicing entertainment & sports law, intellectual property, business law. Charles received a B.S. degree from Was...
Timothy A. Hodge, Jr. is a lawyer practicing corporate & securities, business counseling, contracts & transactions and 7 other areas of law.
Jennifer Aurora Dinsmore is a lawyer practicing entertainment & sports law, real property, state & local government and 9 other areas of law. Jennifer...
Mr. Vasilios Peros is a lawyer practicing business, corporate, intellectual property and 4 other areas of law.
Michael Joseph Walter, Jr. is a lawyer practicing business, business transactions, commercial litigation and 2 other areas of law. Michael Joseph rece...
Timothy C. Lynch is a lawyer practicing automotive dealerships, business law and transactions, business litigation and 2 other areas of law.
Mr. Steven David Frenkil is a lawyer practicing alternative dispute resolution, labor & employment, ada & fmla claims and 10 other areas of law.
James Russell Chason is a lawyer practicing products liability, litigation, medical malpractice and 137 other areas of law. James Russell received a B...
Marc Seldin Rosen is a lawyer practicing personal injury, negligence litigation, aviation litigation and 8 other areas of law. Marc received a M.A. de...
Thomas P. Kimmitt, Jr. is a lawyer practicing business and corporate law, choosing an entity, mergers & acquisitions and 4 other areas of law.
John Henry Lewin, Jr. is a lawyer practicing antitrust law, trade secrets law, commercial litigation and 1 other area of law. John Henry received a A....
Mr. Elliott Cowan is a lawyer practicing business, emerge, family and 8 other areas of law.
Cynthia Louise Leppert is a lawyer practicing alternative dispute resolution, appellate practice, arbitration and 14 other areas of law. Cynthia recei...
Barbara McC. Stanley is a lawyer practicing malpractice defense, hospital law, administrative agency and 1 other area of law.
Frederick Timothy Dekuyper is a lawyer practicing university law, contracts law, intellectual property law and 2 other areas of law. Frederick receive...
Michael Broughton Macwilliams is a lawyer practicing commercial litigation, intellectual property litigation, product liability and mass torts and 6 o...
E Fremont Magee is a lawyer practicing administrative law, government, health law and 1 other area of law. E received a A.B. degree from United States...
Robert W. Clark, Jr. is a lawyer practicing insurance & worker's compensation, antitrust, domestic and 7 other areas of law.
Paul David Trinkoff is a lawyer practicing litigation, banking & finance, corporate & securities and 13 other areas of law. Paul received a B.A. degre...
Maria Francesca Howell is a lawyer practicing commercial litigation, antitrust, intellectual property litigation. Maria received a B.A. degree from Th...
Ms. Kathleen Pontone is a lawyer practicing environmental, health & safety, regulatory compliance, workplace safety & health and 12 other areas of law...
Mr. Jeffrey Allan Wothers is a lawyer practicing insurance law, insurance defense, insurance bad faith and 38 other areas of law.
Steven Edward Tiller is a lawyer practicing intellectual property litigation, patents, copyrights and 10 other areas of law. Steven received a B.S. de...
John Thomas Prisbe is a lawyer practicing intellectual property, business, class action defense and 7 other areas of law. John received a B.S. degree ...
Mr. Bruce Robert Parker is a lawyer practicing insurance & worker's compensation, negligence, litigation and 3 other areas of law.
Mr. Arthur Friend Fergenson is a lawyer practicing national trial practice, appellate practice, intellectual property and 2 other areas of law.
Mr. Francis Joseph Gorman is a lawyer practicing business litigation, insurance defense, patent litigation and 3 other areas of law.
Gianna Marie Julian-Arnold is a lawyer practicing intellectual property, health law, corporate law and 10 other areas of law. Gianna received a M.S. d...
Cynthia Meyers Hahn is a lawyer practicing appellate practice, asbestos litigation, construction litigation and 6 other areas of law. Cynthia received...
Howard Kenneth Kurman is a lawyer practicing labor and employment law, nonprofit entities, restrictive covenants and trade secret protection and 1 oth...
David Joseph Heubeck is a lawyer practicing commercial litigation, intellectual property litigation, litigation and 4 other areas of law. David receiv...
William Andrew McComas is a lawyer practicing intellectual property, business law, commercial law and 8 other areas of law. William received a B.A. de...
Sherry Hamburg Flax is a lawyer practicing trademarks, copyrights, domain names and 4 other areas of law. Sherry received a M.S. degree from The Johns...
John Jacob Ghingher III is a lawyer practicing acquisitions and divestitures, taxation law, business law and 12 other areas of law. John received a A....
Harriet Ellen Cooperman is a lawyer practicing labor and equal employment law, appellate practice, unfair competition and trade secrets and 2 other ar...
Mr. Glenn Ephraim Bushel is a lawyer practicing commercial and business litigation, government relations and administrative law, intellectual property...
Howard R. Feldman is a lawyer practicing e-discovery, cyber security, data management & privacy, business litigation and 7 other areas of law.
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Francis Boucher Burch, Jr. is a lawyer practicing business, litigation and arbitration, intellectual property and 5 other areas of law. Francis receiv...
Howard Jerrold Schulman is a lawyer practicing health care, insurance defense, intellectual property law and 1 other area of law. Howard received a M....
William Willis Carrier III is a lawyer practicing commercial and business litigation, employment and labor law, appeals and 5 other areas of law. Will...
What is Intellectual Property?
Intellectual Property is the branch of law that governs the rights, obligations, and disputes that arise within its subject matter. In the United States, intellectual property sits at the intersection of statutes enacted by Congress, the regulations issued by federal agencies, the laws passed by all fifty state legislatures, and the body of judge-made decisions known as the common law. Because every state writes its own version of the rules, the way intellectual property works in one jurisdiction can look noticeably different from how it works in another, and that is one of the main reasons attorneys in this area focus their practice geographically — to stay fluent in the local statutes, court rules, and judicial preferences that shape outcomes.
At a practical level, Intellectual Property attorneys spend their time on three categories of work. The first is advice and prevention: counselling clients on how to structure transactions, draft documents, and conduct business so that legal risk is minimised before a dispute ever begins. The second is transactional execution: producing the contracts, filings, notices, and registrations that the law actually requires to make a decision legally binding. The third is contested representation: defending or pursuing a client's interests when a dispute escalates to negotiation, regulatory enforcement, arbitration, or litigation in court.
The clients who hire Intellectual Property lawyers range from individuals navigating a single life event to multinational corporations with complex regulatory exposure. What unifies them is the need for an experienced lawyer who knows the relevant code sections, has appeared in the relevant courts, and can translate the strategic options into language a client can act on. AttorneyQnA currently lists 386 verified intellectual property attorneys across the United States, each with a public profile showing their bar admissions, years in practice, and the kinds of matters they have handled — with the deepest concentration of practitioners in California.
When do you need an Intellectual Property attorney?
Most people contact an intellectual property lawyer for one of two reasons: something is about to happen that they want done correctly the first time, or something has gone wrong and they need it fixed before it gets worse. The earlier you involve counsel, the more options you usually have, and the lower the cost of getting to a resolution tends to be. The scenarios below are the ones we see most often on AttorneyQnA from prospective clients searching for intellectual property representation.
Once your signature is on a contract, settlement, lease, or release, your bargaining leverage drops sharply. A short pre-signature review by an intellectual property lawyer is the cheapest insurance you can buy.
Cease-and-desist letters, regulatory notices, and demand letters all start clocks. Missing the response window can convert a manageable problem into a default judgment or formal enforcement action.
Statutes of limitations, filing windows, and appeal periods are jurisdictional — courts cannot extend them as a favour. If you can identify a date that matters, you need a lawyer before that date arrives.
The moment opposing counsel appears, the conversation moves out of normal English and into procedural language. Continuing unrepresented usually means losing ground you cannot recover later.
Forming an entity, choosing a venue, structuring a deal, or selecting a remedy each has long-term consequences. A consultation at the planning stage is far cheaper than redoing it after the fact.
Multi-state matters bring conflict-of-laws questions that change which statutes apply and which court has authority. An attorney licensed in the right jurisdiction is not optional.
If any of the situations above describes where you are right now, the next step is a focused consultation. Use the Ask a Lawyer tool for short written questions, or browse the 386 intellectual property attorneys listed above to book a paid consultation directly.
How to choose an Intellectual Property attorney
The single biggest factor in choosing an intellectual property lawyer is fit with your specific matter. A lawyer with twenty years of intellectual property experience but no exposure to your particular sub-issue can easily be a worse choice than a five-year associate who has handled the same problem repeatedly. We recommend running every prospective lawyer through the same five-step checklist before signing an engagement letter.
- Bar admission in the correct jurisdiction. Confirm the lawyer is admitted in the state — and where relevant, the federal district — where your matter sits. The lawyer's profile on AttorneyQnA shows every bar admission on file, and the underlying state bar's "lawyer lookup" tool will confirm active standing in under a minute.
- Direct experience with your fact pattern. Ask plainly: "How many matters like mine have you handled in the last three years, and how did they resolve?" An honest answer reveals more than years-in-practice alone.
- A written fee agreement. Whether hourly, flat fee, contingent, or hybrid, the engagement letter should specify what is included, what triggers additional charges, and how disputes are handled. Avoid lawyers who resist writing the terms down.
- Communication cadence. Decide upfront how often you expect updates, who your day-to-day contact will be, and what response time is reasonable. The number-one complaint filed with state bar grievance committees is not malpractice — it is non-communication.
- Conflict check + reputation pulse. Make sure the lawyer has run a formal conflict check, then spend ten minutes reading independent reviews and any public disciplinary history. The state bar's website is authoritative for the second; the lawyer's AttorneyQnA profile collects the first.
Once you have a shortlist, schedule consultations with two or three. Lawyers vary widely in temperament, and the right strategic match for your case is sometimes the second or third lawyer you meet — not the first.
How much does an Intellectual Property lawyer cost?
Legal fees in the United States are not regulated by a uniform schedule, so what you pay an intellectual property lawyer depends on the billing model the lawyer offers, the complexity of your matter, and the local market. There are four billing structures used in this practice area; most engagements use one, but hybrid arrangements are increasingly common.
1. Hourly billing
The default model for most non-contingent matters. Rates for intellectual property attorneys in the U.S. typically range from $150–$250/hour in smaller markets to $400–$700/hour in major metropolitan areas, with senior partners at large firms commanding $900/hour and above. Hourly billing is fairest when the scope of work is genuinely unpredictable, but it creates an incentive structure that the client has to monitor.
2. Flat fee
Increasingly used for well-defined transactions — incorporations, will drafting, single-issue filings, uncontested matters. A flat fee tells you exactly what the deliverable will cost, and the lawyer absorbs the risk of unexpected complexity. Ask whether the flat fee includes filing fees, third-party costs, and any post-filing follow-up.
3. Contingency
Where it is permitted by the rules of professional conduct — most often in plaintiff-side intellectual property work involving monetary recovery — the lawyer is paid a percentage of the proceeds, typically 33% before suit is filed and 40% after. The client pays nothing if there is no recovery. Contingency fees align the lawyer's economics with yours, but the percentage compounds across time, so very strong cases sometimes do better on hourly billing.
4. Retainer / subscription
A monthly fee that buys a defined block of access or hours. This is common for businesses with ongoing intellectual property needs — contract review, employee questions, regulatory check-ins. A subscription smooths out spending and gives the lawyer a reason to know your operation in depth.
Whichever model you choose, ask for an itemised written estimate before the engagement begins, and ask explicitly what is not covered. Surprise expenses are the most common source of attorney-client friction.
Frequently asked questions about intellectual property
How quickly can an intellectual property lawyer review my matter?
Most lawyers can schedule an initial consultation within 1–3 business days. Urgent matters — pending deadlines, time-sensitive notices, court-ordered hearings — should be flagged in your first message; many lawyers reserve emergency consultation slots for that reason. If you need a written answer faster, the Ask a Lawyer tool typically returns answers in under 24 hours.
Do I need a intellectual property lawyer in my exact city, or anywhere in my state?
Bar admission is the controlling rule: any attorney licensed in your state can represent you in that state's courts and agencies, regardless of which city they're based in. Practical proximity still matters for in-person meetings, local court familiarity, and access to the local bench and bar. For state-level filings and remote-friendly matters, an attorney elsewhere in the same state often works fine.
Will an initial consultation cost me anything?
Many intellectual property attorneys offer a free 15- to 30-minute initial consultation; others charge a flat consultation fee that may be credited against the engagement if you hire them. The lawyer's profile lists the consultation policy. Free does not always mean better — a fee-based consultation is sometimes the sign of a lawyer who treats their time, and yours, seriously.
What documents should I bring to the first meeting?
Bring every contract, notice, letter, filing, or written communication connected to the matter; a written timeline of events with dates; the names and contact details of every other party involved; and any deadlines or hearing dates you are already aware of. Even an incomplete file is more useful than a verbal summary alone.
Can I change lawyers if I am not happy with mine?
Yes. Clients can discharge their lawyer at any time, for any reason, by written notice. Your case file belongs to you and must be transferred to your new counsel. Any unpaid fees through the date of discharge remain owed; any unearned advance must be refunded. If you are mid-litigation, the court typically must approve the substitution, but approval is routine.
How long does an typical intellectual property matter take?
It depends almost entirely on whether the matter is transactional or contested. A transactional matter — a contract, a filing, a single-step transaction — can resolve in days to weeks. A contested matter — anything involving disputed facts, court intervention, or regulatory action — typically takes months at minimum, and complex cases can run multiple years. Your lawyer should give you a realistic outside estimate at intake.
Are intellectual property lawyer fees tax-deductible?
It depends on the nature of the matter and current tax law. Fees connected to producing or collecting taxable income, managing investment property, or operating a business are often deductible; fees for personal matters generally are not. Because rules change, confirm deductibility with a tax professional for the year in which the fees are paid.
What is the difference between intellectual property and the related practice areas?
Intellectual Property overlaps with several adjacent areas — see the related-practice-area grid below for direct links. Choosing the right lawyer often means picking the one whose primary focus matches the heart of your problem, even if multiple labels could technically apply. When you are unsure, list your situation in your own words to two lawyers from neighbouring areas and ask which one of them is the better fit; honest lawyers will tell you.
Find intellectual property attorneys by state
Each state link below opens the intellectual property roster for that jurisdiction, with the local statute of limitations, court-system overview, and verified attorneys.
Intellectual Property Law Firms
Main Law Firm
Winter Park
Walton Law Firm
San Marcos
Bruner Law Firm
Fort Walton Beach
J&Y Law Firm
Los Angeles
West Law Firm
Charleston
John T. Floyd Law Firm
Houston
Intellectual Property by State
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