U.S. "Mickey" Gill :: Nixon & Vanderhye PC

Phone: 703-816-4030 Fax: 703-816-4100 e-mail: usg@nixonvan.com Education: George Mason University (B.S.E.E., honors, 1985; J.D. with distinction, 1993)	U.S. "MICKEY" GILL joined Nixon & Vanderhye in November, 1997. Prior to that time, he was an attorney with the law firms of Banner & Witcoff and Kerkam, Stowell, Kondracki & Clarke. Mr. Gill has extensive experience in all aspects of patent and trademark prosecution and litigation, including inter partes practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. He also has experience in trade secret, common-law trademark, copyright and intellectual property licensing matters. Mr. Gill is a registered patent attorney and is admitted to practice in a number of state and federal courts. Mr. Gill has acted as lead counsel and has played a major role in numerous complex patent infringement litigations as both plaintiff and defendant. In addition to his active litigation practice, Mr. Gill maintains an extensive prosecution practice focusing on high-tech electrical, electronic, computer and communications related technologies. In addition to drafting original patent applications and prosecuting applications in a wide variety of technologies, Mr. Gill regularly provides clients with opinions involving infringement, validity, freedom to operate and general due diligence. Mr. Gill also actively counsels clients regarding complex intellectual property issues and related strategies to assist clients in making informed business and legal decisions. Mr. Gill graduated with honors from George Mason University in 1985 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering with Computer Applications. From 1985 to 1988 he was employed by TRW, Inc., where he was involved in numerous design and development projects involving semiconductor fabrication, application specific integrated circuit design, systems level design and integration. From 1988 to 1991, Mr. Gill was a senior electrical engineer for E-Systems, Melpar division, where he designed and integrated military intelligence hardware at the circuit card assembly level for numerous U.S. government entities. Mr. Gill attended law school at George Mason University in the Patent Track program, which is specifically geared to a specialization in intellectual property law. He graduated from George Mason University School of Law, with distinction, in 1993. While attending law school, Mr. Gill worked as a Patent Agent for the law firm of Oliff & Berridge. Mr. Gill is admitted to the Virginia Bar, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, Supreme Court of Virginia, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit and U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. His professional affiliations include the American Intellectual Property Law Association and the American Bar Association.

Phone:
703-816-4030

Fax:
703-816-4100

Education:
George Mason University (B.S.E.E., honors, 1985; J.D. with distinction, 1993)

U.S. "MICKEY" GILL joined Nixon & Vanderhye in November, 1997. Prior to that time, he was an attorney with the law firms of Banner & Witcoff and Kerkam, Stowell, Kondracki & Clarke. Mr. Gill has extensive experience in all aspects of patent and trademark prosecution and litigation, including inter partes practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. He also has experience in trade secret, common-law trademark, copyright and intellectual property licensing matters. Mr. Gill is a registered patent attorney and is admitted to practice in a number of state and federal courts.

Mr. Gill has acted as lead counsel and has played a major role in numerous complex patent infringement litigations as both plaintiff and defendant. In addition to his active litigation practice, Mr. Gill maintains an extensive prosecution practice focusing on high-tech electrical, electronic, computer and communications related technologies. In addition to drafting original patent applications and prosecuting applications in a wide variety of technologies, Mr. Gill regularly provides clients with opinions involving infringement, validity, freedom to operate and general due diligence. Mr. Gill also actively counsels clients regarding complex intellectual property issues and related strategies to assist clients in making informed business and legal decisions.

Mr. Gill graduated with honors from George Mason University in 1985 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering with Computer Applications. From 1985 to 1988 he was employed by TRW, Inc., where he was involved in numerous design and development projects involving semiconductor fabrication, application specific integrated circuit design, systems level design and integration. From 1988 to 1991, Mr. Gill was a senior electrical engineer for E-Systems, Melpar division, where he designed and integrated military intelligence hardware at the circuit card assembly level for numerous U.S. government entities.

Mr. Gill attended law school at George Mason University in the Patent Track program, which is specifically geared to a specialization in intellectual property law. He graduated from George Mason University School of Law, with distinction, in 1993. While attending law school, Mr. Gill worked as a Patent Agent for the law firm of Oliff & Berridge. Mr. Gill is admitted to the Virginia Bar, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, Supreme Court of Virginia, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit and U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. His professional affiliations include the American Intellectual Property Law Association and the American Bar Association.