Robert McFarlane Joins Carroll, Burdick & McDonough As a Partner
April 12, 2010
McClure & Feuer announces today that it has recruited Robert McFarlane to join the partnership of Carroll, Burdick & McDonough LLP. Mr. McFarlane joins the San Francisco office of his new firm from Townsend and Townsend and Crew LLP.
Mr. McFarlane is a registered patent attorney specializing in patent infringement and other intellectual property disputes, including unfair competition, trademark, and trade secret as well as complex commercial litigation. He earned a JD from the University of California, Hastings College of the Law and an undergraduate degree in Industrial Engineering and Political Science from Stanford University. Mr. McFarlane spent 13 years at Townsend and Townsend, most recently as a partner. He started his legal career as a commercial litigation associate at Folger Levin & Kahn LLP.
Mr. McFarlene has been listed in Marquis Who's Who in American Law and named a Northern California "SuperLawyer" three times. He teaches substantive patent law at the Golden Gate University School of Law in San Francisco and has written numerous articles about patent law matters. Mr. McFarlane is very active in pro bono endeavors.
Founded in 1948, Carroll, Burdick & McDonough LLP is a business and commercial law firm that serves clients throughout the United States and around the world. The firm currently has more than 75 attorneys in offices in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Sacramento, Walnut Creek, Stuttgart, Munich, and Hong Kong.
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