Biography

Thomas J. Daly offers over 25 years of experience in intellectual property law. He presently sits on Christie, Parker & Hale’s three-member management committee and chairs the firm-wide marketing committee.

Mr. Daly, who began his intellectual property law career as a litigator, utilizes this background in preparing patent applications that prevent or defend against subsequent disputes. He procures, licenses and enforces patent portfolios in the fields of medical devices, chemical processing, and pharmaceuticals, among others. He has represented clients in a large number of medical device, spinal implant and joint replacement implant intellectual property cases. He assisted a venture in early licensing of outer surface texturing of soft tissue implants that grew into a $47 million business.

Mr. Daly was named to the Southern California Super Lawyer list of intellectual-property practitioners for four consecutive years.

Admitted

• State Bar of California, 1985
• U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
• U.S. District Court, Central District of California.

Education

• J.D. degree from Loyola University School of Law, Chicago
      o  magna cum laude
      o  Alpha Sigma Nu, St. Thomas More Law Honor Society
• B.S. degree in chemical engineering from the University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana
      o  with distinction

Professional Activities

• Pasadena Bar Association, president
• Los Angeles County Bar Association, trustee, 2008-2009
• Los Angeles County Business Technology Center, mentor on intellectual property law for emerging enterprises
• Los Angeles Intellectual Property Law Association, past president, 1998-1999
• American Bar Association
• Frequent speaker on intellectual property at Southern California business organizations, conferences and universities including U.S.C., U.C.L.A. Anderson School of Management, Los Angeles County Business Technology Center, California Institute of Technology, Keck Graduate Institute and Pasadena Entretec.

Representative Publications and Presentations

• Anti-Monopoly, Inc. v. General Mills Fun Group, Inc.: Ending the Monopoly on Monopoly, Loyola of Los Angeles Law Review, Vol. 17, No. 4, 1984.
• Loyola of Los Angeles Law Review, articles editor, 1984-1985
• Professional Engineer, articles editor, 1983.