Education

Engineering first, then law

  • The Wharton School, executive education, Economics of Blockchain and Digital Assets, 2022.
  • Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Master of Divinity in Christian Education, 2015.
  • University of Missouri, Juris Doctor and Master of Business Administration, 2000.
  • University of Missouri, Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering and Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering, 1996.

Admissions

Where he can appear

Registered patent attorney at the United States Patent and Trademark Office since 2002.

  • State bars. California and Missouri, active. Texas and Tennessee, inactive.
  • Appellate. United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.
  • Claims. United States Court of Federal Claims.
  • District courts. Northern District of California, Central District of California, District of Kansas, Western District of Missouri, Eastern District of Texas, Eastern District of Virginia.

Earlier in the law

Clerking and courts

  • Externship with the Honorable John C. Holstein, Supreme Court of Missouri.
  • Internship with the Honorable Harold Lowenstein, Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District.

Recognition and service

Asked, elected, or volunteered

  • Selected to give the baccalaureate address to the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law class of 2016.
  • Former INROADS scholar.
  • Member of the Hispanic National Bar Association.
  • Five years on the board of Northland Christian School.