Intellectual Property

Steven I. Platt served as a judge in the Maryland Courts for over 25 years, with 17 years on the Circuit Court, and is the acknowledged architect of the Maryland Businesses Technology Case Management Program. Mediator and Arbitrator, The Platt Group, Inc., 2007-present; Judge, Circuit Court for Prince George's County, Maryland, 1990-07; Judge, District Court of Maryland for Prince George's County, Maryland, 1986-90; Judge, Orphans Court (Probate Court) for Prince George's County, Maryland, 1978-86; Managing Partner, Platt & Risner, 1976-86.

Steven Platt has taught the use of mediation and arbitration in resolving Business Disputes to Judges and Lawyers both in Maryland and nationally through both The Judicial Education Program of The American Enterprise Institute (AEI) Brookings Joint Center for Regulatory Studies (served on Judicial Advisory Board), and through The American College of Business Court Judges (Immediate Past- President).  

Steven DeSmet brings to both his law practice and to the mediation, arbitration and neutral case evaluation of intellectual property cases and disputes his practical experience both in private practice and with the federal government as well as knowledge gained while obtaining a Masters of Law Degree in Intellectual Property from George Washington University Law School and a Degree in Biological Science from the University of Michigan. He also brings to the table of any mediation or arbitration of an intellectual property dispute his several years of work experience in the telecommunications / computer networking industry and his service as a legal fellow to the U.S. House of Representatives Judiciary Committee Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property.

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