Mark G. Hanley, JD, MBA, BSEE

I believe our clients benefit from the real-world engineering experience that our practitioners bring to the firm. This experience enables us to interface efficiently with inventors and provides a practical and business-minded foundation for all of our work.

I represent numerous large corporate clients involved in a diverse range of electrical, software, and mechanical technologies, and I have extensive experience in all aspects of patent prosecution and counseling including freedom-to-operate analyses, non-infringement and invalidity opinions, and reexaminations.

Prior to practicing law, I was a design engineer specializing in switching power supplies; analog circuitry; and a variety of pressure, temperature, and position transducers. I am also an inventor on several patents relating to piezoelectric biomorphs.

In 2023, I was Recommended for Patent Prosecution by the IAM Patent 1000 and was designated a Patent Star in the United States (national) and Illinois from Managing IP’s IP Stars, an annual guide to the top intellectual property attorneys in Illinois and nationwide. IP Stars Read Here