FitzGerald and Roach join Rochester office of Hiscock & Barclay

Daily Record (Rochester, NY), Mar 12, 2004 by Staff

Intellectual property attorneys Thomas FitzGerald and Laurence Roach have joined the Rochester office of Hiscock & Barclay, LLP as of counsel.

Both FitzGerald and Roach have the advantage of substantial engineering experience in the semiconductor, electronic component and automotive industries. Both focus on patent law, including the preparation and prosecution of patent applications, drafting patentability and non-infringement opinions, and litigation support. Counseling clients on trademark and copyright protection as well as intellectual property matters is a large part of their practice.

FitzGerald and Roach are admitted to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and have been successful in obtaining many issued patent for their clients.

FitzGerald earned his law degree from Fordham Law School in 1972 and completed his engineering degree at Manhattan College He is admitted to practice in New York, Texas, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second and Federal Circuits as well as the U.S. District Court for the Western, Southern, and Eastern Districts of New York. He is co- chair of the Rochester Chapter of the Licensing Executives Society and is past-president of the Rochester Intellectual Property Law Association.

Roach is a 1997 graduate of Indiana University School of Law - Indianapolis and Tri-State University (B.S., 1989) and Monroe Community College (1987). He is admitted to practice in New York and chairs the Monroe County Bar Association's Intellectual Property Committee.