Current Employment Position(s)

Shareholder; Chair, Technology, Media, & Intellectual Property Practice Group

Year Joined Organization: 2000

Lawyer Overview

As the Chair of the Technology, Media & Intellectual Property Practice Group, Ted coordinates and oversees the handling and defense of these types of claims and lawsuits throughout the firm. Ted has been litigating cases in state and federal courts since 1994. He has experience in the litigation of technology, media, trademark, trade dress, patent, copyright, and data security matters in jurisdictions throughout Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Florida, Indiana, Illinois, California, Ohio, Massachusetts, Tennessee, Delaware, and New York. Ted also advises and speaks with clients, trade-groups and organizations regarding Data Security and Privacy Issues and breaches, as they relate to various industries including healthcare companies, retail stores, restaurants, financial organizations, and technology companies.

After receiving his Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering, Ted worked for the U.S. Department of Defense as an engineer. While with the Department of Defense, he worked with, and supervised, the deck coatings application and formulation program for the entire Navy fleet. Ted left his position as a Senior Engineer for the Navy in order to attend law school. Since graduating in 1994, his focus has been on litigation, and he has handled a variety of general litigation matters as an associate at other large law firms and as in-house counsel for a major insurance company.

When Ted joined Marshall Dennehey in 2000, he focused his practice on construction litigation and intellectual property litigation matters. A portion of his practice continues to focus on the defense of design professionals in construction claims and copyright infringement claims, where his career in engineering provides his clients with a significant advantage. Ted's experience is not limited to the defense of intellectual property matters and construction claims, but also includes the litigation of real estate, products liability, medical malpractice, and insurance bad faith/coverage claims. Throughout his career, Ted has tried a number of bench trials, jury trials, and arbitrations.

Areas of Practice

• Intellectual Property, Technology, Media
• Data Security / Privacy
• Architectural & Engineering Litigation
• Construction Defect Litigation
• Professional Liability

West Practice Categories

Personal Injury -- Defense, Personal Injury -- Plaintiff, Construction Law, Litigation & Appeals, Professional Malpractice Law, Real Estate Law, Intellectual Property Law

Bar Admissions

• Pennsylvania, 1994
• New Jersey, 1995
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 1995
• U.S. District Court District of New Jersey, 1995
• U.S. District Court Western District of Pennsylvania, 1998
• U.S. Court of Appeals 3rd Circuit, 2002
• U.S. Court of Appeals Federal Circuit, 2002
• U.S. District Court Middle District of Pennsylvania, 2004

Professional Associations and Memberships

• Pennsylvania Bar Association

Honors and Awards

• American Jurisprudence Award, Civil Procedure
• Phi Delta Phi, Harrington Inn, Honors Chapter

Classes and Seminars

• New Federal Regulatory Developments & Enforcement Action Regarding Privacy and Security of Information; and, Third Party Vendors and Suppliers: Limiting Liability Contractually, ACI 3rd National Advanced Forum on Cyber / Data Risk Insurance, September 2009
• FTC Red Flag Rules on ID Theft, Now Imminent, Have Broader Application Than Many Realize, NRRDA Webinar, July 2009
• Data Breach and Security Exposures, Philly I on Law Day, December 2008
• Walking The Data Security Tightrope: What Lies Below?, PLUS International Conference, 2008
• Advanced Construction Law in Pennsylvania, National Business Institute (NBI), January 16, 2004
• Various in-house seminars to insurance carriers regarding Intellectual Property and Technology Risks, 2005 and 2006
• Technology Risks, PLUS Conference, 2006
• Defending Design Professionals, CNA, 2002 and 2003
• Various in-house seminars to insurance carriers regarding Real Estate E&O Risks, 2005

Education

• Widener University School of Law, Wilmington, Delaware, 1994
  J.D.
  Honors: cum laude
• Purdue University, 1987
  B.S.
  Major: Chemical Engineering

Published Works

• Flagging Down Identity Theft, PLUS Journal, Vol. XXII, No. 2, Feb., 2009
• Is Your Company a "Creditor"?/Identity Theft Prevention: Know Your Red Flags, DRI In-House Defense Quarterly, Winter, 2008
• Evolution of Famous Name Litigation, InRe Magazine, 2007
• Copyright Protection for Architectural Works, Defense Digest, 2006
• Pennsylvania Superior Court Expands Scope of Mechanic's Lien Law, Defense Digest, 2005
• It's What You Say, Not What You Know that Can Impute Liability, Defense Digest, 2003

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Philadelphia, PA 19103-4797

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(215) 575-2713

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