| Name: | Weinstein, Les J. |
| Address: | 1026 N. Tigertail Road , Los Angeles, CA 90049 |
| County: | Los Angeles |
| Phone: | 310-476-0655
626-395-7338 |
| FAX: | 310-476-6525 |
| E-Mail Address | LesWeinstein@USIP.com |
| California State Bar Number: | 36727 |
| Firm Name: | SHELDON & MAK PC, Pasadena CA |
| Nature of Law Practice: | * Alternative Dispute Resolution * Antitrust * Business/Commercial Litigation * Class Actions * Copyright/Trademark * Patent * Products Liability |
| Experience: | U.S. PATENT OFFICE(1956-1959): While in law school, I served an a Patent Examiner in the US Patent and Trademark Office handling electro-pneumatic servo systems.
U.S. DEPT .OF JUSTICE(1959-1964): For the first 5 years as a lawyer I served as trial counsel in The U.S. Department of Justice in Washington D.C. where I had civil and criminal law trial assignments as well as legislative and appellate experience.
PRIVATE PRACTICE(1964-date): Thereafter the balance of my professional life has been in private practice in California. The majority of my private practice has been in representing a wide range of both domestic and foreign clients in various intellectual property, antitrust, class action, white collar , contractual and real estate matters. Because of my technology background I have been increasingly been asked to serve in an ADR capacity in technology, patent, copyright and other IP related matters. I currently advise a few private clients on IP strategy. |
| Work History for the Past Five Years: | Currently I primarily serve as an ADR neutral in patent and other IP and technology related matters as well as in competition law (unfair competition , antitrust, unfair trade practices etc.) disputes and complex litigation . I also serve as Senior Counsel to Sheldon & Mak in IP related matters and consult for a few clients. From 2000 to 2004 , I was a Senior Litigation Partner in Squire, Sanders & Dempsey from which firm I retired to focus on being an ADR neutral and to join Sheldon & Mak as Senior Counsel. |
| Education: | Bach. of Science in Engineering , University of Pennsylvania ,1956
J.D., 1959 ( With Distinction ) and LL.M., 1961 (Intellectual Property and Competition Law) from George Washington University Law School |
| Dispute Resolution Training: | American Arbitration Association Arbitration Training 1991;
Certificated Mediation Training sponsored by the Federal Court given by The Strauss Institute of Pepperdine Law School ( 2005 and 2003);
American Arbitration Association arbitration training (basic, 2004; advanced, 2005); ADR faculty and lecturer at various ABA, LACBA, SCMA and PriceWaterhouseCoopers sponsored MCLE meetings |
| Dispute Resolution Experience: | Throughout the last 20 years I have been involved as counsel in representing clients in various types ADR proceedings. I have for the last five years been increasingly serving as an mediation and arbitration ADR neutral. I have been involved in patent, copyright, trademark, unfair competition, antitrust and numerous technology related ADR matters. |
| Professional Licenses: | I am a member of both the California State Bar and the District of Columbia Bar. In addition I am Registered to Practice before the United States Patent and Trademark Office. |
| Professional Memberships: | American Bar Association( Intellectual Property, ADR, Antitrust, Litigation and International Sections); Los Angeles County Bar Association( Intellectual property and Entertainment Section and the Antitrust and Unfair Business Practices Section(member of the Executive Committee), International Lawn Section; American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA); Los Angeles Intellectual Property Association (LAIPLA); Southern California Mediation Association (SCMA); American Arbitration Association Panel Member( Complex Case Commercial Panel and Mediation Panel) |
| Other: | I was for four (4) years on the PriceWaterhouseCoopers Advisory Committee for it’s Annual IP and Complex Case Leadership Conferences and presented there each year on topics including ones on ADR, IP and Competition Law. I have in the last 5 years lectured on those subjects at various meetings of the ABA and the LACBA. I have also lectured in intellectual property and trade law topics to various bar groups in China, Japan and Korea. |