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Leading Intellectual Property Lawyer Joins The McCammon Group

For Immediate Release
November 5, 2008
For more information contact:
Rich Huffman
Direct Dial: (804) 421-5530

Stanton T. Lawrence, III, an accomplished intellectual property trial lawyer and counselor, has joined The McCammon Group, a leading dispute resolution firm in the mid-Atlantic.

Mr. Lawrence’s broad experience includes patent, trademark, licensing, and complex commercial matters primarily involving the chemical, pharmaceutical, and biotechnology industries.  His work has involved litigation, oppositions, and nullity proceedings throughout the United States and the world, including Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, China, Germany, India, Japan, the Netherlands, South Africa, South Korea, United Kingdom, and the European Patent Office.  He has also supervised various complex patent prosecution matters, including interferences and reexaminations, before the USPTO.

A leader in many bars, Mr. Lawrence is a Member of the American Bar Association, New York Bar Association, New York Intellectual Property Law Association, District of Columbia Bar Association, and the Federal Circuit Bar Association.

Mr. Lawrence will continue his law practice with Sidley Austin, but now also lends his expertise to The McCammon Group to serve the intellectual property mediation, arbitration, and special master needs of IP lawyers and litigants throughout the United States and abroad.

Mr. Lawrence joins the other professionals of The McCammon Group located in Washington, DC:

Robert J. Grey, Jr., Esq. – Past President of the American Bar Association
Hon. Warren R. King (Ret.) – Retired Judge of the D.C. Court of Appeals
Willie L. Leftwich, Esq. – Legal, Business and Civic Leader
Glenn C. Lewis, Esq. – Past President of the Virginia Bar Association
Alexia Morrison, Esq. – Former Chief Litigation Counsel to the SEC
Hon. William C. Pryor (Ret.) – Former Chief Judge of the D.C. Court of Appeals
Robert P. Watkins, Esq. – Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers
Charles R. Work, Esq. – Past President of the DC Bar

The McCammon Group consists of sixty-five professionals including retired judges and practicing attorneys located throughout Virginia, DC, and Maryland.  Since its founding in 1995, The McCammon Group has conducted more than 11,000 dispute resolution proceedings resulting in a mediation settlement rate exceeding 85%.  It also provides arbitration and other dispute resolution services. The Facilitation, Training & Consulting division provides services to local, state, and federal agencies as well as public and private entities. For more information, please visit www.mccammongroup.com.

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