ADMISSIONS
New York, Appellate Division, Third Department.
Massachusetts, Supreme Judicial Court, Suffolk County.
United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
EDUCATION
University of Connecticut School of Law Hartford, CT
08/2006 - 12/2009
Juris Doctor, with Intellectual Property & Taxation Studies
Certificates
Moot Court Board, Hastie Moot Court Best Brief Recipient, and CALI
Award of Excellence
Cum GPA: 3.30
Worcester Polytechnic Institute Worcester, MA 01/2001 -
05/2005
Bachelor of Science, honors, in Electrical Engineering &
Computer Engineering
Varsity Baseball
LEGAL EXPERIENCE
Connecticut Superior Court Stamford, CT 05/2010 -
present
Law Clerk for Connecticut superior court Stamford/Norwalk division.
Edit/review/correct judgments & enter default judgment on behalf of
court judges.
File management/docket planning for short calendars.
McCormick, Paulding, Huber LLP Hartford, CT 10/2009
- 12/2009
Drafted affidavits under 37 CFR 1.131 and 37 CFR 1.181 to overcome
abandonment.
Discovery support for copyright infringement to predate
registration with prior art disclosures
Evaluated functionality of expressive elements of trademark and
copyright claims.
St. Onge Steward Johnston & Reens LLC Stamford, CT
06/2009 - 08/2009
Prosecution experience
Conducted client meeting, prepared provisional US patent
application, and drafted Appeal Brief after Final Office Action.
Drafted responses to Office Actions from the USPTO in mechanical and
electrical technologies.
Developed proficiency with US PAIR, USPTO patent searching, and
foreign patent databases.
Litigation experience
Prepared motions for transfer venue and summary judgment based on
non-infringement.
Drafted legal memoranda on standards for review and undue
experimentation.
Prepared motions for transfer venue and summary judgment based on
non-infringement.
CLINICAL EXPERIENCE
Intellectual Property Clinic Hartford, CT 01/2009-
07/2009
Created a provisional US Patent, generated a patentability search
report, and developed proficiency with PAIR, the USPTO database,
Westlaw, and Google/patents.
Prepared a trademark search report, and filed electronic US TEAS+
trademark application.
Recipient of CALI Award of Excellence for work completed.
ENGINEERING EXPERIENCE
Sikorsky Aircraft Stratford, CT 06/2005 - 05/2009
(A United Technologies Corporation)
Flight Controls Engineer/Aviation Electronics (Hardware & Software)
Created control law algorithms to decrease pilot workload and
enabled automated flight for BlackHawk helicopters.
Designed/developed flight control avionics hardware to consolidate
electrical wiring, and reduce electric load footprint.
Generated preliminary fault predictions for digital and analog
electrical systems.
Replaced existing cables, servos, and hydraulic mixers with
electrical wires and microprocessors.
Led a Flight Qualifying Test Team to create and test algorithms
related to Embedded GPS Inertial instruments.
Adapted an International Seahawk pursuant to a Singapore contract
for specific Anti-Submarine-Warfare mission.
Adam P. Daniels
86 Aspen Lane
Trumbull, CT 06611
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