George Thomas is one of the firm’s founding partners. He has vast experience in all aspects of patents, trademarks, copyrights, and related litigation. George concentrated his practice in the mechanical patent prosecution and trademark prosecution areas.
George served in the United States Navy [LTJG] from 1957-1960. Directly after, he worked as an Examiner at the Patent Office. George thereafter moved to Atlanta and became one of the first patent attorneys in Atlanta. Throughout his career, George prepared and secured numerous patents and trademark registrations throughout the world and has successfully litigated various types of intellectual property matters.
Dan R. Gresham has more than 30 years of litigation experience involving all facets of intellectual property law, including patents, trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets, unfair competition, covenants not to compete, confidentiality agreements, and related issues. He also has experience in negotiating and drafting contracts and licensing agreements addressing intellectual property issues.
Dan graduated from Georgia Tech in 1977. For the next eight years, he gained practical experience working as an electrical engineer before going to law school. In 1988, he received his law degree from Georgia State University College of Law (J.D., summa cum laude), where he was first in his class.
After graduating law school, Dan clerked for the Honorable G. Ernest Tidwell in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, before entering private practice in the litigation department at Troutman Sanders. Upon deciding to concentrate his practice on intellectual property, he joined Thomas Horstemeyer in 1997 and became a partner in 2001.
In more than 30 years of practice, Dan represented a wide range of clients in litigation before numerous courts and administrative tribunals, including the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. He has also been admitted to practice before the Supreme Court of the United States. In addition to representing clients, he also taught Intellectual Property Law as an adjunct professor at John Marshall Law School in Atlanta, Georgia.