Randy Schoen, Ph.D. is a member of the firm’s prosecution practice group.  Randy represents clients in the filing and prosecution of a wide range of national and international intellectual property applications including patents, trademarks, and copyrights. Randy also assists clients with trade secret, licensing, due diligence, and intellectual property strategy.

After serving aboard a nuclear submarine in the U.S. Navy, Randy graduated from the Georgia Institute of Technology with a Bachelors in Electrical Engineering (1989), Masters of Science in Electrical Engineering (1990), and a Doctorate in Electrical Engineering (1994) with concentrations in Electrical Power and Control Systems, where he was a recipient of a President’s Fellowship and a Schlumberger Foundation Fellowship. Prior to attending law school, Randy worked as a design and development engineer for The Louis Allis Company and as an engineering manager and Executive Vice President for Loher Drive Systems, Inc. 

Randy received his law degree from the Georgia State University College of Law in 2007, where he was a recipient of an Intellectual Property Scholarship, an ABA/BNA Award for Excellence in the Study of Intellectual Property Law, and an Honors in Litigation award. Randy joined Thomas|Horstemeyer as an Associate in 2007. He has gained significant experience representing individual, university, and corporate clients in a wide range of intellectual property areas.