MILWAUKEE, July 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Gonzalez Saggio & Harlan LLP, one of the nation's largest minority-owned law firms, announced today that it continues to grow its intellectual property practice with the addition of two new partners.

Neil P. Calvin is a registered patent attorney focusing on patent/intellectual property licensing. Previously, Mr. Calvin was Associate General Counsel and Director of Patent Licensing at Microsoft Corporation for nearly nine years. In addition to supporting patent/IP issues for Windows, he formed and led Microsoft's Patent Licensing Team and focused on IP issues in the areas of standards, open source software, outbound patent licenses, cross licenses, OEM software licensing, and joint development deals.

Mr. Calvin earned a Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering from Case Western Reserve University, with high honors, and a Juris Doctorate from The Ohio State University College of Law. He has been a featured ABA speaker on patent litigation issues and a guest lecturer on open source issues at the University of Washington School of Law.

Albert S. Michalik is a registered patent attorney with experience in all aspects of intellectual property law and a special emphasis on the preparation and prosecution of software and hardware-related patent applications. Mr. Michalik's prior legal experience includes founding and growing his own law firm, where he represented Microsoft Corporation, among other clients. Prior to that, Mr. Michalik worked as a patent attorney in the Chicago office of Leydig, Voit and Mayer, Ltd.

Mr. Michalik received his law degree from Chicago-Kent College of Law, where he graduated with high honors and was inducted into the Order of the Coif honor society. He received his undergraduate degree in Physics, graduating with honors, from De Paul University in Chicago.

"Albert and I are pleased to join Gonzalez Saggio & Harlan's growing intellectual property practice," said Neil Calvin. "With our complementary experience and expertise, we look forward to helping the firm provide a broader range of IP services to our existing and new clients."

"This firm understands the critical importance of intellectual property to many of our clients," said Jerry Gonzalez, Managing Partner. "The addition of these two outstanding attorneys enables us to better help our clients protect, manage and generate value from their IP."

About Gonzalez Saggio & Harlan

Gonzalez Saggio & Harlan LLP (www.gshllp.com) is a nationwide law firm with more than 100 attorneys in offices located in Atlanta, Chicago, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbus, Des Moines, Indianapolis, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Milwaukee, Nashville, New York, Phoenix, Washington D.C., and Wayne, New Jersey. The firm represents midsized to Fortune 100 companies, governmental entities, and individuals in the areas of litigation, employment, environmental, corporate and transactional, public finance, intellectual property, energy and regulatory, immigration, and estate and asset protection planning. As one of the nation's largest certified minority-owned law firms, Gonzalez Saggio & Harlan practices law with a commitment to diversity and to the communities it serves.

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