About Adam B.
Adam B. Portnow blends a technical undergraduate background and legal background into a tradition formed by each fields. He earned a B.S. from the University of Florida in 1999 in Digital Arts & Sciences and Computer Information Science & Engineering. Six years later he finished a J.D. at St. Thomas University School of Law in 2005. Those credentials sit at the center of how he approaches client matters.
He has been based in Florida for his professional legal career. In 2009 he began running under the Law Office of Adam B. Portnow, P.L. That identical yr marked deeper engagements within the local legal network, including membership within the Sarasota County Bar Association beginning in 2008. He is a recent member of the Florida Bar and in 2013 he added registration as a patent practitioner before the United States Patent and Trademark Office. That registration lets in him to pursue legally patent applications where suitable.
Portnow has mixed court and community roles alongside private practice. He has served as a Teen Court judge in Sarasota County since 2010, listening to instances that involve juvenile defendants and restorative-justice principles. He joined the Judge John M. Scheb Inn of Court in 2009 and later served as its president for the 2022-2023 term. Early within the beyond decade he took on editorial duties for The Docket, the Sarasota County Bar Association’s newspaper, from 2010 to 2011. These roles mirror ongoing engagement with local legal institutions and expert development boards.
His educational path—an undergraduate degree grounded in computer data sciences and a Juris Doctor—paired with registration on the Patent Office informs the types of things he accepts. He is able to dossier and prosecute patent applications earlier than the USPTO. Beyond patent work, his practice involves the kinds of civil things commonly treated by small regulation workplaces serving nearby and regional clients; he runs his practice from the company he based in 2009.
Colleagues and community participants come upon him most often in courtrooms, Inn of Court conferences, and Teen Court sessions. He keeps lively standing in the Florida Bar and in expert institutions tied to his practice. His current practice handles patent prosecution earlier than the USPTO and civil matters out of the Law Office of Adam B. Portnow, P.L.
