About Christopher
Christopher McElwain is an attorney who has mixed technical patent work and common highbrow estate practice over the final decade. He moved from associate roles at based companies right into a management role at his personal practice. The trail has been steady and planned.
He finished his undergraduate studies at Whitman College, earning a B.A. in 2004. After a few years outside law school, he returned to learn about at the University of Southern California Gould School of Law and acquired his J.D. in 2011. Those years framed his legal training and brought him to the procedural and substantive work that would outline his profession.
McElwain started his legal career in personal practice. In 2012 he joined Saper Law Offices as an affiliate attorney. He spent formative years there developing experience in patent-related matters. In 2014 he moved to LaRiviere, Grubman P.C. as an associate attorney, where he persisted to manage intellectual estate duties and client-facing work. Those early positions provided time in each prosecution and counseling roles.
In 2017 he have become principal attorney at Knowmad Law. The position has concerned managing client documents, overseeing patent preparation and prosecution, and dealing with other IP things that come through the workplace. He is also a Registered Patent Lawyer with the United States Patent and Trademark Office, a credential that authorizes him to represent clients in patent hearings before the USPTO.
Licensed to practice in each California and Illinois, McElwain divides his time between the detailed, technical work of patent preparation and the broader legal questions that have an effect on clients' intellectual property strategies. He prepares and files patent filings and appears on patent things earlier than the USPTO. He also counsels clients approximately highbrow estate worries that occur during enterprise development and product planning.
Colleagues describe him as methodical in his strategy to technical problems and pragmatic in client consultations. He keeps a routine that balances office management with hands-on drafting and prosecution. He maintains expert credentials and continues to practice within the jurisdictions the place he's licensed.
He presently practices highbrow property and patent regulation at Knowmad Law.
