About Eric Nicholas
Eric Nicholas Mahler trained first as an engineer and then studied law. He earned a B.S. in civil engineering from North Carolina State University in 1993 and completed his J.D. at Widener University in 1997. The combination of technical education and law school training has shaped the arc of his expert lifestyles.
Mahler started his professional legal career quickly after law school. In 1998 he labored as an affiliate at Mahler, Shaffer Pugliesse and Finnegan. A decade later he joined Mahler, Lohin & Associates, LLC, a firm where his name appears at the letterhead and where he has practiced since 2008. His practice is primarily based out of a workplace in Riverside Commons.
He is a Registered Patent Lawyer with the United States Patent and Trademark Office. That credential displays his engineering background and lets in him to put together and pursue legally patent applications on behalf of inventors and firms. His work often includes technical subject matter, and clients seek advice from him on intellectual estate strategies tied to mechanical and engineering innovations.
Outside the workplace Mahler has been active in community and enterprise organizations. He has served on the board of the Salvation Army Wilkes-Barre Corps since 2011. He has held a leadership position as 2d vice chair for Big Brothers & Big Sisters of the Bridge since 2007. He also served as president of a local chapter of Business Network International in 2005 and continues to keep connections through that community.
Colleagues describe him as someone who bridges two fields—engineering and regulation—rather than someone who practices one alongside the opposite. He strategies patent work with an engineer’s eye and a lawyer’s attention to process. That combination indicates up in patent drafting, prosecution earlier than the USPTO, and in client counseling on how to protect technical developments.
Mahler’s profession follows a straightforward progression from technical undergraduate degree to legal background, early associate work and then an extended tenure at Mahler, Lohin & Associates. He maintains a lively role in civic organizations whilst getting to a patent practice informed by his civil engineering roots. He currently practices at Mahler, Lohin & Associates, LLC, dealing with patent prosecution and different highbrow property things for clients in engineering-related fields.
