Swider Medeiros Haver LLP | Portland Oregon

Professionals at Swider Medeiros Haver LLP

Robert Swider,
Partner
Robert[at]smhllaw.com
Robert Swider has been representing clients including plaintiffs and defendants as a trial attorney for more than two decades in civil cases involving intellectual property, copyright law, trademark law, computer law, unfair trade practices, electronic commerce, general business, complex litigation, personal injuries and real estate. He also provides counsel to clients in diverse fields of endeavor whose business affairs involve intellectual property and commercial law. Robert Swider has substantial experience, the representation of technology-related businesses and the representation of plaintiffs in personal injury cases.
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Martin F. Medeiros,
Partner
mmedeiros[at]smhllaw.com
Martin Medeiros practices in the areas of intellectual property (trade mark, copyright, patent, moral rights and trade secrets), commercial (contracts, business, unfair trade practices and corporate) and telecommunications commercial law. Martin serves as general counsel to various innovative entities and specializes in electronic commerce (e-commerce), contracts, Internet services, computers, wireless devices, consumer products, apparel, distribution, biotechnology, telecommunications and information technology related transactions. Martin Medeiros has extensive licensing experience and has represented the world’s largest software publishers, wireless carriers, e-commerce retailers, logistics service providers, insurance companies and airlines. Martin Medeiros negotiates transactions and disputes on behalf of and with organizations in China (Hong Kong, Shanxi, Shenzen, Beijing), India, Indonesia, Japan, Great Britain, Germany, Italy, Israel and France.
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Kohel Haver,
Partner
khaver[at]smhllaw.com
Kohel Haver practices in the areas working with creative people and the arts - including a specialty in copyright and related intellectual property, technology and business law. Kohel Haver has been serving the arts community for all of his professional life – including service on the boards of directors.
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Thomas R. Graves,
Associate
tgraves[at]smhllaw.com
Thomas R. Graves practices primarily in the areas of intellectual property, business, estate planning and probate matters. In addition to assisting clients establish new businesses, including the acquisition and protection of trademarks and service marks, Tom also has significant experience with business succession planning and the sale and purchase of businesses, both through stock and asset transfers.

Admissions - Oregon State Bar Association

Education - J.D., U.C. Hastings College of the Law, Managing Editor, Hastings Communications and Entertainment Law Journal, B.A., Oberlin College, B.Mus., Oberlin Conservatory.

Tichelle Sorensen,
Associate
tsorensen[at]smhllaw.com
Tichelle Sorensen advises business in the areas of intellectual property, marketing and employment law. Tichelle teaches as an adjunct instructor in the Portland State University School of Business Administration and conducts training seminars to educate entertainers, artists and business clients on the power of a brand, marketing and consumer laws surrounding the brand in addition to other intellectual property issues. Tichelle’s prior business experience includes entertainment industry consulting, predominantly in music and gaming; strategic marketing consulting for both privately owned companies and state-owned enterprises in China; and export marketing. She currently serves as a coach in the PSU Social Innovation Incubator, helping early stage social entrepreneurs use the power of business to create social benefit.

Admissions - Oregon State Bar Association

Education - J.D., Indiana University, M.I.M., Portland State University, B.A., Brigham Young University, Communications.

Jennifer L. Connelly, CIPP/US
Contract Associate
jconnelly[at]smhllaw.com
Jennifer Connelly specializes in contract negotiation, with an emphasis on licensing and technology agreements, as well as various privacy and security issues, including the design and implementation of information security, record retention, and e-Discovery programs, safe harbor certification and compliance, corporate compliance with domestic and international privacy schemata, and the development of privacy and security policies, guidelines, and employee training. In addition to the practice of law, Jennifer teaches Information Privacy Law at Lewis and Clark Law School and is currently working on a Ph.D. in Systems Science at Portland State University, where she studies negotiation strategies and game theory as applied to business negotiations. she is also a Certified Information Privacy Professional.

Admissions - Oregon State Bar Association

Education - M.S., Portland State University, J.D., University of Oklahoma, B.A., University of Oklahoma.

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Jessica McKie,
Associate
jmckie[at]smhllaw.com
Jessica McKie has experience representing both plaintiffs and defendants in civil litigation. Her previous professional experience includes civil enforcement, recovery, and defense as an Assistant Attorney General for the State of Oregon. She has also served as a law clerk at the U.S. Attorney's Office in Portland Oregon where she was involved in federal criminal prosecution and civil enforcement, and as a student intern Deputy District Attorney in Multnomah County where she prosecuted misdemeanors. She practices in the areas of civil litigation as well as business transactions with an emphasis on intellectual property.

Admissions - Oregon State Bar Association

Education - J.D., Lewis and Clark Law School; B.A., UC Berkeley, Psychology.
Publications - Chapters 1 and 2, Interpreting Oregon Law, Edited by Hon. Jack Landau (OSB Legal Pubs. 2009)
Memberships - Oregon Women Lawyers