$ 200-400 per hour
For over 35 years now John R. Crossan has helped businesses, institutions, and individuals thrive and compete successfully with services provided by his specialized practice of Intellectual Property Law - shortened as IP Law. John R. Crossan has, with his clients, obtained and enforced or protected against patents, trademarks, copyrights, and trade secrets, and John R. Crossan has helped clients understand and use employment covenants and IP-related antitrust law. He has done this through litigation in Federal and state courts and other dispute resolution forums, here and abroad, through preparing and prosecuting applications, by negotiations and licensing, and through counseling of clients of all sizes.
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53 years | 80 cases
$ 200-400 per hour
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Acquired: 1974
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875 N Michigan Ave., #3216, Chicago, IL, 60611-1960
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2006
Illinois Super Lawyer in IP Litigation, Illinois Super Lawyers
2005
Illinois Leading Lawyer in Intellectual Property Law, Leading Lawyers Network
1990
Who's Who in the World, America, American Business, American Law, Marquis Who's Who
1985
AV Rating for professional ability and ethics, Martindale Hubble Law Directory
2009 - Present
Founder and Sole Member, Crossan Intellectual Property Law, LLC
1998 - 2009
Partner, CHAPMAN AND CUTLER LLP
1989 - 1997
Counsel, then Shareholder, BRINKS HOFER GILSON & LIONE
1978 - 1988
Associate, then partner, COOK WETZEL & EGAN, LTD.
1974 - 1978
Associate, HILL GROSS SIMPSON VAN SANTEN et al.
1980 - Present
American Intellectual Property Law AssociationMember
1974 - Present
American Bar AssociationLitigation, IP Sections
1974 - Present
Intellectual Property Law Association of ChicagoMember
2009 - 2011
Intellectual Property Law Association of Chicago, Litigation CommitteeChair
1980 - 1988
American Counsel AssociationMember, Board
1974 - 2011
Chicago Bar AssociationPatent, Trademark Law Committees
Summary Judgment entered
Case dismissed
Summary Judgmnt for Def entered, reversed, settled
Jury verdict for Plaintiff, $7.5 MM damages
1973
JD - Juris Doctor
1969
BS - Bachelor of Science
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