Managing Partner of Cislo & Thomas LLP

Education: B.S., Systems Engineering (Electro-mechanical-computer), University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA),

1981; J.D., Loyola Law School, Los Angeles, California, 1986.

Previously with Pretty, Schroeder, Brueggemann & Clark of Los Angeles, CA.

Admissions:  United States Supreme Court; Court of Appeals for the Federal Court (CAFC); Ninth Circuit Federal Court of Appeals;  Federal and State Courts of California; United States Patent and Trademark Office; District of Columbia, Washington D.C., Texas U.S. District Court, Illinois U.S. District Court

Associations: Santa Monica Bar Association Board of Trustees and Past President; Los Angeles Intellectual Property Law Association;  Federal Bar Association Board of Directors; Los Angeles Copyright Society; Association of Business Trial Lawyers; American Bar Association; Malibu La Costa Board of Directors; President of Malibu Winding Way Homeowners Association Board of Directors; Malibu MPC Nursery School Board of Directors; Younglife of Malibu Board of Directors. 

Areas of Practice: Specializing in  patent, copyright, trademark clearance, filing, licensing and litigation matters for a wide variety of complex technologies. Expertise in startup ventures requiring patent, copyright,  trademark, trade secret, unfair competition clearance, protection, enforcement, and licensing.  Extensive experience in the high-tech, direct marketing, infomercial and multilevel marketing industries.

Personal Interests: Enjoys jogging, skiing, whitewater rafting, ocean kayaking, body surfing, and his wife of twenty years and their four children.