Gary Hoffman joined Dickstein Shapiro in 1986, and leads the Firm’s Intellectual Property Practice of more than 85 attorneys. Mr. Hoffman focuses his practice on intellectual property law, unfair competition, and computer law, including litigation, licensing, and creation of asset management programs. In more than 35 years of private practice, he has participated in more than 140 intellectual property lawsuits and has acted as lead counsel in most of these. These actions have involved patent, trademark, copyright, antitrust, trade secret, and unfair competition disputes. Additionally, he has prepared more than 175 licensing agreements and has established programs for the acquisition and management of intellectual property rights.

Bar Admissions

District of Columbia
Virginia
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
U.S. Supreme Court
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

Education

University of Pennsylvania, B.S.E.E., 1967
The George Washington University Law School, J.D., 1971