Marital Status: Married to my wife of eight years with two girls, ages 5 and 2, and a one-year-old boy.

Occupation: Registered Patent Attorney with a large regional law firm.

Education:

• B.S. from Brigham Young University in Zoology with a minor in Math
• M.S. in Molecular Biology from Brigham Young University
• J.D. from the Arizona State Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law
• LL.M. in Intellectual Property Law from The George Washington University Law School

Hobbies:

• Canyoneering (the decent of canyons using rope work and climbing techniques in reverse)
• Sports: Phoenix Suns; Arizona Diamondbacks (can you tell where I grew up?); Los Angeles Dodgers and Angels of Anaheim; BYU football, basketball, and volleyball; and playing just about anything
• Computers, mainly web programming and fixing everybody I know’s computer
• Movies
• Bicycling (lately mountain biking)
• Fantasy Sports
• Surfing, only occasionally because I suck
• Reading, mostly fiction
• Religious Studies
• Making my children laugh… (my favorite hobby)