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Leesburg Intellectual Property Law Firm
Overview
Dunlap Bennett & Ludwig is a veteran-owned law firm with local presence and global knowledge that boasts over 75 attorneys who are licensed to practice in over 40 states and multiple countries outside of the United States. Our team prides itself on prioritizing and caring for our clients, not only offering a full array of business and estate legal services, but – more importantly – by establishing and investing in long-term relationships with the individuals and businesses which we represent.
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Dunlap Bennett & Ludwig is a veteran-owned law firm with local presence and global knowledge that boasts over 75 attorneys who are licensed to practice in over 40 states and multiple countries outside of the United States. Our team prides itself on prioritizing and caring for our clients, not only offering a full array of business and estate legal services, but – more importantly – by establishing and investing in long-term relationships with the individuals and businesses which we represent.
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Dunlap Bennett & Ludwig is a veteran-owned law firm with local presence and global knowledge that boasts over 75 attorneys who are licensed to practice in over 40 states and multiple countries outside of the United States. Our team prides itself on prioritizing and caring for our clients, not only offering a full array of business and estate legal services, but – more importantly – by establishing and investing in long-term relationships with the individuals and businesses which we represent.
At Dunlap Bennett & Ludwig, we are not just your lawyers – our depth of experience includes lawyers who are also business owners, patent-holders, military veterans, commercial pilots, prosecutors, aerospace engineers, MBAs, and scholars. We understand our clients on a much deeper level, using our unique backgrounds to act as straight-talking advisers and zealous advocates on your behalf.
Our team hails from the most respected law schools and law firms. The average partner at our firm has more than twenty years of high-level relevant legal experience, and they are supported by a closely-knit team of experienced senior counsel and hard-working associates. Our clients reap the business success of mega-firm level advice in our low-overhead, compact, and cost-efficient environment. We have successfully handled a wide range of matters for individuals, entrepreneurs, small businesses, Fortune 500 companies, and sovereign governments. Our practices include:
- Business: Formation, Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Transactions, Tax
- Trusts & Estates: Tax and Wealth Planning, Administration, Probate
- Government, National & Cyber Security
- Immigration
- Insurance: Coverage, Defense, Reinsurance
- Intellectual Property: Patents, Trademarks & Copyrights
- Employment: Counseling, Drafting, Defense & Enforcement
- Litigation, Arbitration & Mediation (Commercial)
- Real Estate: Construction, Development, Lending & Leasing
- White Collar Defense: State & Federal, Debarment, Security Clearance
About Dunlap Bennett & Ludwig
Practice Areas
- Intellectual Property
- Patents
- Trademarks
- Military law - dishonorable discharges
- Government Contracts
- Copyright
- Litigation
- Security Clearances
- Community Association / HOA
- Construction
- Employment
- White Collar
- Lender Representation
Languages
- Spanish
- French
- English
Previous Law Firm Name
- Dunlap, Grubb, Weaver & Whitbeck, P.C., 2005
- Bredimus, Dunlap & Grubb, P.C., January 15, 2002
- DunlapWeaver PLLC
- Dunlap, Grubb & Weaver PLLC
Classes and Seminars
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Intellectual Property for Business Owners, SBDC/ SVA, March 15, 2006 - March 16, 2006
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Estate Planning 1-2-3, DAR, July 20, 2005
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Creditors’ Defenses During Bankruptcy
- IP Jam Session- Patents, Trademarks, Copyright & Trade Secrets, VA CLE, 2014
Pro Bono Activities
- Leadership in the Law, June 15, 1999 - Present
- Loudoun County Pro Bono Domestic Relations, July 15, 2002 - Present
Ancillary Businesses
- Consulting
People
Attorneys
- David Ludwig (Partner)
- Tom Dunlap (Partner)
- Ellis L. Bennett (Partner)
- Ben Barlow (Associate Attorney, Litigation)
- Brendan Squire (Senior Counsel, Patents)
- David Verhey (Partner)
- Mary Witzel (Senior Associate)
- Mark Russakow
- Jason B. Witten
- Thomas M. Dunlap
- Robert Akers (Senior Counsel)
- Ashley Barendse (Associate Attorney)
- Leo Sun (Associate Attorney)
- Alexander H. Butterman (Senior Counsel)
- Dusty Gwinn (Senior Counsel)
- Sumedha Bahri (Associate Attorney, Patents)
- Chris Arakaky (LSP Attorney)
- Craig Donis (LSP Attorney)
- William vanZyverden (LSP Attorney)
- Chad Rogers (LSP Contract Attorney)
- Daniel Davis (LSP IP Attorney)
- Calvin Smith (Senior Counsel, Litigation)
- Jeffrey Lippman (LSP Attorney)
- Robert Eatinger
- Cortland C. Putbrese
Staff
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DeAnna Burke, Chief Operating Officer, 703-777-8357
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Miranda Day, Client Services Manager, 703-777-7319
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Timothy O'Meara, Controller, 571-252-8520
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Ralph Jenkins, Lead Technical Paralegal, Litigation, 703-669-2326
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Cailey Afualo, Managing Paralegal, Litigation, 703-291-8962
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Kerry Bitter, Managing Paralegal, Patents, 703-962-7845
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Lara Wilson, Operations Director, 571-206-5711
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Kristin Stead, Paralegal, Patents, 571-388-2337
Office Information
Address
211 Church Street SE Leesburg, VA 20175
Phone
Fax
- 703-777-3656
Accepts Credit Cards
Yes
Websites
Other Offices
Dunlap Bennett & Ludwig 1717 Pennsylvania Ave NW #1025 Washington, DC 20006 202-316-8558
Dunlap Bennett & Ludwig 250 Yonge St. #2201 Toronto, ON M5B - 2L7 , Canada 647-955-1294
Dunlap Bennett & Ludwig 1870 The Exchange SE #200 Atlanta, GA 30339 404-692-5953
Dunlap Bennett & Ludwig 31 W. 34th St. New York, NY 10001 917-338-1905
Dunlap Bennett & Ludwig 6660 South Sheridan Road Suite 250 Tulsa, OK 74133 703-777-7319
Dunlap Bennett & Ludwig 790 E. Green St. Pasadena, CA 91101 866-755-8745
Dunlap Bennett & Ludwig 8300 Boone Blvd. #550 Vienna, VA 22182 703-442-3890
Dunlap Bennett & Ludwig Blackwell House Guildhall Yard London, EC2V 5AE , United Kingdom +44 (20) 36216305
Dunlap Bennett & Ludwig Room 1053, 10/F, South Tower, Beijing Kerry Centre No. 1 Guanghua Road, Chaoyang District Beijing , China +86 10 56617277
Dunlap Bennett & Ludwig 151 Calle San Francisco San Juan, PR 00901 787-945-0559
Dunlap Bennett & Ludwig 8003 Franklin Farms Dr. Suite 220 Richmond, VA 23229 804-823-7776
Dunlap Bennett & Ludwig 1000 N. West St. #1203 Wilmington, DE 19801 302-468-7340
Dunlap Bennett & Ludwig 8010 S Co Rd 5 Fort Collins, CO 80528 970-631-8019
Dunlap Bennett & Ludwig 55 E. Monroe Suite 3800 Chicago, IL 60603 312-868-0714
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Lawyers at Dunlap Bennett & Ludwig nominated to a Super Lawyers® list
- Dunlap, Tom On a Super Lawyers® List
- Ludwig, David On a Super Lawyers® List
- Putbrese, Cortland C. On a Super Lawyers® List
Honors
- Northern Virginia Magazine - Top Lawyers, June 1, 2006 - June 30, 2006
- VSB Award of Merit to Loudoun Bar 2005/ Leadership in the Law, June 15, 2005 - June 24, 2005
- Virginia Living best law firm 2014
Representative Clients
- Blue Ridge Simulation
- World Adult Kickball Association
- MIZ Engineering - Taiwan
- Boutique International Wines- Australia
- Alma de Chile - Wines
- Hyper Data, Inc.
- Acceledyne Corp.
- Star Power, Inc. (John Robert Powers Modeling Agencies)
- GNS International - Cameroon (Airline Leasing)
- JLK Real Estate Investment Corp. (Mixed Use Real Estate)
- Rapid Reality (Software)
- EasyTel.net (Communications)
- DogFishHead Beer (Microbrewery)
Published
Articles
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Top Partners on Best Practices & Winning Legal Strategies for New Technology & Privacy Issues, Reed Logic, 2006
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Smart Business Guide to Intellectual Property, LS Red Eagle, 2005
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Intellectual Property How To – IP Jam Session – Patents, Trademarks, Copyright and Trade Secrets, VA CLE (2014), https://www.vacle.org/product.aspx?zpid=4871&zskuid=17957
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Virginia Lawyer’s Deskbook – Chapter 8 – Patents, Copyright & Trademark, Virginia CLE (2013), http://www.vacle.org/product.aspx?zpid=1087
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IP Litigation for the Everyday Lawyer, Virginia CLE (2013)
- Intellectual Property: The Basic Law on Copyright, Trademarks, and Trade Secrets
- Electronic Evidence in Torrent Copyright Cases, Digital Evidence and Electronic Signature Review, Pario Communications, Bedfordshire, UK (2011) (pp.171-178)
- How to IP – Basics of Filing and Protecting Trademark, Patent and Copyright – Virginia CLE (2011)
- Online Defamation, Sports & Entertainment Law CLE, Rossdale CLE (2012)
- Mastering Sports, Entertainment, & Art Law, Rossdale CLE (2013)
- Speaking Objections, Virginia CLE (2009)
- Authentication and Admission of Electronic Evidence in State and Federal Courts, Virginia CLE (2009)
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