Criminal Law

• Fraud
  Under Section 807 of The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (Act), any person who knowingly commits securities fraud is subject to a hefty fine, a prison term of up to 25 years, or both. Section 807 does not criminalize securities laws violations for the first time; however, it does combine several existing laws so as to facilitate and streamline federal prosecutions. Section 807 does impose significantly harsher criminal penalties than the penalties prescribed under prior laws.
• Murder
  Courts are sometimes faced with managing high-profile or notorious cases. The media frenzy surrounding such trials can make it a challenge to provide a fair trial, a right guaranteed by the Constitution. Besides celebrity cases, the courts face special challenges in handling brutal murder cases.

Business and Corporate Law

• Corporate Law
• Mergers and Acquisitions
  Our attorneys have both industry and legal experience, which enables Smith Tempel to apply legal, technical, economic and business disciplines to generate practical solutions. Our IP professionals practice in the patent, trademark and copyright fields. We also provide corporate legal services, including mergers and acquisitions, capital funding, strategy consulting, business development and licensing.
• Business Disputes
• Trade Secrets
• Intellectual Property
  Greg's practice involves all areas of intellectual property law including disputes concerning patents, trademarks, trade secrets and copyrights.
• Unfair Competition
  Since graduating from law school in 1995, Dan’s practice has involved virtually all of areas of intellectual property, including domestic and foreign patent application drafting and prosecution, litigation of patent, copyright, trademark and unfair competition cases, drafting of patent validity opinions, drafting of patent infringement opinions, clearance opinions, and patent mediation. Over the years, his main practice has focused in the areas of patent application drafting and prosecution of cases in electronics, computers, software, telecommunications, imaging and optics. Specific areas of technology in which he practices include integrated circuit design and processes, memory storage systems, solid state memory devices, analog and digital circuit design, wireless systems and protocols, telephones, base stations, telecommunications protocols, optical fibers, optical transceivers, MRI imaging systems, X-ray imaging systems, and ultrasound imaging systems.

Employment Law

• Non-compete Agreement