NATHAN PRICE CHANEY:
Nathan is a registered patent attorney with extensive federal intellectual property litigation experience. His practice involves a substantial amount of IP litigation and prosecution, as well as other business and tort litigation.
Nathan's IP practice focuses on providing conservative yet creative solutions to clients requiring counsel on new product design, technology licensing, infringement prosecution and defense, branding, trade secret protection, and other IP issues. He has particular skill in designing and implementing computerized solutions to data-intensive problems that arise during litigation.
The remainder of his practice involves civil litigation, including personal injury, medical malpractice, and other tort litigation. He works with doctors and other healthcare providers who utilize the latest in medical technology to provide maximum medical improvement to his clients, and he seeks to establish favorable legal precedent adopting such technologies for use in courtrooms across the State of Arkansas and the nation.
Nathan also devotes time giving back to the legal profession. He currently serves in leadership positions in various bar associations, and he was a presenter at both the 2009 and 2010 Arkansas Bar Annual Meetings. Nathan's legal writing has been published on numerous occasions, including in the Arkansas Bar's magazine, the Arkansas Lawyer.
BAR ADMISSIONS:
- U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (2004)
- State of Arkansas (2004)
- Federal Circuit Court of Appeals (2005)
- United States District Court, Eastern and Western Districts of Arkansas (2005)
- State of Texas (2010)
- Eastern District of Texas (2010)
PAST WORK EXPERIENCE:
Registered Patent Attorney & Systems Administrator, Henry Law Firm, Fayetteville, Arkansas, September 2004 – June 2009
- Argued and briefed patent cases before the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals
- Represented clients during all phases of federal and state intellectual property and commercial litigation, including active trial participation, court appearances, motion practice, discovery, settlement conferences, client intake and status meetings, and initial case investigation
- Counseled clients in complex business transactions, including intellectual property licenses and transfers, corporate formations, asset sales, license agreements, domain name transfers, new software development utilizing open source components, and confidential contract negotiations
- Shouldered primary responsibility for preparation, prosecution, and oversight of firm’s portfolio of 40+ patents and 160+ trademarks, including custom software that automates notification of changes in IP prosecution and renewal status
- Wrote custom software to map town locations for 30,000+ phone calls to identify the geographic scope of a bait-and-switch marketing scheme, which assisted in obtaining a six-figure judgment against the infringer
- Wrote proof-of-technology software in connection with a successful Arkansas Court of Appeals election that identified voters for canvassing
- Designed, implemented, and maintained the computer network for a law firm having 10+ employees
- Shared responsibility for accounting, billing, interviewing, task delegation, and other managerial aspects of the firm’s practice
Patent Agent, Law Clerk, & Systems Administrator, Chaney Law Firm, P.A., Arkadelphia, Arkansas, May 2002 – August 2004
- Wrote successful administrative appeals
- Drafted patents, contracts, assignments, pleadings, and other documents
- Served as an onsite systems administrator
IT Field Technician, Graylint Enterprises, Inc., Fayetteville, Arkansas, Spring 1999 – Winter 2001
- Catered primarily to law firms as a systems administrator
EDUCATION:
Washington & Lee University School of Law, Lexington, Virginia
- Juris Doctor, May 2004
- Focused coursework on intellectual property, technology, and the Internet
- Negotiations competition finalist
University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas
- Bachelor of Science in Computer Systems Engineering, May 2001
- Full academic scholarship plus stipend
- Led two senior design projects involving the design of a pipeline architecture processor and a web interface for course registration
- Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternity
- New Greek Council
PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS:
- Presenter, In-House Insurance Defense Counsel: Permissible Cost Saving Measure or Impermissible Conflict of Interest?, Arkansas Trial Lawyer's Association Personal Injury CLE, Little Rock, Arkansas (June 18, 2010)
- Presenter, In-House Insurance Defense Counsel: Permissible Cost Saving Measure or Impermissible Conflict of Interest?, Arkansas Bar Annual Meeting, Hot Springs, Arkansas (June 10, 2010)
- Presenter, Digitizing the Modern Law Office, Arkansas Bar's Best of CLE, Springdale, Arkansas (June 30, 2009)
- Presenter, Digitizing the Modern Law Office, Arkansas Bar Annual Meeting, Hot Springs, Arkansas (June 11, 2009)
- “A Call to Farms: Diversify the Fuel Supply,” 53 S.D.L.R. 515 (2008)
- “An Electronic Law Office – Taking a Paper Practice into the Digital Age,” 43 Arkansas Lawyer 20 (2008)
LEGAL COMMUNITY:
- President, Clark County Bar Association
- Tort Section Chair for the Arkansas Bar Association
- Member, Arkansas Trial Lawyers Association and American Association for Justice
LOCAL COMMUNITY:
- A Vote for Growth, Arkadelphia, Arkansas
- Eagle Scout, Troop 24, Arkadelphia, Arkansas
COMPUTER SKILLS:
- Developer of custom Intelection political geolocation solution software
- Significant systems administration experience with Mac OS X and Windows
- Customization of Time Matters case management software
- Proficient in Javascript, MySQL, Perl, and PHP; experience with C, C++, and other languages and systems

