NATHAN PRICE CHANEY

Nathan is a registered patent attorney with extensive federal intellectual property litigation experience. His practice with the Chaney Law Firm involves a substantial amount of IP litigation and prosecution, as well as other business and tort litigation. Nathan is also an election consultant and software programmer, and you can read more about his activities in those areas at http://www.nathanchaney.com/.

Nathan’s IP practice focuses on providing conservative yet creative solutions to clients requiring counsel on new product design, IP procurement, technology licensing, infringement prosecution and defense, branding, trade secret protection, and other IP issues. He has particular skill in designing and implementing database-driven 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 the 2009 and 2010 Arkansas Bar Annual Meetings. Nathan's legal writing has been published on numerous occasions, including in the Arkansas Law Review and the Arkansas Bar's magazine, the Arkansas Lawyer. In 2010–11, Nathan won a pro bono appeal confirming that Arkansas insurance policyholders have a right to be represented by lawyers who exercise independent judgment for their clients, not lawyers who simply follow orders from the insurance companies.

Nathan also gives back to his community at large. After returning home to practice law, Nathan joined the executive committee of a successful ballot initiative campaign that sought to spur growth in Clark County. These community efforts are nothing new for Nathan. When he was a teenager, Nathan led a group Boy Scouts in publishing a guide for activities for local children and youth as part of earning his Eagle Scout award.

 

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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

 

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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