
Your Trusted
Intellectual Property Partner
We are seasoned attorneys with over 100 years of collective experience in litigation and Intellectual Property law. Our team includes a former U.S. Patent Examiner, a former U.S. Marine Corp aviator and Judge Advocate, and a Master and Program Chair of the John C. Lifland American Inn of Court. Our diverse backgrounds include engineering, biology, genetics, chemistry, aviation, telecommunications, satellite technologies, and software. Let us put our expertise to work for you.

Anthony J. DiMarino
Attorney
Jay, a registered patent attorney, focuses his practice on patent, trademark, copyright, trade secret, and unfair competition issues. He represents companies of all sizes in a wide variety of fields and industries. He serves as trial counsel when litigation is necessary. While most of his cases are located in New Jersey and Pennsylvania, he has been admitted on a pro hac vice basis in courts across the country.

Norman Lehrer
Attorney – Of Counsel
Norman has almost 50 years of experience representing companies and individuals in intellectual property matters. He has prepared, filed, and prosecuted over 500 patent applications and over 2000 trademark applications in the United States and in foreign countries.


Kristine L. Butler
Attorney
Kristine focuses her practice on counseling emerging and established companies as well as individuals and entrepreneurs regarding their intellectual property matters. She has litigated patent, trademark, and copyright infringement matters, as well as false advertising and unfair competition cases. She has extensive experience as local counsel in the District Court of New Jersey in trademark and patent infringement matters, including Hatch-Waxman / ANDA litigations, as well as multidistrict litigations.

Fred Wilf
Attorney – Of Counsel
Fred Wilf has been practicing technology and intellectual property law since 1985. He represents individuals and companies for most legal issues that arise with technology (including information technology, chemicals, mechanical and electronic technologies) across all industries. He writes and negotiates contracts with the goal of helping the client close the right deal. He files and prosecutes trademark and copyright applications to help protect the client’s rights. Fred also consults on related issues, including data privacy and confidentiality.

Josh Waterson
Attorney – Of Counsel
Josh Waterston practices intellectual property and technology law, with a focus on enabling business owners and entrepreneurs to prevent or resolve legal issues. He has managed people and budgets, and applies this practical knowledge to his practice.
Josh has spent much of his career as a litigator. He has handled civil and criminal litigation from trial through appellate stages, having litigated well over 30,000 cases in two decades. Josh is admitted to practice in Pennsylvania state courts, as well as the United States District Courts in the Eastern, Middle, and Western districts of Pennsylvania.

Sandi Doner
Paralegal
Sandi has more than thirty years’ experience as a complex litigation paralegal.
At our firm, she assists the attorneys with the filing and prosecution of trademarks and patents. For our litigation clients, she is involved in every phase of trial, from investigations, through discovery and document production, through to trial and post trial motions. Sandi is also versed in contract writing and consistency in multiple document master service agreements and the supporting statements of work.

Kathleen Ruzzo
Legal Assistant
Kathie has been a legal assistant to Norman Lehrer for 44 years. She has assisted with the preparation and filing of patent and trademark applications in the United States and in foreign countries. Kathie has been responsible for docketing and maintaining all patent properties and trademark properties.

Jeanne M. Vitale
Office Manager
Jeanne Vitale was raised and lives in the Cherry Hill area.
Prior to joining our firm in 2016, she began a new career as a legal assistant working for a general practitioner for 7 years.
Jeanne is responsible for managing office services by ensuring office operations and procedures are organized, correspondence and documents are managed, and filing systems are followed.