Attorney Vytas Rimas, the founder of the firm, is licensed in Minnesota and
California and AV-Rated. His legal work and litigation has been on behalf of
clients ranging from start up entrepreneurs  to Fortune 500 Companies in diverse
industries and technical fields, including financial services, and computers and
semi-conductors, consumer goods, medical devices, building agricultural products,
sports equipment, entertainment and housing. He has been a mediator by
appointment from the U.S. District Court.

Vytas M. Rimas: Member, Counselor and Litigator


ADMISSIONS                
  • California Supreme Court
  • Minnesota Supreme Court
  • United States Courts of Appeal for the Eighth, Ninth and Federal Circuits
  • United States District Courts for the Districts of Minnesota
  • United States District Courts for the  C.D. and N.D. of California,
  • United States District Courts for Colorado, W.D. Michigan, W. D. Wisconsin
  • Pro hac vice admissions throughout the U.S.


PROFESSIONAL
ASSOCIATIONS
  • Corporate Counsel Association
  • American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA)
  • AIPLA Alternative Dispute Resolution Neutral Registry
  • American Bar Association, Intellectual Property Section
  • California State Bar, Intellectual Property Section
  • Minnesota Intellectual Property Law Association
  • Minnesota State Bar Association
  • Federal Bar Association
  • Hennepin County Bar Association and Lawyer Referral and Information Service
  • Mediator by appointment from U.S. District Court




EDUCATION        
  • Golden Gate University Law School, Juris Doctor, San Francisco, California
  • University of Minnesota, Bachelor of Science, Biology, Minneapolis, Minnesota
  • Additional graduate-level course work in Biomedical Computer Programming


SEMINARS                
  • Lectured on topics including trademark, copyright, Internet law, trade secret
    protection and litigation, and ethical issues in intellectual property litigation.
  • Chaired E-Law Symposium and presented Combating Unauthorized use of
    Trademarks, Copyrighted Materials and Linking



PUBLICATIONS        
  • Intellectual Property for Business Lawyers, West Group, (contributing author)
  • Trade Secret Protection of Computer Software, Rimas, 5 COMPUTER/LAW
    JOURNAL (77-99)


RECOGNITION                
  • National Writing Award, University of Southern California Computer Law
    Center        
  • Quoted in  The Pioneer Press                
  • Recognition by The State Bar of California Board of Governors for Outstanding
    Contribution of Pro Bono Legal Services in California


RATINGS
  • Martindale-Hubbell AV
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