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Christopher D. Wood, Esq., PhD

Christopher (Chris) has a B.S. with honors in Microbiology from the University of Wales, a M.S. in Biotechnology from the University of Central Lancashire, a PhD in Chemistry from the University of Glasgow, and a J.D. from the DePaul Law School. Before joining Premier Law Group, Chris worked as an Attorney and Technical Assistant for several law firms.

Chris has prepared or prosecuted over 100 patent applications in a variety of technical areas, including pharmaceutical, immunology, industrial, tissue culture, surgical devices, microbiological, downstream processing, chemical, biochemical, bioinformatics, agro biotechnology, telecommunications, wireless communication protocols, software and mechanical.

Chris is an expert in handling DNA and amino acid sequences. Chris has worked on patent projects for several Fortune 100 Companies including: ADM, Abbott, MERCK; and not-for-profit organizations including Scripps Clinic while working for top rated law firms.

Chris is admitted to the Illinois and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois, and is registered to practice before the United States Patent and Trademark Office. He is also a member of the American Bar Association, American Chemical Society (ACS), and Phi Delta Phi, and is a recipient of the CALI Award for Legal Drafting.

Daniel J. Eisenberg, Esq.

Dan studied Computer Science at Hofstra University, has a B.B.A. in Finance from Mercer University, and a J.D. from Syracuse University. Before joining Premier Law Group, Dan worked as an Attorney for an Intellectual Property law firm in the Washington D.C. area, drafting patent, trademark and copyright applications. In the patent area, Dan specializes in mechanical, Internet, and business method applications.

In addition, Dan has worked as a defense litigator in New York representing national companies such as Airborne Express, and was an officer in the Unites States Army Judge Advocate General's Corps. Dan is registered to practice before the United States Patent and Trademark Office and is a member of the New York State Bar.

Thomas A. Mauro, Esq. (Of Counsel)

Thomas A. Mauro was born in Brooklyn, New York. He received his education at Georgetown University Law Center (J.D. 1973) and Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn (B.S. Physics 1967). Mr. Mauro is admitted to the Bars of the District of Columbia and State of Maryland, he is also admitted to the United States Supreme Court, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, and the United States District Courts for the District of Columbia and the District of Maryland.

Prior to his legal career, Mr. Mauro was employed by the Eastman Kodak Company as an Optical Engineer. In Washington, D.C. he was appointed a Patent Examiner by the United States Patent Office in Physics and Optics from 1970 1971. He was retained as Antitrust Consultant for the District of Columbia and drafted the District of Columbia Antitrust Act of 1978. He has testified before Congress on antitrust law and has conducted seminars on antitrust law for several industry associations.

Mr. Mauro began his career in litigation as Law Clerk to the Honorable Thomas A. Flannery, and as an Honors Program Trial Attorney, United States Department of Justice, Antitrust Division, where he helped initiate the Government's antitrust action against AT&T in 1974. Mr. Mauro has continued his career in complex litigation concentrating on intellectual property, government contracts, antitrust law and creditors rights in private practice in Washington, D.C.

Michael J. Foycik, Jr., Esq. (Of Counsel)

Mike has a B.S.E. in Engineering from Youngstown State University where he received the highest grade point average in his engineering section. Mike has a J.D. degree in Law from George Washington University. Mike is a former Patent Examiner in the electrical and mechanical areas of Group 33. As an Examiner, Mike received annual Achievement Awards. After working at the United States Patent and Trademark Office, Mike went to work for some of the most prominent law firms in the country including: Fisher, Christen & Sabol; Holman & Stern; Spencer, Frank & Schneider; and Armstrong, Westerman, Hattori, McLeland & Naughton.

Mike is a member of the District of Columbia Bar, the Patent Bar, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit and the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.

David G. Mazur, Director-Business Development

Dave brings a wealth of varied business experience to the firm. He received a BS in Government and Public Administration from American University, Washington, DC and has completed Masters courses in Business Administration at Southeastern University.

His career includes ten years with Bell Atlantic/AT&T performing technical marketing functions for large government accounts, primarily the Department of Defense, his expertise being primarily as a technical marketing “trouble shooter”. He headed the installation of various complex C3 (Command, Control, Communications) projects, including the conferencing bridge systems for the Pentagons’ National Military Command Center and the Air Force Command Center. This included personally drafting the operations manuals for both systems. Dave was also instrumental in the sale and installation of the data switching capability for the DODs’ Washington Metropolitan Area Centrex system (100,000+ lines).

Dave left Bell Atlantic to go into business for himself, shifting industries and owning/managing two successful wholesale food distributorships with annual sales exceeding $10M. After the sale of these businesses Dave joined Premier Law Group.

Dave is noted for his “hands-on” approach to client service. Whenever possible, he prefers to answer incoming client calls himself. Don’t be surprised if Dave answers when you call Premier Law Group.