Josh represents companies in intellectual property disputes involving the technologies that drive their businesses. Drawing on experience as a registered professional engineer, in-house counsel, and a law clerk and judicial extern for several judges, he brings technical fluency, business perspective and litigation judgment to patent, trade secret, copyright, trademark, unfair competition and technology-related commercial disputes.

Josh handles intellectual property disputes from pre-suit licensing and dispute resolution negotiations through trial and appeal. He has represented clients ranging from Fortune 100 companies to startups in jurisdictions across the country, in matters involving computer hardware and software, video streaming and analytics, medical devices, consumer electronics and other products, semiconductors, gaming devices and water and wastewater treatment systems.

In addition to litigation, Josh assists clients with strategies to establish, maintain and protect intellectual property assets. His experience includes patent prosecution and post-grant patent proceedings before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board, as well as trademark prosecution and post-grant proceedings before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board.

Josh served as a law clerk to the Honorable Patricia K. Norris of the Arizona Court of Appeals, a full-time extern to the Honorable Kathleen M. O’Malley of the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, an extern to the Honorable Jon Thompson of the Arizona Court of Appeals and an extern to the Honorable William O’Neil, presiding disciplinary judge of the Arizona Supreme Court

Education

  • Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law at Arizona State University (J.D., summa cum laude, 2015)
    • Order of the Coif
    • CALI Excellence awards in Patent Law; Trademark & Unfair Competition Law; Patent Law Clinic; Torts; Constitutional Law II; Nanotechnology; Executive Branch Regulatory Policy; and Legislative Advocacy & the Law
    • Certificate in Law, Science & Technology with Specialization in Intellectual Property
    • Highest Pro Bono Distinction
  • California Polytechnic State University (B.S., 2008)
    • San Luis Obispo, Civil Engineering

Bar Admission

  • California
  • Colorado
  • Admitted to practice before the United States Patent and Trademark Office

Court Admissions

  • U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit
  • U.S. District Court, District of Colorado
  • U.S. District Court, Eastern District of California
  • U.S. District Court, Southern District of California
  • U.S. District Court, Central District of California
  • U.S. District Court, District of Colorado

Professional Affiliations

  • State Bar of California
    • Intellectual Property Section
  • American Bar Association
  • Intellectual Property Section
  • SF Bay Area IP Inn of Court

Recognition

  • Named one of Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America in:
    • Intellectual Property Law, 2026
    • Litigation - Intellectual Property, 2026
    • Litigation - Patent, 2026
  • Participant, Polsinelli Trial Academy facilitated by NITA, 2024