Dean Russell advises multinational companies on implementing strategies for protecting intellectual property rights worldwide. He is registered to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and has served as an adjunct professor of intellectual property law at the University of Georgia School of Law and at the University of Tennessee College of Law.

Prior to practicing law, Mr. Russell participated in developing computer simulations of the guidance and detonation equipment of the U.S. Army’s PATRIOT missile system.

Mr. Russell is a member of the firm’s Executive Committee. He was recognized in The Best Lawyers in America^® for Intellectual Property Law in 2013 and each of the 12 years immediately preceding. He was also recognized as a 2009 Georgia "Super Lawyer" for Intellectual Property law by SuperLawyers magazine. Mr. Russell was listed in the International Who's Who of Patent Lawyers in 2011 and also in the International Who’s Who of Business Lawyers for Patents in 2011 and 2013. He was named Pro Bono Volunteer of the Year in 2011 by Atlanta Legal Aid Society, Inc. In 2012 and 2013, Mr. Russell was named a top patent practitioner by IAM Patent 1000 – The World’s Leading Patent Practitioners. He was named among Georgia Trend's 2012 "Legal Elite" in the area of Intellectual Property Law. Mr. Russell received Lexology’s Client Choice Guide - International 2013 Award in the Intellectual Property: Patents category for Georgia. He is AV^® rated by Martindale-Hubbell.*

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