FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
BLOOMFIELD HILLS, Mich. – Intellectual property attorney
Beverly M. Bunting has joined Butzel Long as a senior attorney based in the firm's Bloomfield Hills office.
Ms. Bunting concentrates her practice in the area of intellectual property law, with a special emphasis on domestic and foreign patent prosecution. Her practice encompasses a wide range of technologies. She has a solid engineering background, including expertise in automotive design, packaging and medical devices.
Prior to joining Butzel Long, Ms. Bunting practiced with an intellectual property boutique firm, where she strategically managed intellectual property portfolios for corporate and individual clients, including developing intellectual property assets, patent drafting, filing and prosecution in mechanical, computer, biomedical and business method technologies in USPTO, PCT, and foreign countries, including reexamination and appeals processes. Her experience also includes preparation of patent opinions and freedom to practice analysis, license and non-disclosure agreements, and preparation and prosecution of trademarks and copyrights.
Ms. Bunting's extensive automotive background includes working with Chrysler Corporation as staff attorney, regulatory specialist and product design and development engineer. She served as an expert witness for Chrysler in the area of throttle and speed controls.
She is admitted to practice before the State Courts of Michigan, the United States Court for the Eastern District of Michigan and the United States Patent and Trademark Office. Ms. Bunting is a member of the Michigan Patent Law Association and former officer of the Intellectual Property Law Section of the State Bar of Michigan.
Ms. Bunting is a graduate of the Detroit College of Law (J.D., cum laude, 1985), Wayne State University (M.S., Mechanical Engineering, 1981) and Michigan State University (B.S., Systems Engineering with a minor in Computer Science and Biomedical Engineering, 1978). Ms. Bunting is a resident of Troy.
About Butzel Long
Butzel Long was established in 1854 and is headquartered in Detroit. Butzel Long is one of America's leading law firms, with 240 attorneys and offices in Detroit, Bloomfield Hills, Lansing, Ann Arbor, and Holland, Michigan, New York City, Washington, D.C., Boca Raton and Palm Beach, Florida, as well as Alliance offices in Beijing, Shanghai, Mexico City and Monterrey. The firm represents clients from diverse industries on a regional, national and multi-national level and is the sole Michigan member of Lex Mundi, a global association of 160 independent law firms. Visit the Butzel Long website at www.butzel.com(http://www.butzel.com/).
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