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James L. Lester
Partner
Jim Lester is head of MacCord Mason's litigation group in the Greensboro office. Before joining the firm, he was a member of Rhodes & Mason and a litigation partner at Patton Boggs LLP. Mr. Lester has practiced in the areas of technology-related litigation and intellectual property for over 18 years and is registered to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. He has experience litigating patent disputes involving textiles (yarns, fabrics, and garments), high speed machinery (sorter/conveyors, knitting machines), industrial products (dye tubes, crash sensors), electronics (telephone switching devices, DSL enclosures), chemicals (ruminant feed supplements, detergent dispensers), research devices (free electron laser, microwave gun), household goods (smoker/grill), and furniture (dinette cushions, headboards, sofas).
His approach to litigation is proactive and designed to eliminate unnecessary costs in dispute resolution. He has worked closely with large corporate patent departments and with solo entrepreneurs. In all cases, he has applied his experience and legal skills to define the issues and present the facts in a light most favorable to his clients.
Mr. Lester is admitted to the practice of law in North Carolina and Virginia, before the U. S. Supreme Court, the Courts of Appeals for the Federal Circuit and the Fourth Circuit, the Court of Federal Claims, the Armed Services, the General Services and the Veterans Administration Boards of Contract Appeals, the Federal Courts in North Carolina and Virginia and the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. He has also participated in arbitrations administered by the American Arbitration Association, the International Chamber of Commerce and the Duke Private Adjudication Center.
In 1992, Mr. Lester was among the first group of mediators certified by the Supreme Court of North Carolina to perform mediations of civil cases in the Superior Courts of North Carolina. He received his Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering from M.I.T. in 1979 and his law degree from Duke University in 1982.
Mr. Lester is a member of the North Carolina Bar Association (Counsel, IP Law Committee, Counsel and Technology Subcommittee Chair, Dispute Resolution Committee), Federal Circuit Bar Association, American Intellectual Property Law Association, Greensboro Bar Association and American Society of Civil Engineers.
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