Lou has been practicing intellectual property law for over thirty years, both as an in-house attorney for a Fortune 100 company and in private practice, including founding a successful solo practice prior to joining the firm.  He holds a BSEE from Rutgers, an MSEE from the University of Pennsylvania, and a Juris Doctorate from George Mason School of Law (now Antonin Scalia Law School).   Lou has expertise in the technical areas of: Artificial Intelligence (AI), neural networks, internet technology/networks, cloud computing, internet of things, cyber security, privacy, self-driving and assisted driving vehicles, analytics, radio frequency tags (RFID), user interfaces, biometrics, figure print recognition, solar cells, medical robotics, displays, semiconductor electronics and processes, nanotechnology, chemical processes, software applications and services, business analytics and processes, medical applications (including the use of lasers for treating skin lesions and medical database building, access, and analysis),  etc. 

Lou has participated in hundreds of patent disclosure review and development meetings with inventors.  To date, he has developed claim strategies, wrote, prosecuted, and/or managed prosecution of thousands of issued patents.

Lou has licensed multiple patent portfolios that have generated significant amounts of licensing revenue and has provided litigation support for patent enforcement efforts.  For example, Lou wrote and prosecuted an early internet routing patent. He had responsibility for a large medical robotics portfolio that he licensed to multiple companies; and Lou wrote, prosecuted, developed and managed a large portfolio of patents and know-how in Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology which was sold to a startup, which is now a large and successful organization. 

While in-house, Lou handled transactional work related to the drafting, reviewing, and negotiating of intellectual property (IP) agreements.

Prior to entering the legal field, Lou was a successful electrical engineer. During his engineering career, Lou designed, tested, and maintained nuclear power plant prototype systems as an instrumentation and controls engineer. Later, Lou was an engineering manager for a group that designed engineering upgrades for fossil-fuel fired power plants at a large public utility.

Lou is currently a member of the New York State Bar, and is a registered Patent Attorney with the USPTO.