Attorney Profile

Robert O. Lesley

Robert Lesley

Lathrop & Gage LLP
2345 Grand Boulevard, Suite 2200
Kansas City, MO 64108
Contact Contact Robert O. Lesley
T: 816-460-5376
F: 816-292-2001

Visit: www.lathropgage.com
Practice areas: Intellectual Property Litigation (60%), Civil Litigation Defense (30%), Personal Injury Defense: Products (10%)
Industry Groups: Animal Health, Appliances, Fashion, Medicine, Securities, Seminars

Profile

Mr. Lesley has twenty-six years of trial practice experience.  Since the outset of his career, he has specialized in intellectual property, business, and products liability litigation. He has tried more than twenty cases, ranging from sophisticated products liability and intellectual property disputes, including copyright, trade secret, and trademark infringement, to complex contract litigation. His extensive experience in technology and patent cases includes products as diverse as software, sulfur dioxide scrubbers, and consumer appliances.

Selected to:

Missouri & Kansas Super Lawyers 2009
Missouri & Kansas Super Lawyers 2008
Missouri & Kansas Super Lawyers 2006

About Robert Lesley

Admitted: 1982, Missouri

Professional Webpage: www.lathropgage.com/rlesley/

Honors and Awards: Martindale-Hubbell® "AV" Rating, Order of the Coif, Washington University Law Quarterly, Editor
Bar/Professional Activity: Member, American Intellectual Property Law Association, Member, Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel, Member, Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association, Member, Defense Research Institute, Co-chair, American Bar Association, Section of Litigation, Intellectual Property Litigation Committee, Expert Witness Sub-Committee, 1997 - 2002, Co-chair, American Bar Association, Section of Litigation, Products Liability Committee, Membership, Annual Meetings, Consumer Product Sub-Committees, 2002 - 2007
Pro bono/Community Service: Secretary and Member, Board of Directors of Kansas City Young Audiences, Board of Trustees of Westminster College, Vice President and Member, Board of Directors of Kansas City Friends of Alvin, Member and Vice President, Board of Directors of University Associates, Member, Alumni Board of Governors of Washington University
Scholarly Lectures and Writings: Daubert Challenges to Financial Experts (4/30/2009), American Bar Association Litigation Section, Intellectual Property 101, Presentation to Firm Clients, Discovery:  Applying the New FRCP Changes, National Business Institute, Willfulness, Preliminary Injunctions, Scope of Waiver and the Role of Opinions Post-Seagate , American Bar Association's IP Roundtable, Diversity Best Practices, American Bar Association Annual Meeting, Building Diversity in Our Practices, American Bar Association Annual Meeting, Using Trial Technology, Earl E. O'Connor Inn of Court, Inside and Outside Counsels' Perspectives on Trial Technology and Persuasion, DRI Fire and Casualty Seminar
Educational Background: Westminster College, B.A., cum laude, 1979
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