Julie King

Patent Attorney Owner @King Patent Law, Pllc

IL, US

My goal for each client is to make sure I’ve helped them take the right steps to protect what they’ve worked hard to achieve, succeed in future endeavors, and have peace of mind that planning has been done correctly and with their individual goals in mind. I believe it\'s important that people get the right advice for their unique situations and goals. For instance, patents can be great, but often applying for a patent isn\'t the best strategy.Knowing I’ve helped someone make their business successful is what I love about what I do. I help clients protect themselves and their most valuable business assets: their ideas and inventions, their purpose, and their products. I do that through a combination of intellectual property management, business planning, and estate planning.I help business owners start and run their businesses successfully. I help clients keep their focus on the core parts of the business, the things that made them want to do it in the first place, by making sure their foundations and legal strategies are strong and tailored to their unique needs. My focus on clients’ legal issues takes that off their list of things that keep them up at night.How do I do it well? I’m not just an attorney. Like my clients, I’m a business owner. That helps me understand my clients and their issues and challenges. Those are two very different hats to wear, and I love both of them. Most attorneys don’t enjoy running a business so don’t do it and don’t know what it’s like to be a business owner. I do. I know what it’s like to build a business from scratch. I understand the joys and the fears. I market my practice, so I understand the importance of branding. I help clients make sure their business names are available and able to be registered for their own protection and ability to keep others from copying. I make sure clients’ logos and slogans serve them well, not cause problems because they’re too similar to something someone else is already using.

University of Illinois Springfield

Master of Science, Computer Science

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

BA, English

University of Illinois University Laboratory High School

High School

University of Illinois College of Law

JD, Law