William A. Munck

About William A. Munck

Managing Partner of Munck Wilson Mandala, LLP and Chairman of the Firm\'s Intellectual Property Section. Mr. Munck has more than 30 years of experience counseling clients regarding development of market-focused offensive and defensive intellectual property portfolios. His technical expertise is in the hardware, software, firmware, wired/wireless communication, medical device and energy fields.Mr. Munck began his career with a full-service Texas-based law firm in 1992 and a prominent New York IP litigation boutique 1994. He also worked for several years as a lead software engineer and project manager with Axiom Systems, Inc. in New York.Specialties: Practice emphasizes long-range corporate strategies for domestic and foreign procurement, management and enforcement of intellectual property (IP) rights; defense against 3rd-party infringement claims, including prosecution of 3rd-party reexamination proceedings; analysis, development and rendering of legal opinions; and negotiation of technology transfers and related IP issues associated with private and public financings, mergers, acquisitions, and industry and patent troll licensing matters.

Experience

1. Global Managing Partner

   Munck Wilson Mandala LLP

   May 1997 — Present

   Munck Wilson Mandala, is a technology focused boutique law firm headquartered in Dallas, Texas, with a branch office in Marshall, Texas. The Firm provides full-service counsel to technology companies and other companies that require legal counsel on complex matters. Munck Wilson Mandala is positioned to protect the most important elements of a technology company\'s success: human capital, intellectual property and business transactions and financing. Our practice areas include: complex commercial and patent litigation, intellectual property, corporate and securities and employment.

Skills

• Joint Ventures
• Due Diligence
• Management
• Strategy
• Ip
• Arbitration
• Litigation
• Patent Litigation
• Patents
• Intellectual Property
• Contract Negotiation
• Dispute Resolution
• Corporate Governance
• Legal Research
• Finance
• Legal Opinions
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Mediation
• Civil Litigation
• Negotiation
• Technology Transfer
• Trade Secrets
• Analysis
• Prosecution
• Licensing
• Patent Law
• Securities Regulation
• Securities
• Commercial Litigation
• Trademarks
• Corporate Law