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Mr. Straight is a shareholder at Ray Quinney & Nebeker in the Firm's litigation section. He focuses on intellectual property litigation, advising local, regional, and national clients in patent, trademark, and copyright matters. He assists high-technology and other companies in the protection and enforcement of their intellectual property rights. Mr. Straight also represents clients in a wide variety of other commercial litigation, including securities, shareholder derivative, and appellate litigation matters. He also has extensive experience with litigation involving the direct selling industry. Mr. Straight also advises clients regarding compliance with federal and state economic regulations, including Federal Trade Commission regulations, and export control and economics sanctions regulations. In addition, Mr. Straight is a registered lobbyist in Utah and has represented clients in matters before a variety of legislative bodies and administrative agencies.
Mr. Straight is a Hiring Partner and co-chair of the Firm's Recruiting Committee. Mr. Straight has been voted by his peers throughout the state as one of Utah�s Legal Elite in the categories of Intellectual Property and Government Law (as published in Utah Business Magazine).
EDUCATION
Duke University, J.D., L.L.M. in transnational and comparative law, 1996
cum laude
Georgetown University, B.S.F.S., International Affairs, 1991
cum laude
PRACTICE AREAS
Intellectual Property Law and Litigation
Litigation
Securities Litigation
Appellate Practice
Winter Sports Practice Group
PRIOR PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Associate, Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, Washington, D.C., September 1997 - March 1999
Clerkship, Hon. Stephen H. Anderson, U.S. Court of Appeals, 10th Circuit, September 1996-August 1997
ADMITTED TO PRACTICE
Utah State Bar, 1996
District of Columbia Bar, 1998
U. S. Court of Appeals, 10th Circuit
U.S. District Court, District of Utah
Court of International Trade
PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS
GATT & NAFTA: Marrying Effective Dispute Settlement and Sovereignty of the Fifty States, 45 DUKE LAW JOURNAL 216 (1995)
PROFESSIONAL AND CIVIC ACTIVITIES
Chair, Intellectual Property Section, Utah State Bar (2006-2007)
Member, Salt Lake City Community Development Advisory Board (2001-2006) | 