Susan Long Crockett is a principal in the firm. Working with high technology clients, Ms. Crockett prosecutes patent applications in many diverse areas of technology.

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As an experienced intellectual property lawyer, she counsels on trademark issues, infringement and validity issues and patent infringement litigation. She also has broad experience in international patent and trademark prosecution. Susan brings a unique perspective to intellectual property issues, drawing on years of engineering, managerial and marketing experience.

Before becoming an intellectual property lawyer, Susan spent nine years as an engineer in widely diverse areas of practice dealing with hardware design, software design, integration and technical marketing. She started her career at General Dynamics, designing Automatic Test Equipment for the Cruise Missile Program. She then moved on to lead teams of engineers designing and integrating flight software for the Atlas Centaur rocket system, launching telecommunication and government satellites. Susan also performed product development in addition to creating and executing marketing strategies for computer systems during her work at Teledyne Systems Company.

While at Southwestern University School of Law, Susan was actively involved in their Moot Court Honors program, achieving a Finalist Oralist award in the 1994 Intramural Moot Court Competition, winning First Place Team in the 1995 Florida State Bar National Tax Competition and serving on the Moot Court Board of Governors. She was also an editor of the Southwestern Journal of Law and Trade in the Americas.

Susan lives in Mission Viejo, California, with husband and fellow intellectual property attorney David Crockett along with their two sons. She is an avid runner and has run in numerous marathons. 

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Representative Clients

• Cannuflow, Inc.

• Yogurtland

• Balboa Brands

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Honors and Awards

• Judge, annual Southwestern Intramural Moot Court Competition

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Past Employment Positions

• General Dynamics, Lead Engineer, 1984 - 1991

• Teledyne Systems Company, Technical Marketing, 1991 - 1993

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Pro Bono Activities

• The Priority Center, Board Member and Executive Committee

• WeRock, Board Member

• Capistrano High School, Instrumental Music Support Team Chair

 

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