Practice Areas:

• Business Litigation
• Intellectual Property Matters
• Patents
• Trademarks
• Copyrights
• Unfair Competition & Trade Secrets
• Insurance Coverage
• Employment Discrimination

Bar Admissions:

• New Jersey State Bar – 1987

Education:

• City University of New York, B.A. - 1975
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•  New York University, M.A. - 1980
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• Seton Hall University School of Law, J.D. - 1986

Dennis F. Gleason

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Dennis F. Gleason concentrates his practice in federal court throughout the country and New Jersey state court in the area of business litigation, with an emphasis on intellectual property matters, including patents, trademarks, copyrights, unfair competition, and trade secrets.  He also has represented clients in the in the area of insurance coverage and employment discrimination. 

Mr. Gleason graduated from City University of New York with a B.A. degree in 1975; New York University with a M.A. degree in 1980; and Seton Hall University School of Law with a J.D. in 1986.  He was admitted to the New Jersey State Bar, United States District Court for the District of New Jersey, United States Supreme Court, United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit; Third Circuit; Sixth Circuit; Seventh Circuit; and Federal Circuit.

Courts:

• United States District Court for the District of New Jersey – 1987
• United States Courts of Appeals for the Third Circuit – 1990
• United States Courts of Appeals for the Federal Circuit – 1997
• United States Courts of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit – 1998
• United States Courts of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit – 1999
• United States Supreme Court – 2003
• United States Courts of Appeals for the Second Circuit - 2005

Professional Associations:

• American Bar Association
• New Jersey State Bar Association
• Association of the Federal Circuit Bar Association
• New Jersey District Court Historical Society
• Arbitrator, United States District Court for the District of New Jersey
• Lawyers' Advisory Committee for the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey  
• U.S. District Court Local Patent Rules Committee
• Master, John C. Lifland Inn of Court

Publications:

• Responding to the Complaint, Will That be Paper or Digital? A Basic Understanding of Electronic Discovery, Do's and Don'ts of Federal Practice for Advanced Practitioners, Litigating Intellectual Property Cases, Examining the Ethical Rule Baiting & Parte Communications of an Organization's Employees

Honors:

• In 2008, 2009, and 2010,  in New Jersey Monthly as a "Superlawyer" in the area of business litigation