Steven Highlander’s practice focuses on portfolio management for universities, non-profits and small to mid-sized corporate clients. Preparation and filing of patent applications, as well as prosecution of these cases, makes up the bulk of his docket. He also has considerable opinion experience...

Dr. David Parker plays both offense and defense when protecting clients’ intellectual property assets. Dr. Parker places a premium on the strategy and management of intellectual property portfolios.

From the moment of innovation to the ultimate marketplace, Dr. Parker maps out a course...

Mark Voges’ practice focuses on patent prosecution, portfolio management and opinion work related to pharmaceuticals, chemicals, polymers, materials science, and biotechnology.

Prior to practicing patent law, Mark Voges spent five years working as a chemist and a manager for the...

Amanda Schnepp, Ph.D., J.D. joined Parker Highlander after completing a Ph.D. program in Molecular Biology at Vanderbilt University, a post-doctoral fellowship in Molecular Virology at Vanderbilt University, and a post-doctoral fellowship in drug development at St. Jude Children’s Research...

S. Reid Long, Ph.D. joined Parker Highlander after finishing a graduate program in chemistry at The University of Texas at Austin. Before starting his graduate studies, Reid received a dual bachelor’s degree from The University of Texas at Austin with a B.S. in Chemistry and a B.A. in Plan II....

Chris Spence, J.D., received a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering cum laude from Texas A&M University in 1991. After working as an engineer for Celanese Chemicals for 9 years, he attended The University of Texas School of Law, where he graduated with honors in 2003. Upon graduation from law...

Geoff Findlay, Ph.D., joined Fulbright in 2003 where he worked as a patent agent and technical advisor for nine years. Geoff holds an undergraduate degree in chemistry from Williams College and a Ph.D. in molecular neuroscience from the University of Texas at Austin. Geoff is a member of the Phi...

Monica Mann, Ph.D. joined Parker Highlander after completing a Biomedical Science graduate program at the University of Texas Health Science Center in the area of cancer biology and a post-doctoral fellowship at MD Anderson Cancer Center. Prior to her graduate studies, Monica obtained a B.S. in...

Caroline Hamilton, M.A. received a bachelor’s degree in Biology cum laude from Agnes Scott College in 2000 and a master’s degree in Biology from the University of Colorado at Boulder in 2003. Prior to joining Parker Highlander in 2013, Caroline worked in house for Idera Pharmaceuticals for 5...

Elizabeth Gratton, Ph.D. joined Parker Highlander in 2021 after obtaining her graduate degree in Chemistry at the University of Austin. Prior to graduate school, Elizabeth received a B.S. in Chemistry with a minor in Spanish from The Pennsylvania State University. Before beginning her graduate...

Melissa joined Parker Highlander after completing a Ph.D. in Analytical Chemistry at the University of Texas at Austin and an M.S. in Organic Chemistry at The University of Arkansas. Prior to her graduate studies, Melissa earned a B.S. in Chemistry with a minor in Biology from John Brown...

Logan Spaller, PhD joined Parker Highlander in 2024. Prior to his tenure with Parker Highlander, Logan served at the University of Texas at Austin’s Technology Transfer Office, where he played a key role in negotiating licensing deals for UT's intellectual property portfolio. His...

Karen joined Parker Highlander as a paralegal with more than 35 years of intellectual property experience in U.S. and international patent prosecution, trademarks, copyright and domain name disputes. Prior to joining our team, Karen worked at a major Pharmaceutical Company for 8 years as an...

Prior to joining Parker Highlander, Casey Gorman was a paralegal with Fulbright & Jaworski, LLP in Austin, Texas, where she spent over five years working on U.S. and international patent prosecution matters. Casey’s practice currently focuses on international matters, but continues to...

Jennifer joined Parker Highlander at its inception in 2012. Prior to that, she gained over 7 years of experience as a patent paralegal with the law firms of Fulbright & Jaworksi LLP (Austin, TX) and Fitzpatrick, Cella, Harper & Scinto (Costa Mesa, CA). She has extensive experience in...

Petya joined Parker Highlander as a paralegal with a combined experience of 10 years in the United States and abroad. Before joining the team, Petya worked at another Austin-based Intellectual Property law firm where she gained experience in U.S. and international patent prosecution as well as...

Prior to joining Parker Highlander, Christopher served as a Legal Secretary for 13 years at the Austin office of Fulbright & Jaworski LLP and since 1990 was a Legal Secretary for several law firms in Dallas and Austin. His experience includes Litigation, Patents, Trademark and Copyright...

Michelle provides paralegal support for many of the firm’s clients. Her duties include handling of filings and correspondence for U.S. patent prosecution matters as well as client annuities.

Prior to joining Parker Highlander, Dolly accumulated over 25 years of experience assisting legal professionals. She has worked extensively in the intellectual property practice, with more than 10 years of experience specifically in patent prosecution.

Julie has over three decades of experience supporting intellectual property attorneys and patent agents, previously at Arnold, White & Durkee and Fulbright & Jaworski, and now at Parker Highlander. She is well-versed in filing procedures with the USPTO as well as docketing and tracking...

Prior to joining Parker Highlander, Christy accumulated over 13 years of legal experience in both patent and trademark prosecution. She spent the last 8 years as a Sr. Docketing Specialist with the Austin office of Fulbright & Jaworski, LLP.

Ollie works in the docketing department in supporting the firm’s attorneys and paralegals, including processing USPTO actions, foreign correspondence and daily docket resolution. He graduated from Texas State University in 2020 with a B.S. in Mathematics.

Cheri joins the Parker Highlander group with over 38 years of accounting experience including 26 years in the area of law. Cheri is the former controller of both Clark, Thomas & Winters P.C. and Duggins Wren Mann & Romero LLP. At Parker Highlander PLLC, Cheri manages the day to day...

Comes to Parker Highlander with 15+ years of professional experience in human resources and accounting.