International Intellectual Property and Business Law Firm in Washington, D.C.

Dunlap, Grubb & Weaver, PLLC

199 Liberty Street, SW
Leesburg, Virginia 20175
USA

(703) 777-7319

(703) 777-3656

www.dglegal.com

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Law Firm Overview

Dunlap, Grubb & Weaver, PLLC is an intellectual property and business law firm based in the D.C. metro area. We offer an alternative to the high fees of large law firms. Providing the top-quality legal representation at reasonable prices without the excessive "triple review" billing that often comes with business and IP firm, we are a boutique firm that has tailored our service to meet our clients’ wide variety of needs. We offer litigation and transactional business services in government contracts, patent, copyright, trademark, commercial, antitrust, employment, corporate and trade secret matters around the globe, representing both U.S. and foreign clients. Our clients benefit from our competitive fee schedules while receiving the personalized attention that larger firms often lack.

DGW's attorneys have years of experience at lobbying firms and large law firms such as Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky & Popeo, Hunton & Williams, and Hill Ward & Henderson. Our attorneys made the deliberate choice to leave these “mega-firms” to focus on and enhance our specialty boutique practice, where we have an increased ability to serve each client on a personal basis while providing legal services of the highest caliber. At Dunlap, Grubb & Weaver, PLLC, our diverse knowledge base and practice experience allow us to serve the changing goals of our clients. We speak Spanish, French, Pashtun and Dari and offer Mandarin language services. Our partners include an M.B.A. corporate law specialist, former military officers with current secret security clearances, a former stockbroker and a former television anchor for the ABC news network. Our lawyers come from large, top-level law firms with the capacity to serve clients at the highest level. Regardless of your business goals, size or industry, we are an effective partner who speaks your language.

Our firm was founded by Tom Dunlap and Dan Grubb, both U.S. Army Cavalry officers who had worked together as partners at a small commercial litigation firm in Virginia. Jeffrey Weaver, a law school classmate of both Mr. Dunlap and Mr. Grubb, was invited to join the firm in 2004, bringing his MBA and years of corporate law experience from the 100-plus attorney firm he left behind. Mr. Weaver brought with him the business and legal skills to enable the Dunlap, Grubb & Weaver, PLLC to provide legal support in complex and high-dollar-value corporate, securities and real estate transactions. The firm’s corporate and transactional practice has since flourished, and the firm has continued to add a tremendous amount of legal talent to its ranks. By adding experienced partners to the firm such as experienced intellectual property litigators Mike Whitticar, Ellis Bennett and David Ludwig, the firm is poised to continue to successfully service the intellectual property and business needs of companies in our region and across the nation.

Today, with multiple offices and a number of affiliated attorneys and clients around the world, Dunlap, Grubb & Weaver, PLLC maintains an aggressive, strong and focused team of intellectual property and business lawyers who are available to meet the wide range of our clients’ needs, on their schedules.

Year this Office was Established: 1999

Languages: French, Spanish, Mandarin

Practice Areas

Dunlap, Grubb & Weaver, PLLC is a Washington, D.C.-based boutique law firm that partners with people and the businesses they run, start-ups and established corporate entities. We focus on intellectual property, business and commercial needs but provide a wide range of services tailored to our clients’ diverse goals.

• Intellectual Property

We offer high-quality litigation, prosecution, licensing and other transactional services in intellectual property law matters, including patent, copyright, trademark, commercial law, antitrust and trade secret matters around the globe, representing clients in the United States and abroad. Our attorneys practice before numerous State and Federal courts across the United States and are admitted to the Federal Circuit:

· Intellectual Property Prosecution

We help our clients obtain and register the patents, trademarks, copyrights and licenses that protect their products, services and brand identities. We manage intellectual property portfolios and provide deep discount trademark monitoring services to our clients so they can protect their brand and keep the value of the particular mark. We offer well-qualified legal counsel on matters of trade secrets and business intelligence to help them get ahead in the market. We can also help you respond to an office action for a trademark that you have filed yourself, and assist with any other follow up action that might be necessary in the trademark application process.

· Intellectual Property Litigation

Our attorneys have diverse business experience that gives them an in-depth perspective on your business goals. Whether your concerns relate to antitrust actions, trade secret agreements, license agreements, non competition, non solicitation or nondisclosure contracts, we can lend valuable counsel.

• Business

Our firm serves the legal needs of start-ups, growing, middle-market businesses publicly traded companies, and the people who run them. We serve as legal partners in forming, acquiring, operating and developing creative strategies for business growth:

· Business Litigation

Success in business litigation often depends on having the right partner for your needs. At Dunlap, Grubb & Weaver, PLLC, we are uniquely qualified to understand the diverse business goals of our clients. Lawyers at our Washington, D.C., area law firm bring a wide range of experiences to the practice of law, including MBAs, experience working on Wall Street and business endeavors of their own. We draw on this experience when partnering with our clients, helping them achieve the results they deserve.

• Corporate Transactions

At Dunlap, Grubb & Weaver, PLLC, we help with a wide range of matters to help keep your business on track. We often assist clients with stockholder buy-sell agreements and operating and partnership agreements. We draft employment contracts and noncompete agreements for principals and other employees. We also advise on matters of dissolution of partnerships and other corporate entities.

• Mergers and Acquisitions

Dunlap, Grubb & Weaver, PLLC can effectively and efficiently provide the legal support you need during your transaction with the same resources and experience found at larger firms, at a fraction of the cost.

• Employment Law

Our attorneys who are certified arbitrators regularly guide our clients through the arbitration process, We know that these dispute resolution methods can represent a cost-effective way to resolve employment law conflicts quickly and effectively.

• Commercial Litigation

We know that each business is unique and going to trial is not always the most cost-effective way to achieve results. Sometimes, a win can mean a successful result in an arbitration or mediation. Our firm routinely represents clients in arbitration proceedings, helping them achieve their goals effectively and efficiently. One of our attorneys serves on one of the two premiere arbitration and mediation panels in Northern Virginia as a frequently called upon arbitrator in intellectual property disputes.

• Bankruptcy

We provide consultation and advice to corporate counsel and clients on insolvency and bankruptcy issues arising in transactions, including corporate transfers and sales, real estate and commercial transactions, commercial leases, real estate developments, and other such matters.

• Government Contracts

Our law firm provides counseling and litigation expertise in all phases of government contracts. We are experienced litigators with knowledge of supply and service contracts, construction contracts, federal grants, federal acquisitions regulations (FAR) and GSA multiple-award contracts.

• Real Estate

We handle real estate matters including the purchase and sale of properties, including 1031 like-kind exchanges. We draft and review commercial leases and regularly advice on issues of land use, zoning and title matters. We can also assist businesses and individuals with environmental compliance. When litigation is necessary for results, we assist clients with mechanic’s liens and bond claims, and a wide variety of property disputes.

• Individual Needs

When it comes to the needs of our individual clients, our focus is on building and protecting wealth. We assist in business succession planning, offshore asset planning, transferring assets to family members and other beneficiaries and, in times of financial hardship, we offer legal counsel for matters of insolvency and bankruptcy. Our attorneys regularly practice in United States bankruptcy courts and the United States Tax Court:

• Estate Planning

Our Washington, D.C., area law firm focuses on helping individuals and companies grow and protect their assets. For our lawyers, effective estate planning is one more tool to help our clients succeed. Dunlap, Grubb & Weaver, PLLC attorneys meet with clients to help them create asset protection plans that really work.

• Aviation Law

Representation of pilots, airlines and various related aviation industry clients in matters involving private transactions, disputes and administrative agencies such as the FAA and NTSB. Tom Dunlap is an AOPA panel attorney and a licensed instrument pilot.

Additional Practice Areas: IP Prosecution, False Claims Act, Defective Pricing, Negotiation

Affiliations

Greenberg & Lieberman

Partners

	Ellis Bennett Partner Antitrust and Trade Regulation, Business and Industry, Criminal Law, Employment, Intellectual Property		Thomas M. Dunlap Managing Partner Aerospace Law, Agency and Distributorship, Alternative Dispute Resolution, Antitrust and Trade Regulation, Appellate Practice
	Daniel L. Grubb Partner Administrative Law, Agency and Distributorship, Alternative Dispute Resolution, Antitrust and Trade Regulation, Appellate Practice		Jeffrey W. Weaver Managing Partner Advertising, Aerospace Law, Agency and Distributorship, Alternative Dispute Resolution, Antitrust and Trade Regulation
	Michael C. Whitticar Partner Aerospace Law, Agency and Distributorship, Alternative Dispute Resolution, Antitrust and Trade Regulation, Appellate Practice

Associates

Phillip Chang
Associate
Litigation, Trade, Trade Secrets, Trade Dress

David Ludwig
Associate
Copyright, Intellectual Property, Litigation, Patents, Trademark

Attorneys

Sur Novel
Managing Director
Business Law, Business Litigation, Commercial Law, Commercial Litigation, Copyright

Representative Clients

· 3 R Consulting Corp
· Advance International
· American Federal
· Anesthesia Group
· Blue Ridge Simulation, Inc.
· Cellgro (Mediatech, Inc.)
· Ceres Nanosciences, LLLP
· Commonwealth Property
· Freedom Energy Corp.
· Griffith Energy
· Hyper Data, Inc.
· Infinity Alliance
· Loudoun Community Free Clinic

· Loudoun Anesthesia Associates
· Management Systems
· Menard's Department Stores
· National Property Management
· Night Vision Systems
· PBCG, Inc.
· Rescue Phonem, Inc.
· Solomen Hess Investments
· Prestancia Management Group
· Rapid Reality
· Red Eagle Limited
· MIZ Engineering