Gerald D. Hosier

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Gerald D. Hosier is an intellectual property (IP) attorney and a patent litigator. In 2000, Forbes magazine declared him the highest-paid lawyer in America with an income of $40 Million. [1] [2] He has served as the main attorney for Jerome Lemelson, a prolific and controversial inventor.[3]

Gerald Hosier received a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from Northwestern University and obtained his Juris Doctor from DePaul University College of Law. He is also registered to practice before the United States Patent and Trademark Office as a registered patent attorney. Hosier also currently serves on the Board of Trustees for The Aspen Institute.

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  1. ^ Michael Freedman, Plaintiff's Lawyers, http://members.forbes.com/forbes/2001/0514/132.html
  2. ^ Also mentioned in Teresa Riordan, Patents; As shown by recent cases argued in the courts, properly crediting an inventor can be murky business., The New York Times, February 2, 2004. Consulted on April 13, 2008.
  3. ^ Brigid McMenamin, Depth Charge,

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