Paul C. Haughey (born January 16, 1954 in Toledo, Ohio, United States [1]) is a novelist, patent attorney and partner with the law firm Townsend and Townsend and Crew LLP. [2] He was an electrical engineer with Hughes Aircraft before becoming a patent attorney. [2] His first novel, Undue Diligence, was published in 2006 [2] and reportedly took 20 years to complete. [3]