§         In the private practice of law, including large law firm experience, in Information Technology and Intellectual Property,

§         As in-house general counsel,

§         With the successful handling of numerous large complex transactions,

§         In strategic counseling of clients in the management of their technology and intellectual capital assets, and

§         In dispute resolution including litigation, arbitration, mediation, and appeals.

We are proud to assist companies of all sizes with value based, focused, Information Technology and Intellectual Property related legal services. Our clients range from Fortune 500 market leaders to startups and entrepreneurs in a variety of industries.  We utilize education and experience in law (both in-house and in private practice), accounting, and technology in understanding our clients’ goals in connection with their legal risk management. 

Mr. Wernick is also a columnist for Chicago Lawyer magazine.  His column is titled "Info Tech Law."   He is a frequent writer and lecturer on information technology and intellectual property issues.

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PRACTICE

Combining his background in law, technology and business, together with his experience as an arbitrator and mediator of information technology and intellectual property disputes, since 1982 Mr. Wernick’s practice has focused on information technology law and intellectual property law, with an emphasis on the legal and business needs of buyers and sellers involved with computers and information technology. His transactional experience includes computer system acquisitions; mergers and acquisitions due diligence for information technology, copyright, trademark and licensing matters; data privacy; e-commerce; content acquisition; licensing; and outsourcing. He provides practical legal advice and strategic counseling to clients in connection with significant transactional and dispute resolution matters.  Furthermore, Mr. Wernick has experience advising and counseling clients in business law and general corporate law matters.  In addition to his transactional work, he has represented clients in the United States District Courts, United States Court of Appeals, and the United States Supreme Court. 

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SERVICES

Mr. Wernick's preventive services include advising on the legal aspects of computer system acquisitions, cloud computing, outsourcing, electronic commerce and Internet legal issues, licensing, obtaining and protecting proprietary rights including copyright registrations and trademark registrations, obtaining security interests in intellectual property; privacy compliance issues, and intellectual property due diligence in mergers and acquisitions; data breach preventive strategies; and multimedia projects. 

Mr. Wernick's remedial services include litigation, alternative dispute resolution, and settlement strategies and negotiations, covering such areas as computer user and vendor disputes, intellectual property disputes, copyright and trademark infringement disputes, and domain name disputes.   

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ACTIVITIES

Mr. Wernick serves in leadership roles in several national and international organizations involved with computer law and e-commerce issues.  He currently serves on the Alumni Board for the Fisher College of Business at The Ohio State University, is the Chairman of the Advisory Council for the Guide To Computer Law published by Wolters Kluwer Publishing, and is a Fellow at the Ponemon Institute.  He is a writer and frequent contributor to a number of legal and business publications, including writing an Info Tech Law column for the Chicago Lawyer magazine, and articles for the National Law Journal. He is also a frequent lecturer, having delivered more than 100 public presentations at local, regional, national and international business, technical and legal conferences, including presentations to delegations of business representatives from China.  Mr. Wernick currently serves on the advisory boards of several legal publications, and is the Newsletter Director for the Cyberspace Law Committee of the Business Section of the American Bar Association.  While at law school, he won the law school's competition for Best Written Motion and received an award for his legal writing ability, was appointed research assistant to the Dean of the law school, and was a member of the Moot Court (Tax) team.  In addition to his law degree, Mr. Wernick has a B.S. in Accounting and a technical background in computer programming (including having worked as a university research assistant doing computer programming and consulting, as a computer system operator, and as a computer programmer). 

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