William C. Devine, II

10415 Midseason Mist Street / Las Vegas, NV 89183

(702) 238-4650 / william@devine.net

 

 

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EDUCATION

William S. Boyd School of Law - University of Nevada Las Vegas        J.D./M.B.A. Fall 2007

                                               

Prairie View A&M University - Prairie View, TX

B.S. Electrical Engineering, received Dec. 1995 – Cumulative GPA 3.13/4.00, EE Major GPA 3.92/4.00      

 

EXPERIENCE

Rainey Legal Group – Henderson, NV

Partner – October 2009 to Present

 

Armstrong Teasdale – Las Vegas, NV branch office (main office – St. Louis, MO)

Associate, Intellectual Property Practice Group – April 2008 to October 2009

·         Practiced exclusively in the area of patent prosecution in the electrical, computer science, and electro-mechanical technology arts.

·         Drafted numerous patent applications, amendments, and response to Office Actions to the United States Patent & Trademark Office.

·         Successfully prosecuted multiple patents for multinational corporate clients of the firm.

 

Kurth Law Office – Las Vegas, NV

Law Clerk – October 2005 to April 2008

 

Law Office of Grenville Pridham – Las Vegas, NV

Temporary Law Clerk – August 2005 to October 2005

 

U.S. Bankruptcy Court – Las Vegas, NV

2005 Summer Judicial Externship – June 2005 to August 2005

 

PG Technology, Inc. – League City, TX

Senior Consultant – January 2002 to August 2004

 


Provis Broadband – Houston, TX

Director of Engineering – July 2001 to October 2001

 

nXp Technologies – Houston, TX

Vice President of Engineering – October 2000 to January 2002

 

iExalt.Net – Houston, TX

Senior Network Consultant – Aug 2000 to Jan 2001

 

Transwestern Properties Company – Houston, TX

Network Consultant – May 1999 to July 1999

 

Smart Guys – Houston, TX

Owner/Independent Consultant – May 1999 to January 2002

 

BlueGate Systems Corp – Houston, TX

Senior Systems Engineer – January 1996 to April 1999

 

ACHIEVEMENTS AND MEMBERSHIPS

 

SunPANTHER Solar Powered Race Car

Team Leader for Wiring & Electronic Controls Team Spring 1994 to Summer 1995.  

 

Boy Scouts of AmericaEagle Scout Award Recipient – Class of 1990

 

Eastern Shawnee Tribe of OklahomaNative American – Tribal Roll Member #301

 

Eta Kappa NuHonors Member - National Electrical Engineering Honor Society