Todd Friedman, Ph.D., is a technical consultant who assists in patent, trademark, and copyright litigation and prosecution while attending law school. His practice at Kolisch Hartwell emphasizes semiconductors, semiconductor processing, renewable energy, chemistry, and physics. In this role, he combines his technical experience in semiconductor fabrication and solar panel technology, his long-term industry experience working for and promoting high-tech startup ventures, and his current intellectual property law education at Lewis & Clark Law School. Todd has a conversational fluency in Japanese.
Professional Background
Prior to attending law school, Todd was the Director of Purchasing for SolarWorld in Hillsboro, Oregon, where he managed the purchasing of capital equipment, materials, manufacturing services, and general corporate spending. Prior to SolarWorld, Todd was Vice President for the Meriwether Group, a seed-stage venture capital fund in Portland, Oregon. Earlier, Todd spent ten years at Intel Corporation, where he held multiple technology and business roles managing photolithography, silicon, and chemical-mechanical polish materials.
Education
- J.D., Northwestern School of Law of Lewis & Clark College,
expected 2011;
Lewis & Clark Law Review - Ph.D., Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, 1997;
Field of specialization: solid-state chemistry including electrochemistry, semiconductor processing, and plasma chemistry - B.S., Chemistry, with honors, Japanese Minor, Penn State
University, 1992;
Phi Beta Kappa
Publications
- J. L. Delattre, T. L. Friedman, and A. M. Stacy, “Destructive abatement of CF4 and C2F6 via a plasma induced reaction with CaO,” J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 17: (6) 2664–2666 (NOV–DEC 1999).
- T. L. Friedman and A. M. Stacy, “Electrochemistry in Molten Hydroxides: Synthesis of NaCuO2,” J. Solid State Chem. 109: 203 (1994).
- P. C. Jurs, J. W. Ball, L. S. Anker, T. L. Friedman, “Carbon-13 nuclear magnetic resonance spectrum simulation,” J. Chem. Information Comp. Sci. 32(4): 272–278 (1992).
Outside Interests
Todd enjoys hiking, camping, breaking and fixing things, and determining the relative merits of wines from Oregon and Burgundy.