Intellectual Property Law Faculty

The Intellectual Property Law Program is fortunate to have a complement of distinguished full time and adjunct faculty. Our faculty members excel both as scholars and as teachers. Close faculty-student interaction fosters a team study approach, exemplifying the cooperative learning environment at Lewis & Clark Law School.

Below are links to the official biography and bibliography of each full-time professor. To help you navigate back to this page, these links will open in a new browser window.

Edward Brunet
Henry J. Casey Professor of Law
B.A. with honors 1966 Northwestern University
J.D. 1969 University of Illinois College of Law
LL.M. 1972 University of Virginia
Biography · Bibliography

H. Tomás Gómez-Arostegui
Assistant Professor of Law
B.A. 1993 University of Southern California
J.D. 1997 University of Southern California Law School
Order of the Coif
LL.M. 2004 University of Oslo, Faculty of Law
Biography · Bibliography· Website

Lydia Loren
Professor of Law
B.A. with high distinction 1987 University of Michigan
J.D. magna cum laude 1992 University of Michigan Law School
Order of the Coif
Biography · Bibliography · Website

Geoffrey Manne
Assistant Professor of Law
A.B. 1993 University of Chicago
J.D. 1997 University of Chicago
Biography · Bibliography

Joseph Scott Miller
Associate Professor of Law
B.A., first in class, 1989 St. John's College
M.S. 1991 Northwestern University
J.D. 1994 cum laude 1994 Northwestern University Law School
Biography · Bibliography · Website

Douglas Newell
Edmund O. Belsheim Professor of Law
B.A. 1962 Pomona College
J.D. 1965 Harvard University Law School
Member, Phi Beta Kappa
Biography · Bibliography

Adjunct Faculty

Paul Ehrlich
Adidas America, general counsel
Mr. Ehrlich teaches the course on sports law.

Mike Heilbronner
IdeaLegal, PC, president
Mr. Heilbronner teaches the course on trademark practice and strategy.

Yvonne Lawson
Mentor Graphics, corporate counsel
Ms. Lawson teaches the corporate counsel internship seminar focusing on intellectual property.

Christopher Lewis
Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt, shareholder
Mr. Lewis teaches the course on patent litigation. Current students may reach the class webpage by selecting the following link: Patent Litigation

David Olson
Office of Cable Communications & Franchise Management, City of Portland, director
Mr. Olson teaches the course on telecommunications law.