Our Founder Glenn S. Bacal has advised leading companies in intellectual property matters for 30 years, and is a co-author and co-editor of nationally recognized publications about trademark law. He is a Fellow of the Litigation Counsel of America Society, an honorary trial law society whose membership is by invitation only. He is described in the WTR 1000--The World's Leading Trademark Professionals as "nationally and internationally prominent" and he was accorded Gold Band Status. This status is reserved for those individuals who attracted the most positive comments from sources, and who are, according to the WTR 1000 ranking, the "crème de la crème" lawyers who are able to secure the most high-profile, big ticket work from the most prestigious of clients.
Mr. Bacal was educated at and has received degrees from Columbia, Oxford, and UC Berkeley (Boalt Hall and Haas School of Business). While he was at Oxford, he was elected President of the Middle Common Room (composed of the Graduates) at Merton College. Merton College recently celebrated its 750th Anniversary.
His practice encompasses both litigation and counseling in the areas of trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets, advertising, computer law and unfair competition. His clients are national, international and local.
Mr. Bacal has been listed in Best Lawyers in America for over a decade. He has been recognized in various listings, including among others, Southwest Super Lawyers, , AZBusiness Top Lawyers List, and in international publications such as Who's Who Legal USA-Trademarks, published in London. He has been rated as AV Preeminent with 5.0 out of 5.0 by his peers on Martindale.com .
Mr. Bacal has been active in both the Intellectual Property Section and the Business Law Section of the State Bar of Arizona. He has played a leading role in the International Trademark Association ("INTA"), including service as Chair of the Publications Committee. Mr. Bacal has for many years been the lead author of the Arizona chapter of INTA's State Trademark and Unfair Competition Law.
Mr. Bacal previously headed up the Intellectual Property Departments at two of Arizona's best known law firms, and served as the Managing Attorney for Business Relations and Development for a regional law firm before deciding to leave BigLaw and set up his own firm.
Early in his career, some of the finest lawyers in America mentored Mr. Bacal, and in turn he has been fortunate enough to have had the opportunity to mentor some remarkable younger lawyers who have become highly respected. Mr. Bacal's mentoring advice was published by the State Bar of Arizona in an article entitled Secrets of a Mentor: How Young Lawyers Can Purposefully Evolve into Good and Happy Lawyers.
Mr. Bacal was one of the first lawyers to have an internet website. A popular and innovative article he first wrote in 1996 on internet legal research (Bacal's Internet Legal Research Guide) was the first full-length article ever posted on the homepage of the American Law Institute (ALI) out of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania . The American Law Institute published the initial article and updated versions for over ten years. ALI, founded in 1923, is the leading independent organization in the US that produces scholarly works to clarify, modernize and otherwise improve the law.
Mr. Bacal's interest in the law developed from observing his father's role in leading cases concerning copyright and music. Mr. Bacal's father was one of the leading musicologists in the country for nearly 50 years. He had been a pioneer in the radio and television industries, and he was also involved in the movie industry, including being a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scences. Mr. Bacal's father testified from time to time in high profile music plagiarism cases. Because he grew up with a father in the entertainment industry, Mr. Bacal is acutely aware of the need to work hard to try to produce results and provide value every day on every project, and never to rest on one's laurels.
Mr. Bacal was educated at and has received degrees from Columbia, Oxford, and UC Berkeley (Boalt Hall and Haas School of Business). While he was at Oxford, he was elected President of the Middle Common Room (composed of the Graduates) at Merton College. Merton College recently celebrated its 750th Anniversary.
His practice encompasses both litigation and counseling in the areas of trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets, advertising, computer law and unfair competition. His clients are national, international and local.
Mr. Bacal has been listed in Best Lawyers in America for over a decade. He has been recognized in various listings, including among others, Southwest Super Lawyers, , AZBusiness Top Lawyers List, and in international publications such as Who's Who Legal USA-Trademarks, published in London. He has been rated as AV Preeminent with 5.0 out of 5.0 by his peers on Martindale.com .
Mr. Bacal has been active in both the Intellectual Property Section and the Business Law Section of the State Bar of Arizona. He has played a leading role in the International Trademark Association ("INTA"), including service as Chair of the Publications Committee. Mr. Bacal has for many years been the lead author of the Arizona chapter of INTA's State Trademark and Unfair Competition Law.
Mr. Bacal previously headed up the Intellectual Property Departments at two of Arizona's best known law firms, and served as the Managing Attorney for Business Relations and Development for a regional law firm before deciding to leave BigLaw and set up his own firm.
Early in his career, some of the finest lawyers in America mentored Mr. Bacal, and in turn he has been fortunate enough to have had the opportunity to mentor some remarkable younger lawyers who have become highly respected. Mr. Bacal's mentoring advice was published by the State Bar of Arizona in an article entitled Secrets of a Mentor: How Young Lawyers Can Purposefully Evolve into Good and Happy Lawyers.
Mr. Bacal was one of the first lawyers to have an internet website. A popular and innovative article he first wrote in 1996 on internet legal research (Bacal's Internet Legal Research Guide) was the first full-length article ever posted on the homepage of the American Law Institute (ALI) out of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania . The American Law Institute published the initial article and updated versions for over ten years. ALI, founded in 1923, is the leading independent organization in the US that produces scholarly works to clarify, modernize and otherwise improve the law.
Mr. Bacal's interest in the law developed from observing his father's role in leading cases concerning copyright and music. Mr. Bacal's father was one of the leading musicologists in the country for nearly 50 years. He had been a pioneer in the radio and television industries, and he was also involved in the movie industry, including being a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scences. Mr. Bacal's father testified from time to time in high profile music plagiarism cases. Because he grew up with a father in the entertainment industry, Mr. Bacal is acutely aware of the need to work hard to try to produce results and provide value every day on every project, and never to rest on one's laurels.
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