Profil
Todd is a patent & tech transactions attorney and former helicopter engineer, drawing on more than 15 years of legal and industry experience to help technology companies protect and commercialize their innovations. In particular, his practice focuses on:
- Patents – Developing strategic patent portfolios geared towards attracting investment, protecting market share, and other legal goals
- Tech Transactions – Negotiating industry and customer partnerships while protecting your technology and minimizing business disruption should future problems arise
- Software Licensing – Navigating numerous software-related legal issues for various licensing models including IP and data ownership, terms of use, and open source software (OSS) risks
- M&A and Investment – Helping investors understand what they are buying and mitigating the associated risks; helping sellers position their technology assets to maximize company valuation and attract funding opportunities
Todd is also a Part 107 drone pilot who frequently speaks at robotics and drone conferences on various intellectual property, data, and regulatory matters. Prior to becoming an attorney, he was an engineer at Bell Helicopter where he designed cutting-edge aerospace technologies and software. Todd also helped develop electromechanical control systems for military drones at Smiths Aerospace during his undergraduate studies at Georgia Tech, and clerked at St. Jude Medical’s Neuromodulation Division during law school.
Concentrations
- Patent and trademark prosecution
- Technology transactions
- Software and IP licenses
- Freedom-to-operate (FTO) assessments
- IP diligence in investment and M&A deals
Expertise
Erfahrung
- Ivy League University: Robotic exosuits and control systems with medical, industrial, and military applications
- Pipeline Inspection Company: Pipe-crawling robots for inspecting oil & gas pipelines
- Semiconductor Manufacturer: Sensing and control systems for self-driving vehicles
- Research Hospital: Surgical robots and computer vision for surgical navigation applications
- CAM Software Developer: Automated design-to-manufacturing software for CNC machining
- UAS Manufacturer: Drone airframes and control systems for Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) applications
- Grocery Delivery Company: Computer vision and IoT technologies for smart shopping carts and checkout systems
- Helicopter Company: Various airframe, rotor, propulsion, and sensing and control systems for commercial and military rotorcraft
- Smart Eyeware Company: Augmented reality glasses and associated sensing/data processing systems
- Medical Device Company: Medical devices for use in cardiovascular and renal surgical procedures
- Water Filtration Company: Nanotube-based filtration technologies; commercial and consumer filtration systems
- Mine Automation: Negotiated complex IP development and licensing model for joint venture involving autonomous mining vehicles and fleet management systems on behalf of multinational mining equipment manufacturer
- Surgical Navigation: Negotiated strategic partnerships between sensor platform developer and major technology companies in medical, aviation, and other industries
- O&G Infrastructure Inspection: Negotiated robotics-based inspection services agreements on behalf of robotics manufacturer and service provider
- Utilities Infrastructure Inspection: Negotiated drone-based inspection services agreements on behalf of asset owners in energy, utility, and communications industries
- Drone Delivery: Negotiated drone delivery partnership on behalf of national restaurant chain
- Digital Health Technologies: Negotiated joint development and licensing agreements on behalf of several digital health companies for AI/ML-based technologies used in diagnostics and treatment applications
- Robotics-as-a Service (RaaS): Structured unique RaaS model and corresponding customer agreements on behalf of robotic lawnmower company
- IoT Monitoring & Control: Negotiated white-label supply agreement involving remote monitoring and control of emergency exit lighting and signage
- Dental Practice Management Software: Negotiated joint software development and source code license agreement on behalf of dental practice management software developer
- Private Equity Firms: Advised more than 10 private equity firms in middle-market acquisitions of dozens of technology and software companies in a wide variety of commercial industries, plus subsequent roll up acquisitions for portfolio companies
- Mining Equipment OEM: Advised multinational mining equipment manufacturer in $760MM acquisition of industrial and handheld tools divisions of global tool manufacturing conglomerate
- Mining Equipment OEM: Advised multinational mining equipment manufacturer in acquisition of minority stake in developer of autonomous vehicle and fleet management systems
- Industrial Systems OEM: Advised multinational industrial systems manufacturer in acquisition of industrial compressor company with patented products and software assets
- Drone Delivery: Defended drone services provider against FAA civil penalty involving transportation of human organs for organ transplant operations
- Counter-Drone (CUAS): Advised private entities regarding legality of installing counter-drone system under federal and state wiretap, privacy, and data security regulations
Anerkennung durch den Markt
- Listed, The Best Lawyers in America, "Ones to Watch," Intellectual Property Law and Patent Law, 2025
- Listed, Super Lawyers Magazine, Texas Super Lawyers, "Rising Stars," 2020-2024
- Listed, D Magazine, 2020-2023
- Best Lawyers in Dallas, 2020-2023
- Best Lawyers Under 40, 2020 and 2022-2023
- Venture Capital & Emerging Technology Practice Group, Greenberg Traurig
- Life Sciences & Medical Technology Practice Group, Greenberg Traurig
Ausbildung
Akademische Ausbildung
- J.D., cum laude, Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law
- B.S., Aerospace Engineering, with high honors, Georgia Institute of Technology
Zulassung
- U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
- Texas