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Mr. Rogers concentrates his practice in the areas of intellectual property litigation and licensing, commercial transactions and fiduciary representation.  He is a member of Gallop, Johnson & Neuman, L.C., and is active in the firm's litigation and intellectual property sections.

His experience includes representing Fortune 500 companies, private corporations and non-profit entities on matters ranging from intellectual property litigation to due diligence and has involved significant jury trial experience, and consultation on matters as diverse as complex national tort litigation and environmental damage risk evaluation.  His experience also includes negotiating intellectual property licenses and conducting due diligence audits for international companies in various countries.  He is admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court, Oklahoma Supreme Court and numerous federal district courts and courts of appeal in the United States.

Mr. Rogers enjoys an AV peer rating as published by Martindale-Hubbell, which is the highest rating available. He was elected an Oklahoma Super Lawyer in a peer-reviewed process to the 2006 inaugural class of Super Lawyers by Law & Politics and Oklahoma Today Magazine, and re-elected a Super Lawyer in 2007.  He is currently the Vice-Chairman of the Executive Board of the Oklahoma City University School of Law.

Professional Associations and Memberships:

Oklahoma Bar Association

Oklahoma County Bar Association

Oklahoma City University School of Law, Executive Board, Vice-Chairman

American Bar Association

Licensing Executives Society

Oklahoma City University School of Law - Law Moot Court Board, Chairman, 1979 - 1980

National Wagner Labor Law - Competition Finalist

Oklahoma Supreme Court Committee on the Uniform Jury Instructions Project - Chief Researcher

Classes/Seminars Taught:

University of Oklahoma School of Medicine and College of Engineering, Visiting Lecturer

University of Oklahoma School of Law, Guest Lecturer on Intellectual Property Law Trends

Oklahoma City University School of Law - Adjunct Professor of Intellectual Property and Trial Practice

The Aspen Legal Institute, Aspen, Colorado

12th National Conference on Licensing Intellectual Property, Chicago, Illinois

Intellectual Property Society of the California Bar Association, Santa Barbara, California

Oklahoma Bar Association Speaker on the Current Federal Regulatory Issues for Financial and Technology Service Providers

National Business Institute series speaker on E-Discovery and the New Federal Rules, The Ethics of Document Retention

Carbon Sequestration Leadership Forum, Principal Author of white paper surveying international intellectual property law for the international climate change initiative, 2006

Frequent speaker to state, county and local bar associations on variety of issues such as licensing with governmental entities, technology developments and the applicability of insurance to intellectual property disputes

Education:

Oklahoma City University School of Law, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, 1980
J.D.

University of Central Oklahoma, Edmond, Oklahoma, 1976
B.A.