Bio

Mr. Thomas is a partner and intellectual property (IP) attorney with the Lowndes law firm.  Mr. Thomas is a licensed patent attorney and practices in the areas of patent and trademark prosecution, infringement litigation, technology law, licensing strategies and agreements, branding and business law. Mr. Thomas founded and has chaired from inception the Business and Intellectual Property Law Division of the law firm, advising clients in the above areas of practice and providing general counsel regarding business partnerships, business development, branding and marketing, IP portfolio development, market development and company asset acquisition and development. Mr. Thomas is engaged in prosecuting numerous patent applications in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and internationally. He operates as IP counsel for business and academic clients and provides a full spectrum of guidance regarding IP licensing and royalty strategy, IP acquisition strategies, building and maintaining an enforceable IP asset portfolio, IP docket management, teaming and partnering strategies and related matters. Mr. Thomas is licensed to practice in the courts of Florida, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, the Federal District Court for the Middle and Southern Districts of Florida, the Federal Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit and the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC).

Mr. Thomas is lead counsel for the firm’s litigated IP and business matters. As such, Mr. Thomas has litigated and resolved matters for corporate and individual clients including patent, trademark, trade dress, trade secret, contracts and other litigation in both state and federal courts in Florida, Massachusetts and California. Mr. Thomas has also been accepted as an expert witness in the field of patent claim interpretation and electrical engineering. Mr. Thomas' independent opinion has also been relied upon for findings of infringement/non-infringement by other Central Florida IP counsel prior to initiating patent infringement lawsuits.

Prior to joining Hayworth, Chaney & Thomas, Mr. Thomas was employed by defense contractor Harris Corporation in Melbourne, Florida, in program management, technology development, design engineering and systems engineering capacities on government programs. These programs were technology development programs that included hardware and software design for commercial, military and NASA platforms such as F-16, F-18 E/F, F-22, F-35, Comanche helicopter, National Aerospace Plane, the International Space Station, air-to-ground and air-to-air weapons systems and numerous other technologies and programs.

Mr. Thomas actively engages in service to the local community. He is a member and past chair of the Florida Tech Women's Business Center (WBC) advisory board of directors and a member of the Founder’s Forum board of directors, the Government Contract Advisory Team (GCAT), the Space Coast Energy Consortium board of directors, the Boy Scouts of America and the Florida Tech Nathan M. Bisk College of Business advisory board.

Mr. Thomas is an active speaker regarding intellectual property law, technology law, entrepreneurship and general business law matters and often speaks as a community service in general forums such as the Small Business Development Center (SBDC), the WBC at Florida Tech, the Melbourne Chamber of Commerce and local engineer and entrepreneur groups. He is a proud Florida Tech alumnus with a B.S. in electrical engineering and also graduated as valedictorian of his law school class at Barry University.