Dennis S. Corgill
Zent Law Group, PC

Mr. Corgill is a seasoned commercial attorney with a strong background in intellectual property and anti-trust. Mr. Corgill has serviced enterprise clients for many years, particularly in the technology sector. Mr. Corgill also has been a law professor and expert witness on the subjects of anti-trust and intellectual property.

Professional Experience
Counsel
Zent Law Group, PC
Sunnyvale, CA
2008 - Present

Senior Counsel providing anti-trust expertise to the firm's enterprise clients as well as commercial transactions and intellectual property licensing services.

Prior Professional Experience

Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw LLP, Palo Alto, CA
July 2005 - Sept. 2007
Attorney

Santa Clara University School of Law, Santa Clara, CA
Aug. 2003 - June 2005
Visiting Professor

Widener University School of Law, Harrisburg, PA
August 1992 - June 2004
Professor (Tenured)

University of Missouri-Kansas City, Kansas City, MO
August 1986 - August 1992
Assistant Professor

Litman, McMahon & Brown, Kansas City, MO
June 1989 - August 1992
Of Counsel

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, San Francisco, CA
Oct. 1984 - Feb. 1986
Associate

Crowell & Moring, Washington, D.C.
June 1984 - August 1984
Associate

U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, D.C.
Oct. 1982 - June 1984
Antitrust Division, Office of Policy Planning

Heller, Ehrman, White & McAuliffe, San Francisco, CA
Sept. 1981 - Sept. 1982
Associate

Education

Yale Law School, J.D., 1982
During last two years of law school, was also a graduate student in the Yale University Department of Economics, with a course concentration in microeconomics and industrial organization

University of Chicago, M.A. in Public Policy Studies, 1977

Stanford University, B.A. in Political Science, 1973

Professional Licenses
California State Bar (License #139625)

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS AND PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS

Articles

Distributing Products Under the Nonprofit Institutions Act: Price Discrimination, Arbitrage, and Fraud in the Pharmaceutical Industry, 2001 B.Y.U. L. REV. 1383

Measuring the Gains of Trademark Infringement, 65 FORDHAM L. REV. 1909 (1997)

Second Place, 1997 Ladas Memorial Award -- Professional Competition (papers judged best worldwide on the subject of trademarks and related matters)

Insider Trading, Price Signals, and Noisy Information, 71 IND. L.J. 355 (1996)

Securities as Investments at Risk, 67 TUL. L. REV. 861 (1993)

John Minor Wisdom Award for Academic Excellence in Legal Scholarship (best article in Volume 67 of the TULANE LAW REVIEW)

Reprinted in 26 SEC. L. REV. 3 (1994) (anthology of outstanding law review articles in the securities regulation field published each year)

Presentations

Clinic Instructor on Claim Chart Presentation, Fundamentals of Patent Prosecution, July 13, 2007, San Francisco, California (PLI presentation) (invited speaker for third time)

"Some Revenue and Tax Consequences of Cross-Border Patent Licensing and Enforcement," September 20, 2006, Licensing Executives Society, Silicon Valley Chapter, Santa Clara, California (co-presenter)

"An Introduction to United States Trademark and Unfair Competition Law," Workshop on U.S. Intellectual Property Law, June 17-19, 2005, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Institut für Gewerblichen Rechtsschutz und Urheberrecht (lecture and paper)

Expert testimony on Robinson-Patman Act issues in a criminal mail fraud case, United States v. Ferro, No. 99-00180-01/04-CR-W-50W (W.D. Mo., January 16, 2004), Kansas City, Missouri (telephonic testimony)

"Intellectual Property Rights: Why Celebrities Profit More in Europe," keynote speaker for Annual Honors Program at the Harrisburg Area Community College, April 2003, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

Presentation on Antitrust Implications for Trade Associations, annual meeting of U.S. Trout Farmers Association, September 1996, Tannersville, Pennsylvania (lecture)

"Section 1 Analysis of Franchise Restrictions: Selected Judicial Trends and Legislative Proposals," Twelfth Annual Franchise Law Institute, April 1990, Kansas City, Missouri (presentation and article)