About Robert J. Yarbrough
I have practiced law for thirty years. I specialize in business and patent law, particularly patent prosecution and helping clients protect their inventions.
I am a patent attorney licensed to practice before the United States Patent and Trademark Office and hold a degree in mechanical engineering. I am a partner in the law firm of Lipton, Weinberger & Husick, a specialty intellectual property law firm based in Southeastern Pennsylvania. I also am an environmental attorney licensed in Pennsylvania and Kentucky. In environmental matters, I am counsel to Drinker, Biddle & Reath LLP, a top-100 firm of over six hundred lawyers with offices in Philadelphia, Washington, D.C., Princeton, Los Angeles and San Francisco.
I opened my patent law office in 1998 and have practiced patent law from that time to the present. I worked in the Environmental Practice Group of Drinker, Biddle & Reath from 1996 until 1998 and in the Environmental Department of Cohen, Shapiro, Polisher, Shiekman & Cohen, a Philadelphia regional firm, from 1989 through 1995. I enforced environmental laws for the Commonwealth of Kentucky from 1977 through 1988.
Practice Areas
Business Law
Intellectual Property
Patents
Professional Experience
| Experience | Years |
|---|
| Partner, Lipton, Weinberger & Husick | 2008-Current |
| I am a partner in Lipton, Weinberger & Husick, an intellectual property boutique firm located in Southeastern Pennsylvania. |
| Attorney, Drinker, Biddle & Reath LLP | 1996-Current |
| For environmental matters, I am counsel to this top-100 law firm. From January 1996 through January 1998, I was employed in the environmental practice group. |
| Owner, Robert J. Yarbrough, Attorney at Law | 1998-2008 |
| I operated a solo patent law office. |
| Attorney, Cohen, Shapiro, Polisher, Shiekman & Cohen | 1989-1995 |
| I worked in the environmental department of this Philadelphia regional firm on a variety of environmental issues. |
| Managing attorney, Kentucky Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Cabinet | 1977-1989 |
| I enforced air pollution, water pollution, solid waste and coal mining laws for the Commonwealth of Kentucky. |
Education
| School | Focus | Degree | Year |
|---|
| University of Kentucky College of Law - University of Kentucky | Law | J.D. | 1977 |
| University of Kentucky | Mechanical Engineering | B.S. | 1974 |
| Honors: Pi Tau Sigma, mechanical engineering honorary |
| University of Louisville | Mechanical Engineering | | 1972 |
| Honors: Attended Speed Scientific School |