Founding attorney Joseph Jardine has developed a reputation for taking on and winning cases that other lawyers considered beyond hope. A powerful and effective advocate for his clients, Mr. Jardine will not push you into unsatisfactory plea agreements just to resolve the case quickly and cut your losses. Instead, he brings a competitive spirit and outstanding courtroom skills to each case, and he has achieved remarkable results.

An important aspect of our firm's success is our wholehearted commitment to the welfare of our clients. As Mr. Jardine explains, "I want to make sure that our clients are better off than when they walked into our office for the first time. It's a huge honor to represent a person's liberty and to fight for their freedom. We take our role seriously and work hard to help our clients."

Holme Roberts & Owen LLP is an international law firm with approximately 230 lawyers practicing in ten strategically positioned offices in Denver, Boulder, Colorado Springs, Dublin, London, Los Angeles, Munich, Phoenix, Salt Lake City, and San Francisco. More than 100 years old, the firm's tradition of partnering with the finest railroad, mining, and oil and gas pioneers has evolved to include entrepreneurs driving complex business transactions, technology innovation, and environmental change.

HRO has built a strong reputation in the areas of litigation, intellectual property, and corporate law, and leading publications and publishers, such as Super Lawyers, Chambers USA, Lawdragon 500, and Legal Media consistently rank our lawyers as leaders in these and other practice areas. Firm attorneys have successfully resolved some of the largest and most complex mergers and acquisitions, financings, and IPOs, concluded intricate, comprehensive jury verdicts, and secured intellectual property rights for a host of innovative products. While the firm represents some of the nation's most widely recognized brands, it also represents hundreds of smaller companies and family businesses. HRO lawyers' knowledge of cutting-edge legal theories and ability to deliver practical, daily advice delivers a winning combination.

Now in its twenty-fifth year Workman Nydegger was founded in 1984 by H. Ross Workman, Rick D. Nydegger and Allen R. Jensen, and a handful of associate lawyers. From that modest beginning, the firm is now numbered among the largest firms in Salt Lake City, and is known both nationally and internationally as a top intellectual property firm specializing in prosecution and litigation. In an article published in the March/April 2010 edition of Intellectual Asset Management Magazine, W|N ranked 14th nationally in terms of the overall quality of patents issued for its clients, across all industries (see related article). In an article published by members of The Patent Board in the March 2009 issue of Intellectual Property Today, W|N ranked 10th nationally among intellectual property firms, based on the number of patents issued from patent applications that originated in the U.S. (see related article). Since 2006 the firm has also been included among the Fortune 500 list of "Go-To Law Firms" of the world’s leading companies (see related article). And in 2002 W|N was named one of the top ten plaintiff firms in the country by IP Worldwide. From individual inventors, to universities, small start-up companies and major global corporations, W|N takes pride in working with and protecting innovation every day!

At W|N our mission is to achieve a level of professionalism of the highest quality in serving our clients, our community and our profession, while creating an environment that allows us to realize professional and personal satisfaction. We believe our strongest asset is the quality and commitment of our attorneys and support staff. Our success has its roots in our strong corps of dedicated and hard-working professionals and employees.

Consistent with that mission, from its inception W|N has had a strong involvement in serving the national legal community, as well as providing service to our local community. W|N is committed to helping educate and train the next generation of IP lawyers. Many of the firm’s attorneys have donated time to teaching IP law courses at the law schools of both the University of Utah and Brigham Young University.

On a national level, our attorneys have also been active in donating time to serve in professional associations such as The American Intellectual Property Lawyers Association, the Intellectual Property Law Section of the American Bar Association, the National Council of Intellectual Property Law Associations, the National Inventors Hall of Fame Foundation, the Supreme Court Historical Society and the Utah State Bar. Several of our attorneys have chaired committees for these IP associations, and have served on their governing boards. Members of the firm have also been involved in helping to shape IP policy in other ways, including service on the Patent Public Advisory Committee of the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

As part of our mission W|N also prides itself in serving our local community. W|N has donated time and funds to such worthy causes as Habitat for Humanity, Shriners Hospital the Make-A-Wish Foundation's "A Wishing Place," the United Way Katrina Relief Fund and The Childrens' Center. As noted by founder and current Managing Director, Rick Nydegger, "One of the things that I believe sets us apart, and of which I am most proud, is our willingness to give back to the community."

W|N's first 25 years have been marked by notable achievement and success. With the continued support and dedication of our attorneys and staff, we look forward to continued achievement and expanding our reputation and influence in the IP and local communities.