Karl Thomas Rees

J. Reuben Clark Law School (BYU)

Provo, UT

Juris Doctorate

April 2007

• Academic Scholarship; LSAT: 98th Percentile; GPA: 3.38.
• Executive Editor, BYU Education and Law Journal. Member SIPLA, ACS.
• Significant Coursework: Patents, Trademarks, Copyrights, Antitrust, and Telecommunications.

Brigham Young University

Provo, UT

B.S. Computer Science, Second Major: English

August 2001

• GPA 3.75; Trustees Scholarship; Graduated with University Honors.
• Pres., Honors Student Council. Organized lectures, academic conferences.
• Significant Coursework: Artificial Intelligence, Networking, Algorithms, Signal Processing, Natural Language Processing, Poetry, Technical Writing.

Hickman, Palermo, Troung & Becker, LLP

San Jose, CA

Patent Attorney

2007 - present

• Writing and prosecuting software patent applications. Helping clients develop their patent portfolios.

Wilkinson Barker Knauer, LLP

Washington, D.C.

Summer Extern

2005

• Assisted telecommunications firm in spectrum licensing, designated entity, and broadcast decency issues. Represented firm at FCC sponsored meetings.

Clayton, Howarth & Cannon, P.C.

Midvale, UT

Summer Extern

2005

• Wrote provisional patent application. Assisted in trademark, patent, and cyberpiracy litigation.

Corda Technologies

Lindon, UT

Software Engineer, Technical Writer, and Educational Consultant

1999-2004

• Wrote product and web application code for data reporting tools. Wrote documentation. Developed training classes. Managed tech. writing interns.

• United States Patent & Trademark Office, Registered Patent Attorney 58983

Missionary, LDS Church

Sydney, Australia (1996-1998)

• Worked with Vietnamese immigrants. Established community English classes.

• Poetry (published in several regional magazines, various university awards)
• Ultimate Frisbee (BYU Collegiate Team, Captain of City League Team)
• Volleyball, Basketball, and Baseball
• Computers / Emerging Technologies
• Hiking / Camping
• Space Exploration
• Eagle Scout
• Choir