Peter Slawniak
Attorney at Law
Illinois
IL, Patent Bar
"Received Directors Award for Impact."
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professional who drives outcomes while building relationships. Entrepreneurial
professional able to find creative solutions to meet business needs.
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"Received Directors Award for Impact."
"Honored by the President of the University of Chicago & the Argonne Board of Governors with a medal for Distinguished Performance"
Work History
Northwestern University
Guest Lecturer
Aug 2020 - Present
Guest lecturer on IP issues for Kellogg School of Management Business Law course
Argonne National Laboratory
Senior Attorney - Intellectual Property
Apr 2014 - Present
•Represented a 3,000 employee, $1B/yr R&D organization with more than 1,200 scientists and engineers under contract for U.S. government and private sponsors.
•Advised on all aspects of intellectual property (IP) strategy for a global IP portfolio for cutting edge tech including AI and biotech.
•Privacy Counsel
•Created Chain Reaction Innovations (CRI) startup accelerator
•SaaS & Govt contracts
Winston & Strawn, LLP
Associate
Oct 2010 - Apr 2014
Extensive litigation experience in intellectual property, anti-trust, contract, false advertising and unfair competition claims.
City of Chicago
Trial Counsel
Jan 2010 - Sep 2010
•Managed a docket of 40 cases, worth approximately $1 M.
•First-chaired a jury trial to verdict, beating arbitration award by 40%, second-chaired two other jury trials.
•First-chaired 20 arbitration; took 25 depositions; defended 12 depositions; drafted and argued seven summary judgment motions; argued motions daily.