PHILADELPHIA, February 23, 2015—The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has named Duane Morris partner Lewis F. Gould, Jr., chair of the Pennsylvania Lawyers Fund for Client Security Board. Created in 1982, the Fund reimburses clients who have suffered a loss as a result of misappropriation of funds by their Pennsylvania attorneys. Gould, previously a board member, will serve a three-year term beginning on April 1, 2015.
The Fund seeks to preserve the integrity of the legal profession while promoting public confidence in the legal and administrative justice system. Receiving all of its financial resources from the members of the Pennsylvania Bar through a mandatory annual assessment, it consists of a seven-member volunteer board comprising five lawyer members and two non-lawyer members. Board members are appointed by the Commonwealth's Supreme Court for a three-year term and may serve a maximum of six years.
Gould is the immediate past chairman of Duane Morris' Intellectual Property Practice Group, having served in that capacity from 1999 to 2011. For more than 40 years, he has focused his practice on intellectual property law, with emphasis on domestic and international patent and trademark matters. Gould advises clients on a broad spectrum of patent and related issues in a variety of technologies, as well as in trademark and copyright matters that include clearance, registration and litigation. He also manages patent and trademark litigation before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and in U.S. federal courts.
Gould is a graduate of Pennsylvania State University's Dickinson School of Law. He received his undergraduate degree from Temple University, where he is a member of the Board of Trustees. Gould also serves on the Board of Trustees of Temple University Health System and is the Chairman of the Board of Trustees at Fox Chase Cancer Center.
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