Connor S. Williams Joins McKee, Voorhees & Sease, PLCFebruary 29, 2024

MVS is excited to announce that Connor S. Williams has joined MVS as a Patent Attorney in the Mechanical & Electrical Practice Group.

Connor is a registered Patent Attorney with experience prosecuting patents in the areas of agricultural implements, aerospace products, engines, automated vehicles, exercise equipment, power tools, heat exchangers, and other general mechanical equipment. He also has experience with design patents, developing lists of potential competitors for new entrants into the field of patents, and discerning and predicting the IP strategies of clients’ competitors.

Connor earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from Brigham Young University where he did research with the Robotics and Dynamics Lab as well as the BYU Transportation Lab. Connor graduated with his law degree from the University of Iowa Law School and during this time he clerked at MVS. He was an editor for the Iowa Law Review and president of the J. Reuben Clark Law Society, University of Iowa Chapter. He also did two years of research under intellectual property professor Jason Rantanen, who is the co-author of Patently-O, and he contributed to editing Professor Rantanen’s Intro to Intellectual Property casebook.

“Connor is a great addition to our legal team at MVS and provides additional depth to our Mechanical and Electrical practice groups. We are excited to have Connor’s knowledge in the field of mechanical engineering to help our clients protect their intellectual property and he will be a tremendous asset to our clients,” said Luke T. Mohrhauser, Managing Partner and Chair of the Mechanical-Electrical Practice Group.