Dick Troll

Current

Affordable Business Lawyer/Third Wave Lawyer at The Law Office of John Richard Troll,LLC

Past

Of Counsel at Woodard Emhardt Moriarty
Partner at Baker & Daniels, LLC
Vice President, Trademark Counsel at Harley-Davidson, Inc.

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Education

State University of New York at Buffalo - Law School
Antioch University
The George Washington University Law School

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Connections

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Industry

Law Practice

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Dick Troll’s Summary

Experience:
25 years as a commercial lawyer. Big biz. Big law. Big impersonal deals. Big egos.

Goals:
Use technology to render affordable high quality legal services.

Work with you as a colleague not an expert.

Have trust be the glue that binds our relationship.

Use the power of social networking to build my practice.

Dick Troll’s Specialties:

strengths and weaknesses of commercial agreements, negotiating, brand development and protection, getting to yes, when all else fails, litigation, legal aspects of the internet, valuation of intangibles, franchising, solving the real problem not just the legal problem

Dick Troll’s Experience

Affordable Business Lawyer/Third Wave Lawyer

The Law Office of John Richard Troll,LLC

(Law Practice industry)

August 2007 — Present (3 years 2 months)

A business law micro boutique devoted to practicing law in accordance with the new : new economics, new technologies, new attitudes about work, new rules of the game
Of Counsel

Woodard Emhardt Moriarty

(Legal Services industry)

October 2005 — October 2006 (1 year 1 month)

Of Counsel- a fancy way of saying that I tried to bring a contemporary legal perspective to an old established patent law firm
Partner

Baker & Daniels, LLC

(Law Practice industry)

April 2002 — September 2005 (3 years 6 months)

Cash partner in full service Indiana centric law firm. Brought a sense of urgency and restlessness to the firm. Brought a national perspective on the practice of law to a firm seeking to redefine itself. Tried without success to convince colleagues that revolutinary changes in the delivery of legal services are underway.
Vice President, Trademark Counsel

Harley-Davidson, Inc.

(Automotive industry)

December 1996 — December 2002 (6 years 1 month)

overall responsibility for the legal aspects of all the HARLEY-DAVIDSON brands
Copyright/Trademark Counsel

British Petroleum

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; BP; Oil & Energy industry)

October 1987 — December 1996 (9 years 3 months)

protector of the BP brand in America. Produced the first trademark license involving use of the BP brand by a 3rd party- as part of 300 million dollar asset sale.

Dick Troll’s Education

State University of New York at Buffalo - Law School

JD , law , 1977 — 1980
Antioch University

BA , Philosophy , 1965 — 1970
The George Washington University Law School

Intellectual Property Law

Activities and Societies:

completed course work for LL. M in Trade Regulation

Additional Information

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Dick Troll’s Interests:

fatherhood, the role of the Internet, beating my son on the basketball court, politics, legal history, cars, motorcycles,

Dick Troll’s Groups:

American Civil Liberties Union, BMW Motorcycle Club of America, BMW Car Club of America, International Trademark Association, Indiana State Bar Association, Ohio State Bar Association, New York State Bar Association