Will Hickman
Senior Legal Counsel, Commercial & Gas at Shell Oil Company
- Location
- Houston, Texas Area
- Industry
- Legal Services
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Will Hickman's Overview
- Current
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- Senior Legal Counsel, Commercial & Gas at Shell Oil Company
- Past
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- Senior Counsel, IP Services at Shell
- Senior Legal Counsel, Downstream at Shell Canada Products
- Councilman Position 1 at City of Bellaire
- Patent Attorney at Haynes and Boone, LLP
- Patent Attorney at Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman
- Education
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- University of Houston Law Center
- University of Houston Law Center
- Texas A&M University
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Texas A&M University
- Recommendations
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3 people have recommended Will
- Connections
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345 connections
- Websites
Will Hickman's Summary
Corporate senior legal counsel with substantial in-house and outside legal experience supporting Fortune 50 corporations, small startups, and individual inventors. Extensive experience in patent procurement, agreement drafting and negotiations, and competitive intelligence.
Specialties
Patent drafting and prosecution in the United States and internationally for new inventions, patent opinions on existing patents, drafting and negotiating agreements, and analyzing third party IP positions for competitive intelligence.
Will Hickman's Experience
Senior Legal Counsel, Commercial & Gas
Shell Oil Company
Public Company; 10,001+ employees; RDS; Oil & Energy industry
April 2012 – Present (2 months) Houston, Texas Area
My work involves supporting Shell's Upstream Americas businesses, principally the midstream business and the gas monetization business with projects to replace diesel fuel with LNG.
Senior Counsel, IP Services
Shell
Public Company; 10,001+ employees; RDSA; Oil & Energy industry
November 2004 – April 2012 (7 years 6 months) Houston, Texas Area
Protect Shell's IP interests in the form of patents, trademarks, agreements, and trade secrets. Also perform competitive intelligence analysis comparing Shell's IP to our competitors.
Senior Legal Counsel, Downstream
Shell Canada Products
March 2011 – December 2011 (10 months)
Shell Canada Products is the downstream arm of Shell Canada. We have lawyers located in Calgary, Toronto, and Montreal.
My works involves supporting the Canadian Green Corridor Project - using LNG for road transport; trading of crude oil and products; and downstream businesses such as aviation, distribution, and retail.
Councilman Position 1
City of Bellaire
November 2005 – March 2011 (5 years 5 months) Bellaire, Texas
I served with 6 other Councilmen and the Mayor in my first 4 year term, and won re-election in November, 2009, for my second 4 year term. I resigned the post in March, 2011 when I transferred to Calgary for a work assignment.
The Bellaire City Council is the "Board of Directors" for the city. We hire a City Manager who handles day to day operations, and we set the tax rate, set the department budgets, and oversee large purchases and projects.
Patent Attorney
Haynes and Boone, LLP
Partnership; 1001-5000 employees; Law Practice industry
2002 – 2004 (2 years)
Patent Attorney
Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman
Partnership; 201-500 employees; Law Practice industry
2001 – 2003 (2 years)
Worked in the Los Angeles office working on patent preparation and prosecution, trademark prosecution, patent and trademark litigation, patents opinions, and client counseling for a variety of semiconductor, medical device, nutraceutical, and other clients.
Will Hickman's Languages
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French
Will Hickman's Skills & Expertise
Will Hickman's Education
University of Houston Law Center
LLM, Intellectual Property
2004 – 2007
University of Houston Law Center
Juris Doctor, Law
1998 – 2001
Texas A&M University
Bachelor of Science, Mechanical Engineering
1992 – 1997
Texas A&M University
Bachelor of Science, Industrial Distribution
1992 – 1997
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