Intellectual property counsel

Daniel C. Minteer practices in the area of intellectual property law with an emphasis on patent infringement, trade dress, trade secret and trademark litigation. He also has represented a number of different clients in disputes over financial arrangements involving intellectual property. Mr. Minteer also has extensive experience in litigation, particularly in financial matters, and has worked on construction defect, antitrust, 17200, foreclosure and general breach of contract matters. His experience also includes serving as vice president of a manufacturing company for six years.

Mr. Minteer served a three-year term on the State Bar Judicial Nominees Commission, in which capacity he interviewed all state trial and appellate judges appointed by the governor of California. He also has served as an arbitrator for the American Arbitration Association.

A member of the American and San Diego bar associations, Mr. Minteer is a 1974 graduate of the University of California at Los Angeles School of Law, where he was Associate Editor of the U.C.L.A. Law Review and elected to the Order of the Coif, and a graduate, with high honors, of San Diego State University.

• American Bar Association
• San Diego County Bar Association
• American Arbitration Association
• San Diego Chapter of the Association of Trial Lawyers
  - Member, Board of Governors
• State Bar of California
  - Conference of Delegates
  -- Former Delegate
  - Judicial Nominees Commission
  -- Former Member
  - Financial Disputes Committee
  -- Former Chair

• California
• U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado
• U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

• University of California, Los Angeles School of Law, J.D., 1974
  Associate Editor, U.C.L.A. Law Review
  Order of the Coif
• San Diego State University, B.A., high honors, 1971