Richard S. Stockton

Richard S. Stockton serves as an Adjunct Professor in the Entrepreneurship and Innovation program at Lake Forest College while maintaining a full-time practice as an intellectual property attorney at Banner Witcoff. His professional work encompasses patent prosecution, litigation, and global portfolio management across 140+ countries, with extensive experience handling hundreds of utility patents and thousands of design patents before USPTO examiners.

His educational background includes:

• Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
• Juris Doctor, cum laude, from the University of Illinois College of Law where he served as Editor-in-Chief of The University of Illinois Journal of Law, Technology & Policy and co-founded Modern Trends in Intellectual Property

Mr. Stockton's expertise centers on Intellectual Property Law and Patent Law, leveraging his Electrical Engineering background to handle complex technical cases. He has held leadership roles in the American Bar Association’s Section of Intellectual Property Law and previously taught at Northwestern University and Georgetown University law schools. His practice bridges legal strategy with technological innovation, particularly in patent prosecution for international jurisdictions.

Professional affiliations include active participation in intellectual property bar associations and contributions to legal scholarship through publications and editorial work during his law school career.