Dr. Gunnison has been an intellectual property attorney since 1987.  He has represented clients in the electrical, computer, software, mechanical, and chemical arts.  Dr. Gunnison has prepared and prosecuted patent applications in a variety of technical areas including automated logic circuit design; computer networks; computer systems; disk drives and disk emulators; digital circuits; Internet applications; microprocessors; programmable logic devices; medical devices; optical systems; robotic systems; semiconductor structures and processing; telephony equipment; and video compression systems.

Dr. Gunnison has assisted clients in developing intellectual property portfolios and in related intellectual property matters including high technology licensing, as well as in complex patent litigation.  He also has provided patent validity and infringement opinions and trade secret and copyright counseling.  Dr. Gunnison has expertise in both U.S. and foreign patent laws, and has presented MCLE training programs on foreign filing and the Patent Cooperation Treaty to major Silicon Valley law firms and corporations.  He also has presented MCLE training programs on various aspects of U.S. patent law.

Prior to becoming an attorney, Dr. Gunnison worked in fields ranging from development of computer programs for simulating the real-time operation of complex control systems to development of energy conservation programs.

Dr. Gunnison received a J.D. from Loyola University of Chicago School of Law, cum laude.  He was a senior Law Review member, on the Dean's List and graduated first in his class.  Dr. Gunnison received a M.S. and a Ph.D. from the University of Illinois, and was elected to Sigma Xi.  Dr. Gunnison earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Physics and Mathematics with high honors from Albion College, Albion, Michigan, and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa, Omicron Delta Kappa, and Sigma Pi Sigma.