The national law firm of Epstein Becker Green (EBG) is pleased to announce that James M. Kunick, an experienced intellectual property and technology lawyer, has joined as a Member of the Firm in the Health Care and Life Sciences and Corporate Services practices, in the Chicago office.
Kunick was most recently the Chair of Much Shelist’s Intellectual Property and Technology practice, where he represented multinational clients in a wide variety of technology transactions including IT and business process outsourcing; software, patent, and content licensing; and cloud-based services and ecommerce agreements. In addition, he has extensive experience in the medication adherence management and hospitality industries. He previously practiced in the Frankfurt office of an international law firm representing US and EU-based clients in cross-border technology transactions, where he gained valuable experience addressing the unique legal and commercial issues facing such clients.
“Jim’s knowledge and experience will substantially enhance our firm’s intellectual property and licensing capabilities for our health care, life sciences, transactional, and hospitality clients. In addition, his technology background will be a nice supplement to our robust data privacy and security practice,” said George Breen, Chair of the firm’s National Health Care and Life Sciences Practice Steering Committee.
“Jim’s addition is part of our continued strategy to focus on our core practice areas and to strengthen our unique platform as a ‘super boutique.’ Our team in Chicago and nationally look forward to working with him and integrating him into the mix,” said Peter Steinmeyer, the Managing Shareholder of EBG’s Chicago office.
Kunick said, “I am impressed with the level of service that EBG provides to its regional and national clients. The firm’s attorneys really know how to anticipate legal and business trends of particular importance to their clients and are always timely in finding viable solutions to protect a company’s bottom line.”
Kunick is a Certified Licensing Professional (CLP) and an active member of the Licensing Executives Society (LES). He is also a frequent presenter at IP, technology, data privacy, and hospitality industry conferences in the United States and abroad, and has served as a guest lecturer at the College of Engineering of the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
