James M. Acheson, Jr.

Mr. Acheson’s practice involves preparing and prosecuting domestic and international patent applications in the electrical and mechanical arts.

Before coming to Harness Dickey & Pierce, Mr. Acheson worked as a molecular biology/radiation oncology researcher at Harvard Medical School, as In-House patent counsel for a start-up carbon nanotube-based semiconductor company as a patent and antitrust litigator for a national firm and as Special Assistant Attorney General for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
 

Education

J.D., University of New Hampshire School of Law (Formerly, Franklin Pierce Law Center)
M.S. in Electrical Engineering, Tufts University
B.A., Reed College

Honors & Distinctions

• Clerk Intern for the Honorable Randall R. Rader at the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
• Editor and Senior Editor for Idea, The Intellectual Property Law Review
• Tau Beta Pi, Engineering Honor Society
• Eta Kappa Nu, Electrical and Computer Engineering Honor Society
   

Professional Affiliations

• I.E.E.E.
• Community Involvement
• USA Ice Hockey Official since 1993
• Youth Ice Hockey and Lacrosse Coach
• Former Boy Scout Leader