Joseph A. Gemignani
Joseph
A. Gemignani Joe Gemignani earned a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering
from MTU in 1953. After graduation he served two years in
the United States Air Force. He then continued his education
at the University of Michigan Law School where he received
his J.D. Law in 1958. He began his career in patent law with
McGraw Edison Company in Milwaukee. In 1961 he joined Michael
Best & Friedrich, one of the oldest and largest business
law firms in the Midwest, and was made a partner in 1967.
His professional affiliations include the American Bar Association,
the State Bar of Wisconsin, the Milwaukee Bar Association,
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Foreign Business Advisory
Council, the State Bar of Michigan, the Wisconsin Intellectual
Property Law Association, the Licensing Executives Society,
and the Wisconsin Academy of Trial Lawyers. He was named to
"Best Lawyers in America," Intellectual Property
Attorneys in 1991-92 and is listed in Marquis "Who's
Who." His contributions to MTU over the years include
the Alumni Association Board of Directors, member of the Presidents
Club, a Michigan Tech Fund Life Trustee, a member of the Century
II Campaign Task Force, and was MTU's principal intellectual
property and licensing counsel for years.
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