Donald G. Leavitt
Of Counsel
Areas of Focus
Trademark
Chemical
Education
Marquette University (B.S., Chemistry, 1946)
University of Illinois ( B.S., Chemical Engineering, 1948)
University of Michigan (J.D., 1951)
Bar Information
Missouri, Admitted 1952
Illinois, Admitted 1952
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri, Admitted 1953
United States Patent and Trademark Office, Admitted 1954
United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, Admitted 1963
United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, Admitted 1984
Published Articles
Missouri Chapter, State Trademark and Unfair Competition Law (1988)
Professional Summary
Mr. Leavitt has been actively engaged in the practice of patent, trademark and copyright law, specializing in the preparation and prosecution of chemical and pharmaceutical patents and participating extensively in the practice of trademark and unfair competition law.
Mr. Leavitt received his Bachelor of Science in Chemistry from Marquette University in 1946. He received his Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering in 1948 from the University of Illinois and his Juris Doctorate in 1951 from the University of Michigan.
He is a member of the Missouri Bar Association (Past-Chairman, Patent, Trademark, and Copyright Committee; Recipient, Presidents Award, 1983), the Illinois Bar Association, the American Bar Association, the United States Trademark Association, the International Trademark Association, the American Chemical Society, and the Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis (Past-Chairman, Patent, Trademark, Copyright Section). He was also an adjunct professor of patent law at Saint Louis University School of Law from 1956 to 1993.