Kellie Budd received her law degree from George Mason University School of Law and is a graduate of the University of Missouri-Columbia. Kellie represents individual and business clients on a wide variety of matters including employment issues, entity formation, contract drafting,and litigating business disputes in state and federal courts. Kellie is licensed to practice in Virginia and is admitted to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia. She is a member of the Fairfax Bar Association and is a former President of the Northern Virginia Black Attorney’s Association.

I am an experienced intellectual property attorney who has filed and prosecuted many U.S. and PCT/foreign patent applications and U.S. trademark applications. With regard to the patent field, I have drafted many patent applications; responses to Office Actions; validity/invalidity, infringement/non-infringement and freedom-to-operate opinions; and appeal briefs and Request for Reexamination in the mechanical, biochemical, biotechnology, chemical, pharmaceutical, medical device, and business method arts.

Karin Porter is a practicing lawyer in Virginia who focuses on criminal cases. Ms. Porter has previously served as an Assistant Commonwealth's Attorney in Virginia handling cases from DUI to violent felonies. She has tried cases involving drug charges, reckless driving, and many other practice areas.