Neil P. Calvin was admitted to the Illinois State Bar in 1990 and is registered to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. He was also admitted to the U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois, and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.

He earned a Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering from Case Western Reserve University in 1986 (High Honors), and a Juris Doctorate from The Ohio State University College of Law in 1990.

Before joining Amin, Turocy & Calvin, Neil worked for Microsoft Corporation for nearly nine years and was Associate General Counsel and Director of Patent Licensing. In addition to a diverse patent/intellectual property practice at Microsoft supporting patent/IP issues for Windows, Neil formed and led Microsoft’s Patent Licensing Team, and specialized in IP issues in the areas of standards, open source software, outbound patent licenses, cross licenses, OEM software licensing and joint development deals. His experience also includes six years as an attorney with Leydig, Voit & Mayer in Chicago, focusing on patent litigation and opinion work. Prior to that, he gained experience as an Engineer with AT&T Technologies in Columbus, working on factory automation systems and JIT manufacturing.

He has been a featured ABA speaker on patent litigation issues and is a member of the American Bar Association, the Licensing Executive Society, and the WSBA.