James J.  Lillie is admitted to practice law in New York, Washington D.C., various Federal Courts, and is registered to practice before the United States Patent and Trademark Office.  He earned both his Bachelor of Science degree in Industrial Engineering and his Master of Business Administration in Finance from New York Institute of Technology in Old Westbury, NY.  His Juris Doctor degree is from St. John’s University in Jamaica, NY, and James has been an Adjunct Professor at St. Joseph’s University for nearly two decades, lecturing in Business Law encompassing, among other areas, patents, trademarks, copyrights and corporate law, and  has lectured in Constitutional Law, the American Presidency, International Relations, Law, and Organizations, State & Local Government, and Political Science for over a decade. 

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Mr. Lillie worked for many years as an Industrial Engineer in the manufacturing sector for Fortune 100 companies in New York, and Colorado, and has effectively utilized that experience to help streamline the processes involved with the procurement and protection of intellectual property at a cost effective price.  While serving as a judicial intern to a senior judge in the US District Court and later working for various sized IP law firms in the tri-state area, he discovered the need for a client-centric intellectual property law firm, and had founded Lillie Law in 2002 in response thereto.

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James has worked with non-profits in various capacities, including the Boy Scouts of America, the Lutheran Church, and sports programs. Mr. Lillie has become a licensed Sport Agent in the State of New York, and become a certified volleyball official for Section XI (Suffolk County), for the Garden Empire Volleyball Association (aka GEVA), and the United States Volleyball Association (aka USAV).