Joel Felber is a partner with Leason Ellis LLP whose law practice is focused on domestic and international intellectual property protection. Mr. Felber’s practice principally regards all phases of patent protection in connection with computing hardware and software technologies. He assists clients to protect and leverage their inventions and related intellectual property, including by procurement of utility patents, design patents, copyright and trademark registrations. Mr. Felber is also experienced in negotiating and drafting license agreements and purchase agreements, as well as software development and consulting agreements. He has serviced a broad range of domestic and international clients ranging broadly in size and industry, including large, mid-sized, small and startup companies. Mr. Felber received his J.D. degree from Western New England College School of Law in 1991 and, prior to joining Leason Ellis, he was senior associate at Ostrolenk Faber LLP in Manhattan.

Jonathan Murphy is a partner with the White Plains law firm Bleakley Platt & Schmidt, and he is chair of the firm’s construction law practice and co-chair of its environmental law practice. Mr. Murphy is an experienced trial attorney who has successfully obtained favorable jury verdicts in complex, high exposure cases. He is also a skilled advisor to clients on construction and environmental matters. Mr. Murphy’s clients include multinational manufacturers, construction companies, subcontractors, owners, developers, architects, engineers, major oil companies, local petroleum vendors, UST manufacturers, chemical distributors, dry cleaning companies, and other trades and businesses. He represents construction clients (owners, general contractors, subcontractors and design professionals), both as claimants and respondents, in litigation, at trial, and in arbitrations. Mr. Murphy also drafts and negotiates contracts for clients involved in private and government projects and provides legal guidance throughout a project’s life. He handles environmental matters for both corporate and insurance clients, in litigated claims as well as direct administrative agency proceedings with federal, state, county and local environmental agencies. Mr. Murphy counsels clients on environmental risks, enforcement implications and regulatory requirements in a variety of business and transactional settings. His substantive areas of practice include CERCLA/RCRA, TSCA, CWA, New York’s Navigation Law, and other environmental and regulatory enforcement exposures presented by federal, state and local environmental regulations. He is a graduate of Hobart College and Brooklyn Law School.
 

Mr. Noviello is an Attorney-at-Law, a Professional Engineer, and a Land Surveyor who enjoys teaching. In addition to teaching continuing education courses for Attorneys-at-Law, Professional Engineers, Land Surveyors, and Architects, he has taught real property law, survey law, alpine skiing, and, more recently, adaptive skiing. Mr. Noviello received his Masters of Engineering degree, his Bachelor of Science degree in Industrial Engineering, with honors, and his AAS degree in Engineering, all from Rochester Institute of Technology. He received his Juris Doctor degree from Rutgers University School of Law-Newark. Mr. Noviello has maintained a professional engineering firm and a general practice law firm since 1984 and has practiced land surveying since 1991 including 10 years in industry and six years in government. He is a licensed Professional Engineer in the states of New York, Connecticut, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania. Mr. Noviello is a licensed Land Surveyor in New York and Connecticut. He is an Attorney-at-Law in New York and New Jersey State Courts, the U.S. Supreme Court, the Federal Court for the Southern District of New York, and the Federal Court for the State of New Jersey.