Stites & Harbison, PLLC welcomes attorney Joseph Morris to the Louisville, Ky., office.  He joins the Intellectual Property & Technology Service Group as a Registered Patent Attorney.

Morris’s practice focuses on patent prosecution with an emphasis on computer applications and electrical design.  He provides counsel on patent validity and enforceability as well as portfolio management.

Morris earned his J.D. from the Chicago Kent College of Law at the Illinois Institute of Technology.  He also earned a Master of Engineering in computer engineering and computer science from the University of Louisville’s Speed Scientific School. 

Prior to joining Stites & Harbison, Morris was an associate with Calfee, Halter & Griswold LLP in Ohio.  While in graduate school, he participated in a joint project between the University of Louisville and the United States Department of Agriculture to map and analyze genetic markers for bovine spongiform encephalopathy in cattle DNA.  Morris assisted in the development of applications, database design and user interfaces.

About Stites & Harbison

Stites & Harbison, PLLC is a nationally recognized, full-service business and litigation law firm with 10 offices in five states – Kentucky, Georgia, Indiana, Tennessee and Virginia.  Tracing its origins to 1832, Stites & Harbison is one of the oldest law practices in the nation and among the largest law firms in the Southeast.  For more information, visit www.stites.com.