Routman, Brent

Brent E. Routman is a partner and General Counsel of the intellectual property firm of Merchant & Gould, P.C. The firm has offices nationally, including in New York. Brent is a Past President of the Minnesota State Bar Association (MSBA) and the Hennepin County Bar Association (HCBA); former chair of numerous committees and sections of the ABA/Intellectual Property Section including the Patent Division, the Ethics Committee, and a former member of the Ethics Committee of the Hennepin County Bar.   Brent served in the ABA House of Delegates for seven years, and is a former Chair of the Commission on Law and Social Action for the American Jewish Congress Southeast Region.  Brent is a frequent lecturer on intellectual property issues, an inventor of fire safety devices for children, smart toys for pets, served as a paid extra in an Academy Award Nominated Cohn Brothers movie and is the proud past owner of Mensch Brothers All Natural Gourmet Kosher Dill Pickles, a former school teacher, and a law school administrator.