Clark Hill has announced that Matthew Yogg has joined the firm as a senior attorney in its Boulder office. Yogg focuses his practice on complex commercial and business litigation, intellectual property matters and corporate counseling.
Yogg represents clients in a range of commercial disputes, including business ownership disputes, intellectual property infringement, construction contracts, bankruptcy adversary proceedings, commercial real estate and brokerage agreements. His experience includes representing clients in federal and state courts, mediations and arbitrations across the United States. He has handled various stages of litigation, including dispositive motions, complex discovery disputes, trials, evidentiary hearings and appeals.
His clients have included Fortune 500 companies, fashion and consumer brands, hedge funds, biotechnology companies, commercial real estate owners and developers. In addition to litigation, Yogg advises businesses on contractual, regulatory and operational matters, including corporate governance, employment law, antitrust compliance and risk management.
Yogg’s transactional practice includes negotiating and drafting purchase and sale agreements, joint venture agreements, intellectual property licenses, commercial leases, employment and severance agreements, construction contracts and corporate governance documents. He also advises clients on potential legal disputes and strategies for managing litigation risks.
His intellectual property practice encompasses trademark and trade dress prosecution, portfolio management, licensing and infringement litigation. Yogg represents clients before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board, advising on trademark registration, maintenance and enforcement. He has worked on hundreds of federal trademark applications and registrations and assists clients with protecting and managing their intellectual property portfolios.
Yogg is admitted to practice in Colorado and New York. He earned his law degree from St. John’s University School of Law in 2013.