Anthony B. “Tony” Askew

Biography

Tony is an accomplished intellectual property trial lawyer with more than 50 years of experience litigating patent, trademark and copyright cases across the United States, including two appearances before the United States Supreme Court. He has represented clients in federal district courts and before the United States International Trade Commission in unfair trade remedy actions brought under Section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930.

He is widely regarded as the “dean” of the patent bar in Atlanta. Tony has handled cases covering a broad array of technical subject matters, including biology, chemistry, electrical engineering and mechanical engineering, and has extensive experience litigating pharmaceutical cases as well.

Tony has been ranked by Chambers USA in the 1st Tier for Patent Litigation in Georgia for more than 10 years. He has been listed as one of the Best Lawyers in America for the past 15 years; is repeatedly named as a Georgia Super Lawyer by Atlanta Magazine; and listed among the Top 100 lawyers in the state of Georgia for 2006-2008, 2010, 2011 and 2013 – 2016 by Atlanta Magazine.

Since 1983, Tony has served as the Special Assistant Attorney General for the State of Georgia for intellectual property matters. He serves on the Board of Governors of the State Bar and is a member of the State Bar Disciplinary Board. He is a member of the University of Georgia Law School’s Advisory Board for the Journal of Intellectual Property Law and was the co-editor of the Wiley Intellectual Property Law Update for more than 5 years. He served as an adjunct professor at Emory Law School for than 20 years, teaching courses in Intellectual Property Law and Intellectual Property Litigation.

In 1968, Tony co-founded the IP boutique that became Jones & Askew, which grew to over 50 lawyers before it was acquired by Kilpatrick Stockton in 2000. Before founding Jones & Askew, he was a patent attorney for Eastman Kodak Company.