Troy Groetken is a Shareholder, Board Member, and Executive Committee member with McAndrews. He has approximately 25 years of legal experience in the intellectual property field and more than 25 years of technical experience in the pharmaceutical, biotechnological, and chemical fields. He is recognized in the IAM Patent 1000: The World’s Leading Patent Professionals, and has been listed as one of the Best Lawyers in America since 2012.
As a registered U.S. patent attorney, Troy is known globally as a "go-to" intellectual property attorney for Fortune 500 clients and others on complex and cutting-edge IP matters, and on strategic global patent portfolio development, implementation, and enforcement.
Troy also advises upon and institutes multi-level, front-end and back-end diligence and licensing programs coordinated with a client-focused business modeling approach. In addition, he assists clients with advanced acquisition, divestiture, and platform-positioning transactions designed for institutional growth and enhanced business valuations.
He strategically addresses multi-jurisdictional intellectual property integration issues ranging from core and non-core patent portfolio competitive white-space analyses to global portfolio coordination (e.g., coordination of complex U.S. reexamination or reissue proceedings with European, Asian, and Australian appeals and opposition).
Troy enjoys working with his clients to identify and utilize creative intellectual property approaches that are tied to and coordinated with strategic business needs, as well as a focus on driving significant return on investment while keeping costs down.
Year Joined Firm: 2004
Education/Alumni: Drake University Law School
