Sean Sparrow AssociateSean Sparrow is an Associate at McAndrews whose practice focuses on intellectual property litigation and prosecution. He has experience in pre-suit investigations and assessment, motion practice, and discovery for cases involving various technologies. He also has experience preparing and prosecuting utility and design patent applications. Sean graduated first in his class and summa cum laude from DePaul University College of Law, where he was an Associate Editor for the DePaul Law Review. Sean’s student note, Buried Alive: The Existence of Assignee Estoppel in Patent Law, was published in Vol. 69 of the DePaul Law Review. He also earned 7 CALI awards for the highest grade in class and was inducted into the Order of the Coif in 2020. Prior to law school, Sean earned his Doctorate in Occupational Therapy from the University of St. Augustine. His doctoral research examined the treatment of post-operative scar tissue adhesions that develop on the lumbricals and flexor tendons. He also earned his Master of Science in Occupational Therapy from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and his Bachelor of Arts in Biology from Augustana College. Earlier in his career, Sean worked as an occupational therapist in outpatient hand and upper extremity rehabilitation at Loyola Medicine. His practice involved the examination and treatment of patients with upper extremity diagnoses, including, fractures, soft-tissue repairs, burns, congenital deformities, sprains, strains, repetitive stress injuries, and nerve compression neuropathies. In addition to treating patients, Sean ran multiple clinical trials for patients who experienced distal radius fractures. One of his studies, A Retrospective Analysis of the Number of Therapy Visits After Distal Radius Fractures Using A New Provider-Scored Clinical Severity Scale, was published in Vol. 31 of the Journal of Hand Therapy. During his practice, Sean was a guest lecturer at Chicago State University for occupational therapy graduate students. His lecture series covered an anatomical review of the hand and custom-made orthoses. EDUCATIONDePaul University College of Law, J.D., summa cum laude University of St. Augustine, O.T.D., Occupational Therapy, summa cum laude University of Wisconsin-Madison, M.S., Occupational Therapy, magna cum laude Augustana College, B.A., Biology BAR ADMISSIONS/REGISTRATIONS
EducationDePaul University College of Law, J.D., summa cum laude University of St. Augustine, O.T.D., Occupational Therapy, summa cum laude University of Wisconsin-Madison, M.S., Occupational Therapy, magna cum laude Augustana College, B.A., Biology Practices
Bar Admissions/Registrations
Industries
|