Michael Oliver, Esq.

Adjunct Faculty

B.S., Case Western Reserve University
J.D., University of Baltimore

Mr. Oliver has been in the private practice of law for 19 years, currently concentrating his practice in technology based transactions, private merger and acquisition, and intellectual property rights management issues. 

For the first 8 years of his practice, Mr. Oliver engaged in commercial litigation, eventually focusing on patent, trademark and trade secret cases. He has been lead or second counsel in numerous jury and non jury trials in federal and state courts. 

Mr. Oliver has taught numerous courses, seminars and workshops including: Introduction to Intellectual Property and Cyberspace law at the University of Maryland School of Law, and is a regular speaker for the Maryland Institute of Continuing Professional Education for Lawyers and for the Pennsylvania Bar Institute. 

Mr. Oliver has also authored and co-authored numerous articles and seminar materials that have been published by the American Bar Association and in the Maryland Bar Journal. 

Mr. Oliver is also active in local community organizations, including playing a key role in organizing the Maryland State Bar Association’s Intellectual Property Section, and regularly assisting low income artists for the Maryland Lawyers for the Arts. 

In his off time Mr. Oliver enjoys playing classical guitar - being a past president of the Baltimore Classical Guitar Society, writing database and ecommerce based software, and digital photography.