Blake Nickles

Blake Nickles is a legal professional with extensive experience in patent law and counseling. Currently serving as Senior Counsel at Altria since April 2023, Blake previously held the position of Of Counsel at Dority & Manning, P.A. from March 2020 to April 2023. Prior roles include Senior Patent Counsel at Hubbell Incorporated and Patent Counsel at GE, cumulatively spanning over a decade in the corporate sector. Blake began the legal career as an Associate at Dinsmore & Shohl LLP and has a strong academic foundation with a JD in Patent Law from the University of Illinois Chicago School of Law and a B.S.E. in Materials Science & Engineering from the University of Michigan.