Hilgers Graben PLLC
Mary Ann Novak is a partner at Hilgers Graben PLLC, where an extensive trial practice focuses on complex commercial disputes, particularly in intellectual property. With experience representing clients in various intellectual property matters such as trademark, copyright, and trade secret disputes across federal courts, Mary Ann demonstrates significant expertise in the field. Prior roles include counsel at Gober Hilgers PLLC and Cline Williams Wright Johnson & Oldfather, LLP, as well as attorney positions at the United States District Court for the District of New Mexico and Irell & Manella LLP. Mary Ann began their legal career as a law clerk for the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit. Educational credentials include a J.D. from Stanford Law School and a B.A. in Political Science from the University of Michigan.
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Hilgers Graben PLLC
Hilgers Graben is a legal firm that specializes in complex commercial and intellectual property disputes around the country. The firm is built on two ideas. The first is that clients want to pay for legal services and not non-legal overhead. The second is that innovation could create a law firm that provides better value in the marketplace.Where other industries produce, over time, innovations that make their products and services better and cheaper, the price of complex legal services seems to rise at a 5-10% annual clip because of nothing more than inertia and industry practice.Since the firm founders have been in private practice, the constant refrain in the industry is how to drive value without constantly increasing already-exorbitant rates, either through lower rates or through alternative fee arrangements.