Evan Smith
Partner
Evan Smith
Licensed patent attorney, electrical engineer, M.B.A., and entrepreneur advising clients on intellectual property, corporate strategy, fundraising, licensing, and technology-driven business growth.
Evan Smith is a licensed patent attorney, electrical engineer, M.B.A., and serial entrepreneur who founded technology start-ups serving international markets. His background combines legal, technical, executive, and entrepreneurial experience across intellectual property, corporate strategy, and business growth.
He has served as an adviser to start-up companies, C.E.O. of Eye Controls L.L.C., C.O.O. and General Counsel at EyeTicket Corporation, and general counsel of a well-established fintech company. As a partner at Greenberg Traurig, he also led the intellectual property department at the firm’s main technology office.
Evan’s strategic advice on corporate and intellectual property issues draws on decades of experience in forming companies, raising funds, and protecting, enforcing, and licensing patents, trademarks, copyrights, and trade secrets. He has advised hundreds of fast-growing companies building valuable portfolios in the medical, electronic, internet, computer, and mechanical fields.
He has represented patent holders and accused infringers in federal courts nationwide, with substantial litigation experience that includes successful enforcement of major patent portfolios and the resolution of numerous trademark matters.
Intellectual property and business strategy shaped by real technical, legal, and entrepreneurial experience
Rare Technical and Legal Combination
Evan combines the perspective of a licensed patent attorney with the training of an electrical engineer and the commercial lens of an M.B.A., allowing him to advise clients with both technical depth and business practicality.
Startup and Fundraising Experience
Having founded companies and served in multiple executive roles, Evan understands how intellectual property, corporate structure, and capital strategy work together in building and scaling high-growth businesses.
High-Value Enforcement and Licensing
His litigation and licensing experience includes the enforcement of major patent portfolios, successful royalty generation, and strategic resolution of trademark and infringement disputes across national markets.
Representative areas of legal and strategic support
- Patent strategy, prosecution, protection, and enforcement
- Trademark, copyright, and trade secret protection
- Licensing and monetization of intellectual property portfolios
- Corporate formation and structuring for startups and growth companies
- Fundraising strategy and investor-facing legal preparation
- IP portfolio development across medical, electronic, internet, computer, and mechanical fields
- Patent and trademark litigation support in federal courts nationwide
- Strategic legal guidance for technology and fintech businesses
Work With Evan
Strategic counsel for patents, intellectual property, startup growth, fundraising, licensing, enforcement, and technology-driven business matters, backed by decades of legal, executive, and entrepreneurial experience.