Mark Crockett was born in Paris, Tennessee in 1962. He received a Bachelor of Science degree (with honors) in Electrical Engineering from the University of Tennessee in 1984, and a Doctor of Jurisprudence degree (Cum Laude) from the University of Tennessee College of Law in 1998.

From 1985 through 1994, Mark worked as an electrical engineer with Lockheed-Martin in Orlando, Florida, where he designed and tested antennas, radomes, and low-observable structures for missiles and aircraft. His design tasks included a millimeter-wave radar seeker antenna and "frequency-tuned" radome for the U.S. Army's AGM-114L Longbow Hellfire radar-guided missile. Mark also participated in the design, testing and integration of an antenna and radome structure used in the target-designation radar system of the U.S. Army's AH-64A/D Longbow Apache helicopter. He also did system-level analysis and testing of millimeter-wave radar systems, including testing of the Longbow Hellfire radar seeker in the Millimeter-wave Simulation System at Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, Alabama. In recognition of his work on low-observable and frequency-tuned radome structures, Mark was named Engineer of the Year of the I.E.E.E Antennas and Propagation Society of Orlando, FL.

Mark joined Luedeka, Neely & Graham as a law clerk in 1996. He became an associate of the firm in 1998 and a shareholder in 2002. His practice includes patent, trademark and copyright litigation, trademark application preparation and prosecution, patent application preparation and prosecution, patent and trademark searches, patentability opinions and patent and trademark infringement analysis. Mark's patent practice has an emphasis in matters relating to software, electronics and computer technology, including electro-optics, integrated circuits, inkjet and laser printers, X-ray imaging systems, ultrasonic test instruments, vibration detection instruments, location-determination and tracking systems, communication systems and radiation detection systems. Consistent with his interest in the outdoors, Mark has also prosecuted patents on waterfowl decoy systems and tree stands for deer hunting.

Mark is a licensed attorney in the state of Tennessee and is admitted to practice in the Federal Courts. He is also admitted to practice as a patent attorney before the United States Patent and Trademark Office. Mark is a member of several legal and intellectual property law organizations, including the Knoxville Bar Association (KBA), the Tennessee Bar Association (TBA), the American Bar Association (ABA) and the American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA).

Assistant: Brooke Whitt

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