Patent Strategy & Prosecution

What Is a Forward-Deployed Attorney?

for·ward-de·ployed at·tor·ney \ ˈfor-wərd di-ˈploid ə-ˈtər-nē \ noun 1: a lawyer embedded in a company's day-to-day operations, including its communication channels, product roadmap, and deal desk, rather than retained from outside for discrete matters 2: counsel who identifies issues in the client's own records before anyone raises them, and who delivers systems the business can operate rather than one-off answers