Practices & Industries
Matthew Block
Attorney | Anchorage | 907.264.3309 | blockm@lanepowell.com
Areas of Practice
Matt Block has experience in a broad range of business matters with particular emphasis on small business needs, copyrights and trademarks. Matt helps clients who are doing innovative things with their business to identify and manage their risks. He has assisted clients with all phases of simple and complex commercial litigation, including document-intensive discovery, negotiating and mediating settlements, trials and appeals. Matt has counseled both large and small commercial clients in issues dealing with copyright, trademark, corporate issues and employment matters.
Matt provides a wide range of services for entrepreneurs and investors, including deal analysis and diligence, organization of new entities, and advice and counseling. He has assisted technology companies and companies in emerging sectors by evaluating and obtaining cost-effective, appropriate protection for their intellectual property.
Professional Experience
- Associate, Patton Boggs LLP (2005-2009)
Admitted to Practice
- Alaska
- U.S. District Court, District of Alaska
Academics
- Duke University School of Law (J.D., cum laude)
- Faculty Award Winner for Excellence in IP and Technology Law
- Pepperdine University (B.A.)
Practice Group and Specialty Team Memberships
- Litigation
Speaking Engagements
- “NDA’s/IP Protection/Hiring the First Employee,” Alaska Bar Association’s “Legal Issues in Starting a New Venture” CLE (October 7, 2011)
- “A History of Copyright and the First Amendment,” Alaska Bar Association, Intellectual Property Section CLE (April 27, 2010)
- “Selling a Company: A Seminar for Business Lawyers & Business Owners,” Alaska Bar Association CLE (September 30, 2010)
Professional and Community Activities
- Alaska Bar Association
- Co-chair Business Section
- Executive Committee Intellectual Property Section
- Secretary, Alaska High School Mock Trial Competition
- Boy Scouts of America
- Phi Delta Phi