Brian S. Malkin
Attorney
Telephone: 412.741.8400
Fax: 412.741.9292
Brian Malkin counsels clients on patent, trademark, and copyright matters. He represents clients before the United States Patent and Trademark Office and has prosecuted trademark and patent applications from filing to registration. He handles trademark opposition litigation before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board as well as trademark filing and prosecution on a daily basis. Mr. Malkin currently serves as an E-Discovery Special Master for the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania.
For over 18 years, Mr. Malkin has been involved in all types of litigation as lead counsel. He has handled discovery, motions practice, and appellate practice. His cases have included insurance defense, employment disputes, complex business litigation and intellectual property disputes. He has tried cases in federal and state court and represents individuals and large companies, before judges and juries. He also represents clients before Arbitrators and Mediators.
Mr. Malkin has a Martindale-Hubbell Peer Review Rating of BV®Dinstinguished for very high ethical standards.
As a law student, Mr. Malkin clerked for Yablonski Costello Leckie & Chaban, in Washington County. Before moving to private practice, Mr. Malkin began his legal career with the Pennsylvania Workers' Compensation Bureau and with Judge Rosalia Parker as a judicial law clerk.
In December of 2005 and 2006, Mr. Malkin was chosen as a Pennsylvania Super Lawyers® Rising Star as one of the Best Young Lawyers Under 40 in Workers' Compensation. This distinction is awarded to less than 3% of all lawyers in Pennsylvania.
Mr. Malkin has served multiple times on the Election Board and as Judge of Elections in Franklin Park. Mr. Malkin is Chair of the Franklin Park Environmental Advisory Council, having recently been appointed to another 2-year term.
Mr. Malkin regularly contributes his time to Pro Bono employment matters and is currently serving as Vice Chair of the Allegheny County Bar Association Workers' Compensation Section.
Mr. Malkin lives in Franklin Park with his wife, Christina, and his 3 daughters.
Bar Admissions:
Pennsylvania
U.S. Patent & Trademark Office
Education:
J.D., University of Pittsburgh School of Law
B.A., cum laude, Mathematics-Computer Science and Philosophy,
Washington & Jefferson College
Edward Moffet Weyer Award recipient
Phi Beta Kappa Society
Professional Associations & Memberships:
Pennsylvania Bar Association
Allegheny County Bar Association
Pittsburgh Intellectual Property Law Association
Past Employment:
Mr. Malkin is a former shareholder of Malone Middleman PC where he routinely appeared before administrative law judges, the Workers' Compensation Appeal Board, the Commonwealth Court, and the Pennsylvania Supreme Court.