Mr. Powers was born and raised in Miami, Florida. After graduating from Archbishop Curley High School in 1964, he attended the College of Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts and majored in French. He spent the summer after his junior year traveling abroad in Europe and studying French at a school in Pau, France while living with a local French family. After graduation from college in 1968, Mr. Powers returned to Miami and attended University of Miami Law School and joined Delta Theta Phi law fraternity. However, law school was interrupted by the War in Vietnam. After the first year of law school Mr. Powers enlisted in the Navy and served as a personnel man aboard a destroyer DD-763 William C. Law based in Jacksonville, Florida and as a French interpreter for the Navy at Mare Island, California. Later he attended Officer Candidate School in Newport, Rhode Island and Damage Control School in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He served as a line officer aboard a cable repair ship ARC-2 Neptune for two years. After the decommissioning of his ship, Mr. Powers served in the Naval Reserves and subsequently received an honorable discharge. Mr. Powers returned to the University of Miami School of law and graduated in 1976. While in law school Mr. Powers clerked for a defense law firm on Miami Beach and worked in the law school library. In the last year of law school he was an intern with Legal Services of Greater Miami and specialized in civil litigation. After passing the Florida Bar Mr. Powers worked in a large law firm in Miami for 11 years and specialized in the defense of cases concerning general liability, products liability, and medical malpractice involving doctors, hospitals, and nursing homes. Mr. Powers then worked for two years in a small law firm in Ft. Lauderdale with a varied legal practice and he gained experience in probate estates, liability cases, domestic cases, and landlord-tenant cases. In 1990 Mr. Powers started working for a law firm in Miami specializing in workers’ compensation law. For five (5) years Mr. Powers spent his vacations in Costa Rica in a two week total immersion Spanish language program attending language school and living with a local family in San Jose, Costa Rica. Mr. Powers obtained a Masters Degree of Business Administration from Barry University and in 1994 he was admitted into Delta Mu Delta, the National Honorary Society in Business Administration. Mr. Powers also obtained a Master of Science Degree in Health Services Administration from Barry University. In the year 2000 Mr. Powers joined a law firm specializing in the defense of employers and carriers in workers’ compensation cases throughout the State of Florida. In 2013 Mr. Powers concentrated on representing only injured workers in workers compensation and became of counsel to the law firm of DeVarona Arango & Weinstein, P.A. as well as starting his own law firm. Mr. Powers obtained an LLM. In Elder Law from Stetson University College of Law in 2018. Throughout his years of practice, he has regularly attended continuing legal education courses, seminars, and conferences in order to keep up with the latest developments in laws, rules, and judicial decisions.

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Elizabeth E. Powers is a solo intellectual property attorney practicing in Carmel, CA, at Powers Law Firm. With over 25 years of experience with trademarks, patents, and licensing/transactions, she has worked extensively with start-up technology companies in formulating IP strategies, obtaining and licensing IP rights, and conducting due diligence. Ms. Powers is a published author on IP strategy. She taught IP strategy courses at Santa Clara University School of Law, and was a Professor of Practice at the Leavey School of Business, where she taught IP and business law courses to MBA, MA, and undergraduate students. She frequently lectures on IP and U.S. law matters both domestically and internationally. Ms. Powers work experience ranges from small IP firms, to large multi-national law firms, as well as in-house counsel at Bayer Corp. and general counsel at a start-up technology company. Her B.S., JD/MBA, and M.A. are from Santa Clara University, and she has an LL.M.

Troy J. Pradia is a founding Partner of The Cox Pradia Law Firm, P.L.L.C., and has been licensed to practice law since 2001. Pradia was educated on how to be an effective litigator from his mentors Craig Washington, Sarnie Randle, Jr. and Theadore Andrews. Throughout his career, Pradia has remained humble and appreciative of all the people who helped shape his legal career. “TP,” as Troy is affectionately known, has represented the common people who needed a hand in tackling the large corporations and Fortune 500 Insurance Companies. Early on in his legal career, Pradia started his own law firm, The Law Offices of Troy J. Pradia, and had tremendous success. In 2008, Pradia began litigating personal injury cases with Jonathan H. Cox, and in 2010 they finally joined forces and created The Cox Pradia Law Firm, P.L.L.C. The Cox Pradia Law Firm, P.L.L.C. then introduced a legal marketing brand, BigCityAccidents.com, to the Houston community to make people aware of a competent law firm who could make those “TOO BIG TO FAIL” corporations pay for their negligent acts. The Cox Pradia Law Firm, P.L.L.C. and BigCityAccidents.com have assisted thousands of clients in their quest to receive just compensation for their personal injuries. The goal of The Cox Pradia Law Firm, P.L.L.C. is to become the largest African American personal injury law firm in the State of Texas over the next five years. Our Motto is “WE ARE TRIAL LAWYERS AND NOT CLAIMS ADJUSTERS AND WE WILL TAKE THE FIGHT TO THE COURTS.” Pradia and The Cox Pradia Law Firm, P.L.L.C. are also committed to giving back to the community. During Thanksgiving 2013, The Cox Pradia Law Firm, P.L.L.C. provided Thanksgiving dinner to more than 200 people at “The Bread of Life,” a nonprofit homeless shelter, which is associated with St. John’s United Methodist Church in Downtown Houston. The firm will continue to provide Thanksgiving meals for “The Bread of Life” on an annual basis because it’s the right thing to do. The Cox Pradia Law Firm, P.L.L.C. also donated over 300 backpacks to elementary and middle school students returning to school in Houston in August 2013. The future is very bright for Pradia and The Cox Pradia Law Firm, P.L.L.C. Pradia believes in giving back to the community and because of all the blessings bestowed upon him, he will continue to pay it forward.