Mr. Beck's practice extends to all aspects of intellectual property law. He has prepared and prosecuted patent applications in a variety of technical areas, including consumer electronics, display technology, telecommunications, semiconductor devices and manufacturing, and business methods. Mr. Beck also has participated in patent, trademark and trade secret litigation, and has counseled clients in various technology transfer agreements. He has worked extensively on various reissue and reexamination matters, including inter partes reexamination.

Mr. Beck served as a patent examiner at the United States Patent & Trademark Office from 1989 to 1990. In this capacity, he examined inventions utilizing photocells, including applications involving auto focus cameras, semiconductor devices with photosensitive components, photocopiers, and security systems.

Mr. Beck is a graduate of Georgetown University (J.D., 1993; B.S., physics and government, magna cum laude, 1989). During law school, he served as the notes and comments editor of the Georgetown Immigration Law Journal. As an undergraduate, Mr. Beck was a member of Phi Beta Kappa and Alpha Sigma Nu.

Mr. Beck currently is a member of the American Intellectual Property Law Association, the American Bar Association, and the Society for Information Display. He is admitted to practice in the District of Columbia and Virginia, and before the Federal Circuit, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, and various U.S. district courts.