Waseem Moorad

As one of the founding members of the law firm of Kondori & Moorad, Waseem assists his clients from both an entrepreneurial and legal perspective, as he navigates through issues using creative and complex strategies to achieve successful and practical asset protection goals. These strategies allow his clients to take advantage of a holistic approach in understanding the impact of estate planning, in light of various real estate and business assets, while taking into consideration potential tax and probate ramifications.

Waseem currently also serves as the Director for the newly-established Intellectual Property Law Clinic at Villanova University, Charles Widger School of Law. Prior to developing the IP Clinic at Villanova Law, Waseem served as the Acting Director of the Detkin Intellectual Property and Technology Legal Clinic at the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School in Philadelphia. Through his supervision of the Villanova Law IP Clinic, he guides and assists upper-level law students with pro bono legal representation of clients on multi-disciplinary issues and strategies within patent and business law, while also educating students, faculty, and community members on various aspects of intellectual property and entrepreneurship.

Waseem spent 15 years at the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), as a Primary Patent Examiner in the electrical and computer technologies, and as a Supervisory Patent Examiner (SPE) in the petroleum and mechanical arts. He also was a member of senior management of patent operations at the USPTO Texas Regional Office (TXRO) in Dallas, where he not only served as a legal and technical resource for over 100 on-site patent examiners, but also traveled across various southern states assisting and teaching inventors, attorneys, universities, small businesses, large corporations, and the general public on various matters related to patents, trademarks, copyrights, and trade secrets. He further met with and educated foreign diplomatic delegations on intellectual property rights, protection, and strategies of international corporations within the United States. Waseem was also responsible for teaching newly-barred patent attorneys and agents, as well as newly-hired examiners within the Patent Training Academy, the fundamentals of patent law and prosecution, as defined by the Manual of Patent Examination and Procedure (MPEP).

Outside his legal practice at Kondori & Moorad, Waseem has established many successful private enterprises, including the founding of the Central Basketball Association, where over a six-year span as President, he worked directly with affiliates and representatives of the NBA, NBA G-League, NCAA, NAIA, and FIBA to assist in career advancement opportunities for college basketball players domestically and abroad. He was also personally responsible for leading, overseeing, and managing international basketball development operations in Antigua, Brazil, Canada, St. Kitts, and the United Arab Emirates. Additionally, through his engineering, legal, and business background, Waseem has also been actively involved in real estate investment for many years, including establishing multimillion-dollar companies that currently oversee numerous residential and commercial property rehabilitation, land development, and new home construction projects across the Commonwealth of Virginia.

In his free time, Waseem enjoys both domestic and international travel, having been to over 35 U.S. states and territories as well as over 25 countries, and learning about various cultures, customs, and languages. He is also a passionate football and hockey fan, supporting his local professional sports organizations: the Washington Redskins, Washington Capitals, and the Baltimore Orioles.

Waseem received his undergraduate degree in Electrical Engineering from George Mason University. He received his law degree from the University of the District of Columbia, David A. Clarke School of Law, as a member of the inaugural part-time evening class for the institution, where he dedicated nearly 1,000 hours of pro-bono clinic work in the Community Development Clinic during his third and fourth years of law school, aiding aspiring minority and woman entrepreneurs start and develop small businesses across the District of Columbia. Waseem is currently admitted to practice law in the Commonwealths of Virginia, Massachusetts, and Pennsylvania, as well as the State of Maryland, District of Columbia, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. He also is admitted to practice as a registered patent attorney in front of the United States Patent & Trademark Office.