Calhoun Law Firm crafts creative legal solutions for businesses and individuals in need of guidance and courtroom representation in the areas of Intellectual Property and Business Law. We assist our clients in obtaining and enforcing competitive rights in their inventions, products and technology, works of art and marketing programs. Our services also include guiding clients in accomplishing many of the everyday endeavors encountered in starting or expanding a business. We do so in a manner which is readily understandable, prompt and cost effective.
Calhoun Law Firm maintains the staffing and professional relationships needed to satisfy the legal needs of our clients, no matter how large or small. When suggested by client circumstances, we implement creative solutions, confident in our ability to work both smarter and harder. Calhoun Law Firm essentially consists of attorneys Joe Calhoun and Rashauna Norment (left in photo below). Novi Stacks, our certified paralegal/notary, is an invaluable member of our team as well; she has abundant experience in a variety of legal areas, and especially adept in the intricacies of electronic filings with the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office and the Copyright Office. We are also privileged to call upon the legal talent and staff of Jack, Nelson, Jones, Jiles & Gregory to the extent desired; although Calhoun Law Firm is a separate and independent firm housed within that law firm, on a case by case basis a co-counsel engagement may be implemented with that firm (or with other attorneys).
Joseph D. Calhoun III
Joe Calhoun, a registered patent attorney, offers legal expertise that many law firms do not always have in-house; our firm is often retained through referrals from clients' attorneys or accountants, and we are proud of our working relationships with such referral sources. Naturally when our services are retained through such referrals, Calhoun Law Firm adheres to a "no poaching" policy, voluntarily limiting its engagement to the matters it was retained for. And Calhoun Law Firm is privileged to maintain good working relationships with a number of other experienced attorneys, whom the firm may associate on a case if desired.
After earning his Bachelor of Science degree from Tulane University, and graduating from the University of San Francisco School of Law in 1983, Joe Calhoun returned home to Little Rock, Arkansas and clerked for the Arkansas Court of Appeals. He then entered private practice with a well known business law firm, departing as a partner on the eve of 2000 to better concentrate his legal practice in the areas of patents, copyrights, trademarks and business competition.
Mr. Calhoun has over twenty years of experience in commercial litigation and counseling, and he has been honing his specialization in intellectual property law since approximately 1993. His primary practice areas include procurement, transfer and enforcement of (or defense against) intellectual property rights, business start-up organization and expansion, commercial competition, employment law, and a wide variety of business contracts and business disputes.
Rashauna Antoinette Norment
Rashauna Norment, a registered patent attorney, is an associate of the Firm who has assisted in patent application prosecution; she has also assisted in preparing and submitting trademark and copyright registration applications, and in infringement litigation. Ms. Norment holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Medical Technology from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, where she graduated in 2004 with High Honors; she was also the recipient of the M. Gene Hall Medical Technology Scholarship for scholarship, citizenship and professionalism, as well as an Arkansas Academic Challenge Scholarship and a Harambee Award. Ms. Norment also worked in a clinical laboratory both before and during law school.