About Us

Jay R. Hamilton—Founder/Principal

• J.D., with distinction, University of Iowa College of Law, 2000
• M.B.A., Finance & Entrepreneurship, University of Iowa Henry B. Tippie College of Business, 1999
• B.S., Chemical Engineering, University of Iowa, 1991

• Illinois, 2000
• Iowa, 2001
• United States Patent & Trademark Office, 2001

• Member, Scott County Bar Association, 2003
• Board Member, Quad City I-Club, 2005
• Guest Lecturer at various small business and inventor forums

• Phone: 563.441.0207
• Email: Jay@HamiltonIPLaw.com

Charles A. Damschen—Associate

• J.D., with high distinction, University of Iowa College of Law, 2007
• Bachelors of Chemical Engineering, University of Minnesota, 2003
• B.S., Chemistry, University of Minnesota, 2003

• United States Patent & Trademark Office, 2007
• Iowa, 2008
• Illinois, 2008

• Patentable Subject Matter: Do the 2005 USPTO Interim Guidelines Intersect State Street at a Roundabout?, 93 Iowa Law Review, 1889 (2008)

• Phone: 563.441.0207
• Email: Charlie@HamiltonIPLaw.com

Cody M. Kiroff—Associate

• J.D., University of Iowa College of Law, 2010
• B.S.E., Biomedical Engineering, University of Iowa, 2008

• Iowa, 2010

• Quad City I-Club, 2011

• Phone: 563.441.0207
• Email: Cody@HamiltonIPLaw.com