J. Dwight Poffenberger Jr.

J. Dwight Poffenberger Jr. is a Practice Group Leader with Wood, Herron & Evans and is involved in many phases of the firm's IP practice. Admitted to the Ohio bar in 1994, Dwight is also registered to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Dwight joined Wood, Herron & Evans in 1995, following prior experience with the Environmental Protection Agency Office of Enforcement and the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office where he was a patent examiner. He received a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Michigan in 1987. He then received a Juris Doctor degree from the George Mason University School of Law in 1993. Dwight is an active member of the Ohio and Cincinnati Bar Associations and the Cincinnati Intellectual Property Law Association. Awards and Honors Honors The Best Lawyers in America®, Patent Law, 2019 - 2026 Cincinnati Leading Lawyers, 2009 - 2023

• Partner
• Practice Group Leader Mechanical/Aerospace

• Oxbow Inc. and Oxbow of Indiana, Inc., Board of Directors, Secretary

• Ohio, 1994
• U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

• Cincinnati Bar Association
• Ohio State Bar Association
• CincyIP