Haug Partners Welcomes our 2022 First-Year Associates

Stephen Kruse is an associate in the West Palm Beach, Florida office of Haug Partners, where he focuses on patent litigation and trademark prosecution and enforcement. Stephen graduated from Boston College Law School, where he served as an Articles Editor for the Intellectual Property and Technology Forum Journal. He also participated in school clinics that helped disadvantaged entrepreneurs establish business entities and intellectual property protections.

Prior to law school, Stephen earned a B.S.E. in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Iowa and conducted research on the role of norepinephrine in seizure-induced respiratory arrest.

Daniel Lichtenauer is an associate in the New York office of Haug Partners, where he focuses on pharmaceutical patent litigation. Daniel graduated from Brooklyn Law School, where he served as a Health Law Fellow and Notes and Comments Editor for the Brooklyn Journal of Law and Policy. While completing his studies at BLS, Daniel held internships at the Health Care Bureau of the New York State Office of the Attorney General and the New York City Department of Health.

Prior to attending law school, Daniel worked as a clinical research specialist at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, where he managed the care of clinical trial patients across various oncology disciplines.

Daniel graduated from Hamilton College in 2014 with an B.A. in Biology. During his time at Hamilton, he conducted geomicrobiology research in laboratory and field settings and earned the McKinney Prize for Persuasive Speech.

Jacqueline Marino is a Juris Doctor in the New York office of Haug Partners, where she focuses on patent litigation and trademark prosecution and enforcement. Jacqueline graduated from St. John’s University School of Law, where she served on the board of the Entertainment, Arts & Sports Law Society and was a member of the Intellectual Property Law Society. She spent a semester as an intern for Wasserman Media Group where she was a member of the Team Sports division, working alongside agents on contract drafting and sponsorship execution matters. During law school, Jacqueline also served as a judicial intern for the Honorable Donna Golia, New York State Supreme Court, 11^th Judicial District.

Prior to attending law school, Jacqueline attended the University of Notre Dame where she earned a B.S. in Economics. 

Annie Rock is an associate in the New York office of Haug Partners, where she focuses on pharmaceutical patent litigation. Annie graduated from the University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law, where she competed on the Moot Court Team, served as Parliamentarian for the Student Bar Association and was a member of the Intellectual Property Law Association. She spent a semester as a student attorney in Maryland’s Intellectual Property Clinic where she prepared and submitted client’s patent and trademark applications to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. During law school Annie also served as a Law Clerk at Garcia-Zamor Intellectual Property Law where she worked on client’s patent and trademark prosecution matters.

Prior to attending law school Annie attended the University of Oklahoma where she earned a B.S. in biochemistry. While at Oklahoma she spent a summer at Argonne National Laboratory conducting research in X-Ray Crystallography focused on heat shock protein structure.