Gary Butter

Gary is a graduate of the United States Naval Academy where he was a classmate of ThinkGenetic co-founder Len Barker. After graduating with a degree in Electrical Engineering, Gary entered the Navy nuclear power program where he served on a fast attack submarine. He remained in the Navy reserves after his five years of active duty and retired from the reserves as a Navy Captain after 24 years of service. After his active duty time Gary attended law school at NYU and then worked for the law firms Brumbaugh, Graves, Donohue & Raymond and, after a subsequent merger, Baker Botts LLP in Manhattan as a patent attorney for more than 20 years before joining Google as a patent attorney in 2012. Gary was also an Adjunct Professor of Law for over 20 years teaching various patent-related courses at Brooklyn Law School.