Timothy Fontes has joined the national law firm Polsinelli in its Phoenix office as an associate. He draws upon his combined background of business and technology to provide a broad spectrum of guidance in the areas of trademark, copyright, patent and other forms of intellectual property law.

Fontes will help the firm’s intellectual property clients on technical issues related to medical devices, semiconductors, analog and digital circuits, audiology devices, software, networking and Internet technology, media technology, and other computer electrical and mechanical devices. He earlier was admitted to practice before the United States Patent and Trademark Office.