About Pete Salsich

Pete Salsich III is an occasionally accomplished illustrator and relatively weak guitar player whose secret identity is that of an intellectual property attorney dedicated to helping content creators and users navigate the legal minefields of copyright, trademark, entertainment and right of privacy and publicity law. Along with fellow Anchor Plate blogger Geoff Gerber, Pete co-founded The BrickHouse Law Group – a collaborative, entrepreneurial law firm offering flexible fee structures based on the value of our work to the client, not on the firm’s costs. At The Anchor Plate, Pete will be exploring innovative ways to practice intellectual property law – combining his more than 13 years of experience in large law firms with his love for the creative process and the entrepreneurs who make things happen.

Practice Areas

  • Intellectual Property Litigation and Counseling
  • Media and Entertainment Litigation and Counseling
  • Alternative Fee Structures and Legal Practice Management

Professional Associations

  • American Bar Association
  • Missouri Bar Association
  • Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis

Education

  • St. Louis University/BA, English/1986
  • St. Louis University School of Law/JD, magna cum laude/1996
  • Judicial Clerk, Hon. Paul J. Kelly, Jr., U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit/Santa Fe, New Mexico and Denver, Colorado/1996-97

Bar Admissions

  • Missouri, 1996
  • Colorado, 1997
  • United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit, 1997
  • United States District Court, District of Colorado, 1998
  • United States District Court, Eastern District of Missouri, 1999

About Geoff Gerber

Geoff Gerber keeps waiting for his superpowers to materialize. In the meantime, he uses his lawyer-powers to litigate intellectual property disputes in administrative proceedings, trial courts, and on appeal. As a result, he also spends a chunk of his time counseling clients on safely protecting and using different types of intellectual property. After a decade in the large-law-firm setting, he co-founded The BrickHouse Law Group with AnchorPlate co-blogger Pete Salsich to deliver these services with a greater degree of collaboration, flexibility, and critical attention to technology. From his secret lair in St. Louis, Geoff thinks and writes about how to improve and protect branding and trade identity. This involves copyright, trademark, unfair competition, and libel law. He has a special interest in character copyright, fair use and first amendment issues. Geoff also tries to cast a critical eye on how to deliver all of these legal services. 

Practice Areas

  • Intellectual Property Litigation and Counseling
  • Media and Entertainment Litigation and Counseling
  • Alternative Fee Structures and Legal Practice Management

Professional Associations

  • American Bar Association, Intellectual Property Section (Unfair Competition, Trade Identity Subcommittee) and Litigation Section (Intellectual Property, Copyright Subcommittee)
  • Missouri Bar Association
  • Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis, Appellate Practice Committee

Education

  • University of Chicago/BA, Political Science/1990
  • George Warren Brown School of Social Work/MSW, Research Specialization/1997
  • Washington University School of Law/JD/19976
  • Judicial Clerkship, Office of Staff Attorneys, United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit for the Honorable James B. Loken, 1997-1999
  • Judicial Clerkship, , United States District Court, Eastern District of Missouri for the Honorable Rodney W. Sippel, 2001-2002

Bar Admissions

  • Missouri, 1997
  • United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit, 1998
  • United States District Court, Eastern District of Missouri, 2000
  • United States District Court, Western District of Missouri, 2007
  • United States Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit, 2008