DENVER--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan 12, 2026--
Attorney Kevin Duffy has joined Dorsey & Whitney LLP as Of Counsel in the Patent group in Denver, the international law firm announced today.
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Kevin returns to Dorsey from King & Spalding. Kevin received his J.D. from University of Colorado School of Law, his M.B.A. from California State University-Bakersfield, and his B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Colorado School of Mines. Prior to attending law school, Kevin was a mechanical engineer.
With a strong business background and industry-tailored approach, Kevin counsels companies in a wide range of intellectual property transactions to help them exploit their intellectual property assets. He helps companies accomplish their goals by advising, negotiating, and drafting complex technology-based transactional agreements, including patent and trademark licenses, software licenses, technology transaction agreements, joint development agreements, sponsored research agreements, and asset transfers, among others.
Kevin provides clients a comprehensive offering by not only advising on IP transactions, but also by developing and protecting the underlying IP assets themselves. Kevin’s patent preparation and prosecution experience is extensive. With a deep background in energy, nuclear, mechanical, and electrical technologies, he helps clients identify and protect their patent rights by working closely with client technical teams to “harvest” inventions, analyze the competitive patent landscape, draft and prosecute patent applications, and develop strategic plans for managing and growing patent portfolios.
“We are thrilled to welcome Kevin back to our Patent team,” said Matt Bethards, Business Group Head covering the Patent, Trademark, Copyright + Advertising Practice Groups. “As a mechanical engineer with in-the-field energy industry experience, Kevin works collaboratively with clients to develop a successful framework for identifying intellectual property and maximizing its value to meet business needs.”
“Clients turn to Dorsey’s Patent group for its world-class, full-service IP offering, and its incredible reputation based on decades of successfully applying technical knowledge and industry experience to protect clients’ critical IP assets,” said Kevin Duffy. “I am very excited to return to Dorsey’s excellent team and to join my long-time colleagues in continuing to serve our clients.”
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Attorney Kevin Duffy returned to Dorsey & Whitney LLP as Of Counsel in the Patent group in Denver.
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Democratic former U.S. Rep. Mary Peltola said Monday that she would challenge Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan in this year's midterm elections, vowing to shake up the establishment to make life more affordable for Alaskans.
“Life is difficult here, and we know that we have to take care of each other,” Peltola said in a video announcement.
Peltola, who is Yup’ik, was the first Alaska Native to serve in Congress. She won special and regular elections in 2022, defeating a field that included Republican former Gov. Sarah Palin. In 2024, she lost to Republican Nick Begich, who had also run in 2022.
Peltola's time in Congress was marked by tragedy. Her mother died in 2023, and her husband died in a plane crash later that year.
Peltola focused on local concerns in her announcement, saying Alaska's future depends on fixing the “rigged system in D.C. that’s shutting down Alaska, while politicians feather their own nests.”
She said the salmon and migratory birds that once filled the freezers of Alaska Native subsistence hunters are now harder to find, forcing families who live far from the state's limited road system to rely on grocery stores for pricey staples, driven up by high transportation costs.
“It’s not just that politicians in D.C. don’t care that we’re paying $17 for a gallon of milk in rural Alaska," she said. "They don’t even believe us. They’re more focused on their stock portfolios than our bank accounts.”
Although Democrats are hopeful about picking up seats in this year's midterms, Alaska could prove to be difficult political terrain. Sullivan, a former state attorney general and natural resources commissioner, defeated the state's last Democratic senator in 2014.
The Republican National Committee said Peltola became “a rubber stamp for the far-left the second she got to Washington.”
"Alaskans saw through her empty promises then showed her the door, and she’ll lose to Dan Sullivan who fights for Alaskans every day,” RNC spokesperson Nick Poche said in a statement.
While serving in Washington, Sullivan has been involved in military and resource development issues, and he was endorsed by then-President Donald Trump in the 2020 election.
“Senator Sullivan has spent years delivering real results for Alaska: historic investments in our state’s health care, major funding for our Coast Guard, helping protect those who can’t protect themselves and policies that are finally unleashing Alaska’s energy potential," his campaign spokesperson, Nate Adams, said in an email to The Associated Press.
“His opponent," Adams said, “served a term and a half in Congress where she didn’t pass a single bill. Alaskans deserve a senator with a proven record of getting things done, and the contrast couldn’t be clearer in this race.”
Peltola has long touted her ability to work across party lines, such as supporting the large Willow oil project on Alaska’s North Slope. She angered some Democrats in 2024 when she refused to endorse then-Vice President Kamala Harris in the presidential race won by Trump.
Peltola said Alaska’s Republican congressional delegation used to ignore partisanship and do what was right for the state, such as backing public media and disaster relief, and even invoked Republican former Sen. Ted Stevens.
“It’s about time Alaskans teach the rest of the country what Alaska First and, really, America First looks like,” Peltola said.
Alaska has open primaries and ranked choice voting in general elections. The top four vote-getters in the August primary regardless of party affiliation will advance to the November general election.
Thiessen reported from Anchorage, Alaska.
This photo combination shows Democratic Rep. Mary Peltola, Oct. 10, 2024, in Anchorage, Alaska and Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, Feb. 8, 2024, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Bill Roth, Mariam Zuhaib/Anchorage Daily News via AP/AP, file)
