James J. Kozuch, a shareholder of Caesar Rivise, PC, was elected President of the Bar Association of Lehigh County (BALC) during the Annual Membership Meeting on January 24. Kozuch will serve as President of BALC until January 2020.

Mr. Kozuch heads the Lehigh Valley office of Caesar Rivise, a 20-attorney intellectual property law firm with offices also in Philadelphia and Wilmington, DE. A long-time resident of the Lehigh Valley, he has been an active member of BALC since 1985 and currently serves as a Delegate in the House of Delegates of the Pennsylvania Bar Association. He served on the Board of Commissioners for Salisbury Township, and on the Board of Commissioners for Lehigh County.

Mr. Kozuch litigates intellectual property and commercial cases, and has been lead counsel in jury trials and bench trials. He also is a registered patent attorney, an arbitrator for the American Arbitration Association (AAA) and the International Centre for Dispute Resolution (ICDR), and a Licensed Professional Engineer with experience in the energy and chemicals industries as an engineer and strategic planner. An engineering graduate of Cornell University, Mr. Kozuch received an MBA from Lehigh University and his law degree from Temple University School of Law.

With a proud heritage spanning more than 92 years, Caesar Rivise, PC is recognized as a leading intellectual property law firm. The firm has been called upon by its clients to obtain thousands of U.S. and international patents and trademark registrations and to act as lead counsel in hundreds of trials and appeals throughout the United States. The firm's 20 attorneys include former patent examiners, Ph.D. and Master-degreed lawyers with backgrounds in the fields of chemistry, chemical engineering, pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, mechanical engineering, materials science, electrical engineering, computers, Internet and information technology.