Heed Law Group, P.L.L.C.

Mission:  To provide businesses, start-ups, and entrepreneurs with exceptional legal representation.

Business Model:  To maximize value, Heed Law Group augments its capabilities with a network of external lawyers, lawfirms, and service partners.  The network extends to legal professionals in other countries, as well.  This allows us to scale our legal service to your needs, tailoring a client-specific value proposition

Principal Attorney: 

Tom Heed is both a skilled attorney and experienced business executive.  He has unique understanding what it takes to help businesses, entrepreneurs, and start-ups to succeed. 

Mr. Heed has a B.S.E.E. from Boston University and a J.D., Summa cum Laude, from the John Marshall Law School.  He has been licensed as an attorney in Illinois since 1998, and in Michigan since 2004.  He is registered with the United States Patent and Trademark Office as a Patent Attorney.

Mr. Heed was an executive for Harman International, a Fortune 500 Company, for over a decade.  During that time, he lead their automotive global intellectual property (patents), engineering, technical planning and programs, and quality departments as a Vice President.  

Mr. Heed started and owns multiple start-ups.  

Memberships

Tom Heed is a member of the following distinguished associations:

State Bar of Michigan

American Bar Association

Washtenaw County Bar Association

United States Patent and Trademark Office

American Intellectual Property Law Association

Society of Automotive Engineers

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

Audio Engineering Society

Corporation Counsel

Mr. Heed is counsel for ALMA International (Association of Loudspeaker Manufacturing and Acoustics).

Affiliations

Mr. Heed teaches Intellectual Property and Product Devlopment for Spark, the Washtenaw County incubator of the Michigan Economic Development Commission.