Michael E. McCabe, Jr. is the Managing Partner of McCabe Ali LLP, in Potomac, Maryland, where his practice focuses on the representation of intellectual property practitioners in ethics matters, bar investigations and disciplinary proceedings before the USPTO’s Office of Enrollment and Discipline. Michael is the immediate past Chair of the ABA-IPL Ethics and Professional Responsibility Committee, a role he served for three years.  He now serves as Vice Chair of the ABA-IPL Professional Issues Division. 

Michael has practiced IP law for nearly 30 years; he is a registered patent attorney and nationally recognized lecturer and author on topics related to ethics in the practice of intellectual property law. Michael graduated from the University of Baltimore School of Law and earned a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Maryland.  Prior to becoming a lawyer, Michael was an engineer for NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center.