Our Team

Marty Stoneman
Marty has been a registered patent attorney practicing in Phoenix, Arizona, for over 40 years and is an active member of the Intellectual Property Section of the Arizona Bar. In Ohio, he graduated from Ohio State (math major) and Capital University Law School. He graduated first in his law school class, was trained in patent law at Battelle, and was admitted to the Ohio Bar. He has used his broad patent experience to develop quality-enhancing and cost-saving systems for preparing patent applications. Marty has, in legal, robotics, and behavioral areas, presented many technical papers at international conferences and designed and conducted many successful workshops. His writings include several published books; and Marty is himself the inventor of patent rights in artificial intelligence (machines having humanoid cognitive systems). He now offers cognitive training to lawyers and others in antidotes to false persuasion.

Michael Volk
Michael is a registered patent attorney admitted to practice before the United States Patent & Trademark Office and a member of the Arizona State Bar. Michael is a member of both the National Association of Patent Practitioners and the Arizona Bar Intellectual Property Section. He graduated cum laude from Arizona State University's College of Law and received a certificate in Intellectual Property studies from ASU's Center for the Study of Law, Science, and Technology. In law school, Michael was an editor for ASU's law journal Jurimetrics: The Journal of Law, Science, and Technology. His undergraduate training was in Biology (B.Sc.), graduating summa cum laude with honors from Texas Christian University, and he has worked in several Molecular Biology research laboratories using experimental models ranging from C. elegans to human cell culture. Michael has published papers and presented research in the field of Molecular Biology and has applied his background to topics at the intersection of Law and Science. Michael has also co-authored an article examining the legal and ethical issues raised by human genetic databases (published in Jurimetrics); and he has presented a legal analysis of issues surrounding Nanotechnology at the 2004 Annual Meeting of the Society for Risk Analysis. Outside of his interest in law and science, Michael is a guitar and guitar-effects enthusiast. Michael is originally from El Paso, Texas.

Jim Patterson
Jim, after earning a degree in Architectural Design from Arizona State University, acquired 15 years experience overseeing, and coordinating with consulting structural, mechanical, and electrical engineers concerning, the design and delivery of architectural commissions with values between one and twenty million dollars. In this work, Jim developed and administered network-based CAD systems and coordinated technical specifications and multi-disciplined engineering construction documents. Jim is now a full-time patent consultant with Stoneman Volk Patent Group in addition to his continuing contributions as an in-house patent illustrator.

Vickie Bond
Vickie is a graduate of the Paralegal Certificate program from Phoenix Career College, an American Bar Association accredited institution (which later became Long Technical College) and also earned an Associate Degree from Phoenix College.  As a native of Winston-Salem, N.C., she attended Appalachian State University, located in western North Carolina.  Vickie has had nearly 18 years’ experience in the high-tech semiconductor industry while employed at Motorola, Inc., at the Mesa, AZ and Austin, Texas locations.  She worked closely with technicians and engineers in semiconductor research and development projects, as well as production and wafer fabrication in the disciplines of diffusion, photolithography, and plasma/wet etches in six-sigma manufacturing Class 100 clean-room environments.  In her spare time, she is avid motorcycle enthusiast and a member of Arizona Desert Zephyrs™, the Phoenix chapter of Women on Wheels®, a national women’s motorcycle organization. At Stoneman Volk Patent Group, Vickie is the pleasant voice on the telephone and chief client correspondent coordinator.

Cary Stoneman
Cary received a B.S. in Physiological Psychology from Arizona State University and acquired licenses in both the insurance and real estate industry. He has over twenty years experience as a construction and contracts administrator. His experience includes project management for large architectural firms with project construction costs exceeding 50 million dollars, including the preparation of technical specifications and technical inspection of construction projects. In addition to his excellent writing and technical abilities, Cary loves to learn; He has been a patent search specialist and consultant with the firm for over ten years. A lifelong Phoenix area resident, Cary enjoys being active in community activities including present and former work with: Beta Theta Pi Fraternity (AZ District Chief & Alumni President), The Construction Specification Institute (Professional Director, Board Member and Committee Chair) and US Water Polo (Player, Coach and Referee).

RJ Hall
RJ grew up working with computers and has a functional knowledge of Basic, C++, VBA, PHP, SQL, and HTML. While raising a family, RJ attended Western Nevada Community College in Carson City, NV, earning AS degrees in Mathematics, Physics, and Pre-Engineering. RJ then went on to graduate from the University of Nevada, Reno, with a degree in Physics. During school, RJ worked with a two terawatt z-pinch, know as Zebra, at the Nevada Terawatt Facility assisting research, in the field of plasma physics, on plasmas in high-energy magnetic fields. Gravitational physics, as RJ's favorite topic in physics, continues to be a field of interest and study for RJ as new information emerges in this field of science.

Kara Billar
Kara graduated from Northern Arizona University with a B.S. in Theatre (emphasis in Technology and Design). While attending NAU, Kara was involved in several theatrical productions having assisted in costume, set and properties construction/design as well as makeup/hair design. In her spare time she enjoys playing the banjo and sewing. Kara's main role within the firm is docketing and other paralegal work. Kara ensures the firm's compliance with statutory bar dates and other mission critical time frames and deadlines.

David Dunphy
David is a registered patent attorney admitted to practice before the United States Patent & Trademark Office and a member of the Illinois State Bar, with an application pending for Admission on Motion to the Arizona State Bar.  David graduated from Loyola University of Chicago’s College of Law and received a Corpus Juris Secundum Award for his studies in Property Law and an American Jurisprudence Award for his studies in Administrative Law.   His undergraduate training was in Electrical Engineering, graduating summa cum laude with honors from the University of North Dakota, where he concentrated in the design of ultra-high frequency filtering and amplification systems.  In addition to his degree in Electrical Engineering, David has a degree in accounting from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, where he graduated summa cum laude with honors. David is originally from Naperville, Illinois.

Blake Webb
Blake graduated in December 2009 from Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah with a Bachelors of Science in Marketing Management and a minor in Spanish.  He attended BYU shortly after serving a two-year church service mission in Tamaulipas/Veracruz, Mexico (May 2004-May 2006), where he was able to become fluent in Spanish and experience an exciting Mexican culture.  Currently, Blake is studying for the October Law School Admissions Test and planning on beginning law school in the Fall of 2011.  While still undecided on which area of law to go into, Blake is obtaining a vast knowledge of how effective team-based law offices function and is gaining valuable experience from the diverse group of professionals at Stoneman Volk Patent Group.  While improving his knowledge of patent law, Blake is using his marketing experience and his legal ambition to contribute positively to the firm.