Frank Hellwig, J.D., LL.M., is the head of Castlewood Strategies.
Frank has practiced in the Intellectual Property field for over 30 years, first in private practice, then with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, and, before co-founding Castlewood Strategies, as the Global Legal Director of Intellectual Property for a top 10 consumer products company, Anheuser-Busch InBev.
In addition, he has served as an advisor to the U.S. Government as a member of the Industry Trade Advisory Committee on Intellectual Property and as an adjunct professor in Intellectual Property at the Washington University School of Law (St. Louis, MO).
During his tenure as in-house counsel at Anheuser-Busch InBev, he has managed multi-million dollar budgets and supervised multi-jurisdictional litigation. Prior to becoming Global Legal Director of Intellectual Property, he was Anheuser-Busch InBev's Global Legal Director for Innovation, handling all aspects of the global innovation legal process.
Frank graduated from Georgetown University Law Center in 1983 with a Juris Doctor degree and from George Washington University in 1990 with an LL.M. degree focusing on Intellectual Property. Frank is an award-winning author and frequent speaker on IP issues.
Mary Hellwig, M.A., is a behind-the-scenes Castlewood Strategies co-founder, focusing on communications and administration.
