Mr. Garvey joined the firm of Nolte, Nolte and Hunter, P.C. in 1986 [established 1918] as a Patent Attorney.

He wrote and successfully prosecuted patent applications on mechanical devices, electronics, computer programs, optics, medical devices and procedures, construction methods, games, toys, fasteners, lasers, and other devices and methods.
He appealed successfully on the patentability of: software, printed matter, and a method of playing a musical instrument. He litigated on patents, copyrights, trademarks, trade secrets, and contracts, but also negotiated to avoid litigation.
He negotiated contracts and settlements on behalf of inventors, programmers, writers, and software designers and on behalf of employers.
He wrote software to assist in patent prosecution.

After Mr. Hunter’s death in 1998,  he brought the Nolte, Nolte and Hunter practice to Collard and Roe, P.C.

He has conducted lectures and Continuing Legal Education Programs at various law schools, schools, associations, and Bar Associations.
After 1981 he was a Patent Attorney at several major New York law firms:

	Curtis, Morris & Safford
	Nims, Howes, Collison & Isner
	Fish & Neave

He was nominated by the Conservative Party for New York Supreme Court Justice – Bronx County – several times between Sept. 2000 to 2004 [declined 2004].
 

He is authorized to practice in NY Courts; Federal Courts: Eastern District NY and Southern District NY; Federal Courts of Appeals: 2nd Circuit and Federal Circuit ; US Patent & Trademark Office

In other Fields:

He was on the ballot as Libertarian Candidate for Governor of New York in 1998, and  for Presidential Election – 1996, 2004.
Before becoming an attorney, he was an engineer, sailing instructor,  sail-maker, licensed charter-boat captain, commercial artist,  industrial designer, and telephone installer and repairman, and a medical instrument technical expert.

 

Education:

Studied mechanical engineering at Columbia University School of Engineering And Applied Science
A.B. Columbia College at Columbia University        NY State Regents Scholarship
 

Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law at Yeshiva University, JD  1981
       Awarded the Order of Barristers.
       Winner New York County Lawyers Association Anti-trust Moot Court  Competition

Affiliations:

       Past Chairman of the Bar Association of Nassau County Speakers' Bureau Subcommittee.

Member Bar Association of Nassau County – Intellectual Property Law Committee, Committee on Community Relations and  Public Education, Computer Law Committee,  Sports and Entertainment Law Committee

Past Member:

    New York Patent Law Association

   US Trademark Law Association

    American Bar Association Intellectual Property Law Section

   Ripon Society of New York – Vice President for Policy

   National Academy of Sciences