Umar practices in Eversheds Sutherland’s Intellectual Property practice group.
Umar counsels his clients on various aspects of IP procurement and enforcement, as well as licensing, purchases and other transactional matters. Umar is experienced in patent and trademark prosecution, privacy and cybersecurity matters and IP enforcement matters. Umar’s clients are leaders in the AI and machine learning, e-commerce, social media, fintech, gaming, consumer products and mechanical systems/robotics spaces. In addition, Umar has experience in product counseling and data privacy issues, particularly dealing with third party data transfers and licenses. Umar serves as the Hiring Partner for the Eversheds Sutherland summer associate program.
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- Recognized by Chambers USA: Guide to Leading Business Lawyers in the area of intellectual property (2025)
- Recognized by The Legal 500 United States in the area of patents: prosecution (2024-2025)
- Selected for inclusion in Georgia Super Lawyers® “Rising Stars” (2021-2024)
- Hiring Partner, Summer Associate Program
- LEAD Atlanta, Class of 2022
- Board of Directors, New American Pathways (2020-Present)
- Board of Directors, South Asian Bar Association – Georgia (2018-2021)
- Chair, Atlanta Bar Association IP Section (2020-2021)
- Vice Chair, IP Law Committee, American Bar Association Young Lawyers Division
- Georgia
- Illinois
- Ohio
- J.D., Chicago-Kent College of Law,
Managing Editor, Chicago-Kent Journal of Intellectual Property
- B.S., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign