Van Lindberg Associate at Haynes and Boone Richardson, Texas

Nominated by Utah state Judge Denise P. Lindberg. From the author bio for his book Intellectual Property and Open Source: “Van Lindberg is a software engineer and practicing attorney. What he does most, though, is translate —from ‘lawyer’ to ‘engineer’ and back. He likes working with both computer code and legal code to get things done. … Van’s work at Haynes and Boone touches both traditional intellectual property and the emerging field of open-source law, where he advises businesses and open-source groups on intellectual property issues.”