IP Matters Posts by Justin
Justin R. Muehlmeyer
Justin is a partner of Peacock Law P.C. and registered patent attorney practicing all aspects of intellectual property and a broad array of commercial, technology and corporate transactions, including licensing, acquisitions, procurement, confidentiality, franchising and business formation. Justin’s broad experience in intellectual property, business law and litigation makes him valuable as an outside general counsel and as a trusted advisor to many entrepreneurs, inventors and creatives.
Justin came to Peacock Law after serving as an attorney judicial law clerk to Justice Charles Daniels of the New Mexico Supreme Court, where he assisted in resolving some of the State’s most complex legal issues. Justin’s physics educational background allows him to serve clients in a wide variety of fields of technology, including space, energy, mining, electrical grids, software, consumer products and dental. Justin is a lifelong classical Spanish guitarist (which he did semi-professionally for most his life) and can be found dancing tango or backpacking in a remote corner of the world with his wife.
Education/Certificates:
Venture Capital University Certificate, Berkeley Law Executive Education and National Venture Capital Association, 2025
Oppedahl Advanced Patent Cooperation Treaty Seminar certificate, 2024
Space Regulatory Bootcamp, Association of Commercial Space Professionals, 2023
UNM School of Law, J.D. Cum Laude, 2013
University of New Mexico, B.A. Physics/Astrophysics, B.A. Philosophy of Economics, Cum Laude, 2010
Selected Work Experience:
New Mexico Supreme Court, Santa Fe, NM
Judicial Law Clerk to Justice Charles Daniels, 2013-2015
Muehlmeyer P.C., CPAs, Albuquerque, NM
Tax preparer, 200
New Mexico Second Judicial District Court, Albuquerque, NM
Judicial Internship to Judge Alan Malott, 2011
Admissions:
- Registered U.S. Patent Attorney, No. 70,782
- Attorney, Licensed in New Mexico and District of Columbia
- Member of United States District Court of the District of New Mexico
Boards & Professional Organizations:
- National Association of Minority and Women-Owned Law Firms (NAMWOLF), Transactional Practice Area Group, Chair 2025-present, member since 2018
- NM Angels, member
- Albuquerque Economic Forum, member
- Board Member, IP Section of N.M. State Bar (2016-Present), Chair 2018
- Director, Guitar New Mexico (2013- 2017)
- Director, Albuquerque International Association (2007-2010)
- Licensing Executives Society (LES)
- International Trademark Association (INTA)
Honors & Awards:
- Judge Oliver Seth (U.S. Tenth Circuit) Award for Legal and Judicial Ethics, 2013
- CALI Awards (Top Grade) in Patent Law Fall 2011 and Regulation of Banking Fall 2012
- Natural Resources Journal, Board Manuscript Editor (2012-2013), Staff Citations Editor (2010-2012)
- Intellectual Property Moot Court, 2011 Giles Sutherland Rich Moot Court Competition
- UNM Presidential Scholar
Publications:
Employee Noncompetition Law A(a Thomson Reuters treatise available on Westlaw), annual update since 2022.
Toward a New Age of Consumer Access Rights: Creating Space in the Public Accommodation for the LGBT Community, 19 CARDOZO J.L. & GENDER 781 (Spring 2013),(available at http://ssrn.com/author=2048831), cited in Griego v. Oliver, 2014-NMSC-003, 51 n.8, 316 P.3d 865.
Music:
Classical Spanish Guitarist (http://justinmuehlmeyer.bandcamp.com)