Extraordinary Legal and Technical Experience Intellectual Property Law Firm
Our History
Where the Firm Began
Jaquez Land Greenhaus & McFarland traces its roots to 1995, when Marty Jaquez started Jaquez and Associates in San Diego. Marty had practiced at Knobbe Martin Olson and Bear and at Spensley Horn Jubas and Lubitz (SHJL), then served as in-house counsel for two of San Diego’s leading communications companies. For 19 years, Jaquez and Associates met the intellectual property needs of Marty’s clients with the help of local San Diego patent attorneys.
The Partnership Takes Shape
In 2014, John Land left his in-house position at Ab Initio Software LLC in Boston to join Marty and form Jaquez Land, LLP. John had been a partner at SHJL before Marty arrived and had mentored him there. Later that year, Bruce Greenhaus, who had left his role as Vice President, Chief Patent Counsel at Entropic Communications, Inc. to start his own practice, joined the partnership. John had mentored Bruce at SHJL as well. In 2021, Jim McFarland became a partner after private practice at a top San Francisco firm and years of working alongside Bruce.
Marty passed away in 2022. We miss him very much, and the firm continues to carry his name and his work.
A New Chapter
In 2025, Roberta Young joined the firm as a partner. Roberta began her career as an engineer and holds her own patent, U.S. Patent 4,963,425. That background shapes how she prepares applications for clients, and she has drafted them in 5G, 4G and 3G wireless, 3D holograms, artificial intelligence, virtual reality and semiconductor physics. She has also guided portfolio acquisitions and divestitures involving thousands of patents, supported more than $20 million in licensing revenue, and completed a $1 billion merger.
Her practice strengthens the firm in the technologies clients are filing on today and in the licensing, transactions and litigation that follow. Together, the four partners cover the full life of a patent, from the first application to the courtroom.
