Bill Hollimon is a registered patent attorney and circuit civil mediator. His practice focuses on patents, trademarks, and copyrights. Bill is also an experienced litigator, and regularly appears in state and federal courts. He is also involved…

Bill Hollimon is a registered patent attorney and circuit civil mediator. His practice focuses on patents, trademarks, and copyrights. Bill is also an experienced litigator, and regularly appears in state and federal courts. He is also involved in administrative litigation at the state and federal levels. He is admitted to practice before all Florida State Courts, all Florida Federal District Courts, the United States Court of Claims, the United States Patent and Trademark Office, and the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeal.

Bill has litigated patent, trademark, and copyright disputes, and has experience in other complex litigation including class actions and proceedings before the Florida Public Service Commission. He also assists clients in cancellation and opposition proceedings before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board and in domain name disputes before ICANN. He provides legal advice and strategic planning services to technology businesses throughout Florida, with a focus on helping entrepreneurs start and grow their businesses.

His mediation practice concentrates on complex commercial disputes and disputes involving intellectual property. Prior to beginning his legal career, Bill practiced as an engineer in the electric utility industry in Florida, Alabama, Georgia, and North Carolina.

Bill is a frequent speaker on IP and business topics before business and academic groups in the region.


Loranne Ausley is an attorney and former legislator.   She is a 6th-generation Floridian who has held senior positions in every level of government including 12 years in the Florida House of Representatives and 2 years in the Florida Senate representing the largest Senate District in Florida where she was a leading voice for children, for broadband expansion, and for rural and fiscally constrained counties. 

In addition to her legislative service, Ausley is active in a number of local, state and national organizations.   She led the effort to bring Purpose Built Communities to Tallahassee and currently serves as Co-Chair of the South City Foundation which is the community quarterback organization for this holistic place-based neighborhood revitalization effort.  She was also instrumental in creating Whole Child Leon, a community based initiative focused on young children and their families, and served as Chair for 8 years.

Ausley also currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Institute for Child Success and the Claude Pepper Foundation. She is a member of the Orange Bowl Committee and Leadership Florida’s Class XX, and a former NewDEAL Leader. Through her work to bridge the digital divide and expand rural broadband, she was named Co-Chair for the national NewDEAL Forum’s Broadband Task Force, and appointed to serve on the Precision Agriculture Connectivity Task Force at the Federal Communications Commission.  

A graduate of Randolph-Macon Woman’s College with a degree in Economics and Politics, Ausley earned her J.D. from the Washington & Lee University School of Law. She lives in Tallahassee with her husband Bill Hollimon and son, Will. She is a competitive triathlete and 5 time Ironman finisher, and a qualifier for the 2024 Women’s World Ironman Championships in Nice, France.