Tony helps clients protect their business, from synchronizing patent and trademark strategies with business objectives, working with the US Patent and Trademark Office, business transactions, monetizing the business’ IP, or initiating or defending a lawsuit.

Tony authored the 2001 Wiley book “Patent Strategy.” He is a former AmLaw 100 partner, former general counsel, and former patent examiner. In 2004, Tony founded the Boston area intellectual property law firm Miele Law Group which he managed until joining McLane Middleton in 2026.

Tony represents technology companies, universities, inventors, authors, media companies, artists, and entertainers. Entertainment clients include martial arts businesses and combat sport fighters, authors, visual artists, and musicians.

On the deal side, Tony has been involved with strategic alliances, acquisitions, public offerings, IP licensing, and various other international and domestic arrangements.

In litigation, Tony and his team successfully enforced trademark and trade dress rights, and Tony helped lead high-stakes patent cases in Virginia, Texas, Delaware, Utah, and California. One of those cases was the 2011 lawsuit by Alabama-based Bear Creek Technologies against Verizon and 22 other telecom providers for infringing U.S. Patent No. 7,889,722, which covers VoIP interconnection technology invented prior to 1996.

Tony received his J.D. from George Washington University (1993), and his B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Western New England University (1987).

In his spare time, Tony also enjoys spending time with his family, studying and teaching martial arts, and hosting a podcast.