Nicholas's practice is dedicated to counseling clients in obtaining and enforcing intellectual property rights, as well as analyzing and advising clients on freedom of action, capital market transactions, licensing deals, and acquisitions. His technical experience includes patent prosecution in electronics, semiconductors, medical device technologies, wireless communications, software, user interfaces, artificial intelligence, cryptography, information technology, and design patents. He has also participated in and advised on a number of successful US International Trade Commission actions, European Patent Office opposition proceedings, Unitary Patent Court actions, and local European patent enforcement lawsuits.

Prior to joining Mintz, Nicholas worked as an attorney for one of the largest intellectual property firms in America. His primary responsibilities included drafting and prosecuting provisional and non-provisional patent applications for domestic and international filings. While in law school, Nicholas worked as a civil procedure tutor, research assistant, and criminal law tutor. Additionally, he was an associate writer and editor for California Western Law Review and International Law Journal. Earlier Nicholas served as a legal extern in the Federal Court for the Southern District of California for Judge Michael Anello. In that position, he drafted and revised court orders issued by the judge and performed legal research for various cases on the judge’s docket.