He served as an in-house patent attorney for General Electric, AT&T’s Bell Laboratories, and Intel, managing large teams of employees in cross-licensing efforts, overseeing patent analysis projects, and leading strategic management. In 2003, he founded Berkeley Law & Technology Group (BLTG). Mr. Skaist is also an adjunct professor at Boalt Hall Law School in Berkeley, CA, and at Willamette School of Law in Salem, OR, and has taught patent law, copyright law, and computer law at Lewis and Clark Law School and Albany Law School.