About Vladimir
Vladimir Tsirkin trained first in engineering and later in law. He earned an M.S. in Chemical Engineering from the Naval Engineering Institute before completing a J.D. at Rutgers School of Law–Newark. That combination of technical and legal education shapes the work he does today.
Tsirkin began his professional life in technology. In the late 1990s he worked as a database administrator at JP Morgan Chase and returned to a similar role at Goldman Sachs in 2003. He holds a Certified Database Engineer credential from IBM, which reflects those early responsibilities and a comfort with technical systems that many patent practices value.
He moved toward intellectual property in the early 2010s. In 2012 he served as a patent agent and IP extern at the New Jersey Institute of Technology and that same year worked as a patent and trademark lawyer at Spektor & Tsirkin, P.C. He is registered to practice before the United States Patent and Trademark Office and is admitted in multiple jurisdictions, including Florida, New York and New Jersey. He is also admitted to the 2nd, 3rd and 11th Circuits.
The arc of Tsirkin’s career is practical and sequential. Engineering study, technical roles in finance, then legal training and IP practice. The trajectory is evident in the matters he handles. He regularly prepares and prosecutes patent applications, and he has handled trademark matters as well. His registration with the USPTO allows him to represent inventors in patent prosecution. He also counsels clients on intellectual property strategy where inventors and small companies intersect with commercial systems.
Tsirkin maintains a presence in private practice under the name Vladimir Tsirkin & Associates, PA. He has remained active in professional circles, including membership in the American Intellectual Property Law Association. He balances case work with counseling, drawing on his engineering background when claims turn technical and on his database experience when matters involve software, data systems or architecture.
Colleagues describe him as pragmatic; he tends to frame issues in clear, functional terms rather than legal theory. He has navigated both transactional and prosecutorial aspects of IP work across state and federal venues. He practices patent and trademark law, handles patent prosecution at the USPTO, and provides intellectual property counseling to businesses and inventors.
