Education
J.D., University of Chicago, 2008
B.A., University of Utah, 1996

Professor Linford focuses his scholarship on Intellectual Property, Contracts, Commercial Transactions & Sales, and Health Law. He teaches Contracts, Copyright Law and Bioethics.

Professor Linford received his J.D. from the University of Chicago, where he was a member of The University of Chicago Law Review, graduated with high honors and was elected to the Order of the Coif. Prior to joining the Florida State law faculty, Professor Linford litigated copyright and trademark matters with the law firm of Pattishall, McAuliffe, Newbury, Hilliard & Geraldson, LLP, in Chicago and clerked for the Honorable M. Margaret McKeown of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.