- Member, Civil Practice & Procedure Committee, State Bar of Arizona
- Past member, Intellectual Property Section, American Bar Association
- Past member, International Franchise Association
- Past member, American Bar Association Forum on Franchising
Education
- University of Virginia School of Law, J.D., 1995, Order of the Coif; assistant editor, Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy
- Tufts University, B.A., summa cum laude, 1991, Phi Beta Kappa
Bar Admissions
- New York
- District of Columbia
- Arizona
Court Admissions
- Supreme Court of New York, Appellate Division, Fourth Judicial Department
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
- U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York
- U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York
- U.S. District Court, Western District of New York
- U.S. District Court, Northern District of New York
- U.S. District Court, District of Maryland
- U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Texas
- U.S. District Court, District of North Dakota
- U.S. District Court, District of Arizona
Clerkships
- Hon. Christine O.C. Miller, U.S. Court of Federal Claims, 1995-1996
- Speaker, “Navigating the Nexus: Intellectual Property and Regulatory Challenges in Plant Breeding,” CROP Innovation & Business 2025, March 31, 2025.
- Speaker, “Patent Post-Issuance Proceedings at the USPTO,” Philadelphia Bar Association, August 28, 2024.
- Speaker, “Patent Post-Issuance Proceedings at the USPTO,” Arizona State Bar CLE, April 23, 2024.
- Panelist, PTAB Developments, 2023 Federal Circuit Bench & Bar Conference, The Broadmoor, Colorado Springs.
- National Association of University Counsel: Program on Litigation Financing for IP and Civil Litigation Disputes.
- ABA IP Law Section: Program on Standards for Willful Infringement.
- International Chamber of Commerce: Program on United States IP Law Basics.
- Monroe County Bar Association Program: Law of Sanctuary Cities.
- ABA Forum on Franchising: Program on Licensing and Franchise Regulatory Developments.
- International Franchise Association: Program on the Implied Covenant of Good Faith and Fair Dealing.
- Podcast, “Understanding the Impact of IPR Estoppel and PTAB Discretionary Denials,” Patents: Post-Grant Podcast, July 1, 2025.
- Co-author, “How IPR Estoppel Ruling May Clash With PTAB Landscape,” Law360, June 17, 2025.
- Podcast, “Navigating PTAB’s New Approach to IPR and PGR Discretionary Denial,” Patents: Post-Grant Podcast, May 6, 2025.
- Co-author, “Budding Lessons From Landmark Plant Seed Patent Battle,” Law360, October 23, 2024.
- Podcast, “New Developments in Obviousness-Type Double Patenting and Original Patent Requirements,” Patents: Post-Grant Podcast, August 12, 2024.
- Podcast, “Behaving Badly: OpenSky v. VLSI and Sanctions at the PTAB,” Patents: Post-Grant Podcast, February 14, 2024.
- Co-author, “The Murky World of IP Protection for Gene-Edited Plants,” Law360, October 26, 2023.
- Podcast, “Disputing Patent-Eligible Subject Matter in PGRs and IPRs,” Patents: Post-Grant Podcast, July 11, 2023.
- Podcast, “Reexamination in IPR and PGR Practice,” Patents: Post-Grant Podcast, June 5, 2023
- Podcast, “Reissue in IPR and PGR Practice,” Patents: Post-Grant Podcast, April 4, 2023
- Podcast, “Reissue vs. Reexamination in IPR and PGR Practice,” Patents: Post-Grant Podcast, March 1, 2023
- Co-author, “Patent Licensing,” The Licensing Journal, Volume 42, Number 2, February 2023.
- Podcast, “Discretionary Denials at the PTAB: What to Expect?” Patents: Post-Grant Podcast, August 11, 2022.
- Co-author, “Strategic Considerations for ITC Investigations Given USPTO’s New Guidance on IPR/PGR Discretionary Denial,” Troutman Pepper, July 21, 2022.
- Co-author, “New PTO Guidance Helps Clarify Discretionary Denial of IPR and PGR Petitions,” Troutman Pepper, June 27, 2022.
- Podcast, “Motions to Amend: PTO Pilot Program Extended,” Patents: Post-Grant Podcast, October 6, 2021
- Podcast, “Drilling Down: Real Parties in Interest and Time Bars,” Patents: Post-Grant Podcast, August 2, 2021
- Podcast, “IPR Institution and Early Intervention,” Patents: Post-Grant Podcast, May 24, 2021.
- Podcast, “Enforcing IP in a Pandemic: Considerations, Risks, Strategies,” October 27, 2020.
- Published Op-Eds and letters on legal topics: The Wall Street Journal, New Jersey Law Journal, Oklahoma Law Journal, Legal Times, and The Democrat & Chronicle.
- Author, Franchise Law Chapter, Treatise: Commercial Litigation in New York State Courts.
- Quoted, “Life Sciences M&A Set to Boom, Litigation to Remain Steady Under New Trump Admin,” The Legal Intelligencer, November 11, 2024.
- Featured and Interviewed, “Power 20 Intellectual Property List: Andrew P. Zappia,” New York Daily Record, September 22, 2022.
- Quoted, “Intellectual Property Basics: A Look at Tips and Trends,” New York Daily Record, March 8, 2022.
- Quoted on developments in patent venue rules, Rochester Business Journal.