Education:

Bachelor of Science, Electrical Engineering, Purdue University, 1980
Juris Doctor, George Washington University, 1987 (Evenings)

Work Experience:

Krupka Law Group, P.C., Los Angeles, CA - November, 2003-present:  Intellectual property law counseling, opinions, licensing, and appeals to before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

Banner & Witcoff, Ltd., Washington, D.C. - December, 1995- November, 2003:  Intellectual property litigation and counseling; patent prosecution management of approximately 2,000 active matters before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office; studies and opinions concerning patent infringement and patent invalidity; general intellectual property counseling for mergers / acquisitions and initial public offerings; patent appeals before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

Georgetown University Law Center, Adjunct Professor, Washington, D.C. - 1998-2002:  Trade secret portion of survey course in intellectual property law

Law Clerk to the Honorable William C. Bryson, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, Washington, D.C. - October, 1994-September, 1995

Banner, Birch, McKie & Beckett, Washington, D.C. - February, 1991-October, 1994:  Patent prosecution; litigation at District Court and Federal Circuit; opinions; client counseling; managed large patent portfolios and provided counseling and opinions for Fortune 100 clients

Sughrue, Mion, Zinn, MacPeak & Seas, Washington, D.C. - September, 1988-February, 1991:  Electrical and mechanical patent prosecution; opinions

Texas Instruments, Inc., Dallas, Tx. and Fairfax, Va. - February, 1981-July, 1988:  Engineering and marketing positions in Semiconductor Group, including Linear Circuits Product Engineer, Field Sales Engineer, and Applications Engineer for Digital Signal Processors

Reported Decisions:

Akamai Technologies Inc. v. Cable & Wireless Internet Services Inc., 344 F.3d 1186 (Fed. Cir. 2003)
Tehrani v. Hamilton Medical Inc., 331 F.3d 1355 (Fed. Cir. 2003)
Lampi Corp. v. American Power Products Inc., 228 F.3d 1365 (Fed. Cir. 2000)
SunTiger Inc. v. Scientific Research Funding Group, 189 F.3d 1327 (Fed. Cir. 1999)
Pfaff v. Wells Electronics Inc., 124 F.3d 1429 (Fed. Cir. 1997)
Wang Laboratories Inc. v. Toshiba Corp., 993 F.2d 858 (Fed. Cir. 1993)

 

Memberships, Associations:

American Bar Association (member 1987- present)

Section of Intellectual Property Law (1987-present)
Immediate Past Section Chair 2008-2009
Section Chair 2007-2008
Section Chair-Elect 2006-2007
Section Vice-Chair 2005-2006
Co-Chair Long Range Planning Committee 2005-2006
Co-Chair Special Committee on Section Web Site, 2005-2006
Council Member, 2001–2005
Commission on Women in the Profession, Liaison, 1999-2002
Chair, Division 7, Information (covering software, databases, new media and the Internet) 1999-2000
Chair, Division 6, Litigation, ADR & Related Issues, 1998-1999
Chair, Appellate Practice and Procedure Committee 1996-1998
Chair, Young Lawyers Committee 1995-1996
Vice-Chair, Young Lawyers Committee 1994-1995

Section of Science and Technology Law (1987- present)
Assistant Budget Officer 1995-1996
Co-Chair, Proprietary Rights in Software Committee 1994-1995

Fellow, American Bar Foundation

 

Virginia State Bar (1987)

District of Columbia Bar (1988)
Steering Committee Member 1992-1995
Community Outreach Chair, 1993-1994
Winner, Best Community Outreach Project 1994
Winner, Best Section 1995
Co-Chair, Intellectual Property Law Section, 1994 - 1995

Public Service Activities Corp. Committee Member 1994-1995

California State Bar (2003)

 

United States Patent and Trademark Office (Reg. No. 33,644) (1989)          

 

American Intellectual Property Law Association (1987-present)
Co-Chair, Reception for Women in Intellectual Property 1997, 1998

Giles S. Rich American Inn of Court (1992-1994)

Federal Circuit Bar Association (1990-present)

 

Federal Circuit Bar Journal, Associate Editor, (1998-2000)

Prettyman-Leventhal American Inn of Court (1998-2002)

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (1981-present)

Program Planner, Law Education Institute Annual IP Program, in conjunction with American Bar Association and the International Trademark Association (1998-2001)

Contributor, National Jury Instruction Project (patent jury instructions) (2008-2009)

Program Planner, IPO 5th International Judges Conference on Intellectual Property Law (2009)