Justine M. Leach

Associate

Justine M. Leach helps clients meet their business goals through intellectual property protection and management. She advises investors and companies on patent preparation and prosecution, due diligence, non-infringement and invalidity opinions, technology agreements, and patent litigation matters. Clients also turn to Justine for advice in patent portfolio management, primarily in the fields of pharmaceuticals, chemistry, food science, nanotechnology, materials science, and medical devices.

Extended Profile

While a law student, Justine volunteered with the University of Pennsylvania Center for Technology Transfer. Before attending law school, she was a science adviser at a Boston law firm, where she provided technical advice to attorneys, particularly in the pharmaceutical area.

Education

University of Pennsylvania Law School, 2009, J.D.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2004, S.M. (Chemistry)
University of Virginia, 2001, B.S. (Chemistry)

Admissions

Pennsylvania
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

Awards and Affiliations

Member, Practice Group of the Year, Intellectual Property, Law360 (2019)

Member, Litigation Department of the Year–Intellectual Property, The American Lawyer (2019)

Member, Philadelphia Intellectual Property Law Association