Matthew M. Walker brings a diverse technical background and in-house perspective to his legal practice. This enables Matthew to bring depth and perspective to a practice that includes counseling clients on patent strategy, preparation, and prosecution across a variety of technical fields and jurisdictions. He routinely works with cutting-edge innovations in computer hardware and software, machine learning, semiconductors, superconductors, and biomedical devices.
Prior to returning to Morgan Lewis, Matthew was an IP attorney at Microsoft, where he built, managed, and licensed a patent portfolio consisting of several thousand patents. Before beginning his legal career, Matthew was an integrated chip (IC) design engineer at Raytheon Co., designing digital and timing logic for use with image sensors. Matthew was also a Molecular Beam Epitaxial (MBE) process engineer at R. F. Micro Devices Inc., developing and producing GaAs semiconductor devices.
Recipient, Dean's Fellowship (full-tuition, merit-based scholarship), Santa Clara University School of Law
Recipient, Santa Clara University School of Law’s High Tech Excellence Award