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Chris is an intellectual property and complex commercial trial lawyer in our San Francisco office with repeated successes for companies accused of infringing computer hardware and software patents. She has achieved cost-effective wins for clients in several industries including video game publishing, Fintech, ride sharing, consumer hardware and electronics, Wi-Fi semiconductors, mobile printers, healthcare software and hardware, wireless security cameras, Bluetooth-enabled tracking devices, cloud content management, and electronic loyalty programs.

Where cases cannot be resolved short of trial, Chris tries them. Chris has tried patent cases in the country’s most active patent litigation venues, including the Eastern District of Texas, the Northern District of California, the Eastern District of Virginia, the International Trade Commission, and the Patent Trial and Appeal Board, serving as first chair in two of these trials.

Credentials

  • Santa Clara University, 1993, J.D., cum laude
  • University of California, Davis, 1989, B.S., managerial and agricultural economics

  • California

  • U.S. District Court - Central District of California
  • U.S. District Court - Northern District of California
  • U.S. District Court - Eastern District of Texas
  • Federal Circuit Court of Appeals

  • Video Game Bar Association

Awards & Recognition

  • Selected to the IAM Patent 1000, which identifies the top patent practitioners throughout the world, 2023-2024.
  • Named by the Daily Journal as one of the “Top Intellectual Property Lawyers” in California for 2022
  • Named by the Daily Journal’s annual list as one of the “Top Women Lawyers” in California for 2021
  • Named by The Recorder as a California Trailblazer 2020