JULIA MARIE FITZPATRICK, PATENT ATTORNEY

JULIA MARIE FITZPATRICK, PATENT ATTORNEY
(504) 835-2000
jfitzpatrick@patents.gs

BAR ADMISSIONS

State of Louisiana: 2011 United States Patent and Trademark Office : 2007 State of Utah: 2006 (currently inactive in Utah)

EDUCATION

S. J. Quinney College of Law, Salt Lake City, Utah, J.D., May 2006 GPA: 3.62/4.0, High Honors, Top 20% of Class, Leary Scholar Outstanding Achievement Awards in Property, Intellectual Property, and Legal Methods (a legal writing class) and CALI Awards in Patent Law and Commodification (awards for highest grades) Utah Law Review, Junior Staff Editor (2004 – 2005) Journal of Law and Family Studies, Note and Comment Editor (2005 – 2006) Teaching Assistant for Legal Methods (2005 – 2006) Publication The Commodification of Indigenous Peoples’ Traditional Medicinal and Agricultural Knowledge , published in Extra Muros: Utah Journal of Critical International Law (May 2006) (on-line journal) available at: www.law.utah.edu/_webfiles/extramuros/14/14.pdf received the Extra Muros Prize for this paper as the best note on international law The University of Georgia , Athens, Georgia, Bachelor of Science in Genetics, May 2000 GPA: 3.65/4.0, Cum Laude, Member of Golden Key Honor Society, Presidential Scholar and Dean’s List, Kappa Kappa Gamma Sorority

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Associate, Garvey, Smith & Nehrbass, Patent Attorneys, L.L.C.  Metairie, LA (May, 2011 – Present)

Prepare and file patent and trademark applications, responses, petitions, assignments, declarations and powers of attorney

Perform patent and trademark searches

Research and analyze intellectual property legal issues

 

 

Contract Attorney, Various Law Firms in Louisiana Slidell, New Orleans, and Metairie (June, 2010 to July, 2010; March, 2011 to May, 2011)

Performed legal research, drafted complaints and post-trial memorandums, and analyzed and reviewed files for attorneys, as needed, on a contract basis

 

 

Law Clerk, Judge Gregory K. Orme, Utah Court of Appeals Salt Lake City, Utah (January, 2007 – January, 2008; September, 2008 – December, 2009)

Participated in drafting opinions and memorandum decisions on various issues, including those involving constitutional law, contracts, criminal law, family law, property, and torts.

Edited opinions and memorandum decisions, and performed legal research

 

 

Volunteer, Utah Legal Services (received Pro Bono Initiative Certificate for hours worked) Salt Lake City, Utah (February, 2006 – April, 2006)

Drafted a pre-hearing memorandum regarding social security disability benefits

Performed research, and attended client interviews and hearings

 

 

Research Assistant, Judge Michael McConnell, Presidential Professor of Law Salt Lake City, Utah (February, 2005 – August, 2005)

Analyzed and condensed cases for a constitutional law casebook, and performed legal research

 

 

Law Clerk, Law Office of Barbara L. Maw (an insurance defense firm) Salt Lake City, Utah (May, 2005 – August, 2005)

Drafted summary judgment memoranda on a contractor versus employee issue and causation in an asbestos case, and drafted an appellate memorandum on the appropriate interpretation of an underinsured “regular use” exclusion

Performed legal research and summarized depositions, interrogatories, and medical records

 

 

Intern, Disability Law Center Salt Lake City, Utah (May, 2004 – July, 2004)

Drafted a legal memorandum on the voting rights of people in developmental facilities

Performed legal research, interviewed witnesses, and participated in advocacy and outreach work

 

 

Paralegal, Speckhals & Cora, P.C. (a plaintiff’s litigation firm) Atlanta, Georgia (June, 2000 – June, 2003)

Responded to discovery and drafted pleadings, discovery motions, interrogatories, requests for documents, demand letters, and affidavits of lay and expert witnesses

Communicated with clients and interviewed witnesses

Managed calendars and client files

PERSONAL INTERESTS

Running, hiking, soccer, skiing, reading and writing

A high school graduate of Saint Scholastica Academy in Covington, Louisiana