Julia M. FitzPatrick became a patent attorney in 2007. She graduated with High Honors in 2006 from the University of Utah, S.J. Quinney College of Law, and she received her undergraduate degree in Genetics (cum laude) from the University of Georgia in 2000. During law school, she was a member of Law Review and focused her legal studies on intellectual property law, receiving awards for the highest grade in her Intellectual Property Survey and Patent Law Courses. Julia also received the Extra Muros Prize for the best Note on international law for her published Note that evaluated intellectual property issues in Third World Countries. While in law school, Julia also interned with the Utah Disability Law Center and volunteered at Utah Legal Services. After receiving her law degree, Julia clerked for a Judge on the Utah Court of Appeals for about two and a half years before returning home to Louisiana. She additionally has experience with litigation as an attorney, a law clerk while in law school, and a paralegal prior to law school. Julia is licensed to practice law in Louisiana and is registered to practice before the United States Patent and Trademark Office in patent cases. She remains licensed (though inactive) in Utah.