Jessamyn Berniker’s practice is focused on patent litigation, although she has also litigated criminal, copyright, antitrust and general civil matters.  Ms. Berniker has handled patent litigation matters on behalf of patentees and alleged infringers in the pharmaceutical, biotechnological, and medical device fields, among others.  Since arguing her first patent case before the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in 2003, Ms. Berniker has appeared several times in district court, has examined fact and expert witnesses in trials around the country, has taken numerous depositions and has prepared summary judgment and appellate briefs.  She recently second-chaired a patent trial in the District of Delaware.  Before joining Williams & Connolly in 2002, Ms. Berniker was a law clerk to the Honorable Arthur J. Gajarsa of the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. 

Ms. Berniker graduated magna cum laude from Pacific Lutheran University in 1998 with a B.S. in Chemistry and a B.A. in French.  During college and prior to law school she spent several months conducting organic chemistry research at Argonne National Laboratory.  Ms. Berniker obtained her J.D. degree cum laude from Harvard Law School in 2001.  Ms. Berniker speaks Hebrew fluently and is proficient in French.