Current Employment Position(s)

Partner

Lawyer Overview

Andrea Augustine is a partner with Foley & Lardner. She is a member of the firm's IP Litigation and Electronics Practices, where she focuses her practice on intellectual property litigation and technology transactional work. Ms. Augustine has experience in all phases of IP litigation relating to patent infringement, validity and enforceability, copyright infringement, trade secret misappropriation, unfair competition, and interference with contractual relations for the software, electrical and mechanical arts.

Ms. Augustine regularly counsels clients in IP transactional matters including licensing options and strategies, joint development, service provider and confidentiality agreements as well as Internet-based agreements and policy statements. She is also licensed to practice before the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office and has experience in prosecuting patents in the areas of computer software and hardware including applications software, operating systems, computer networks, protocols and peripheral devices.

Prior to law school, Ms. Augustine worked for Reuters America as a senior programmer/analyst and Andersen Consulting as a software engineer.

Ms. Augustine received her J.D. from the University of Illinois College of Law in 1997, and earned her bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from the University of Illinois College of Engineering in 1987. 

Ms. Augustine is registered to practice before the Supreme Court of Illinois, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, and the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

Areas of Practice

• Electronics
• IP Litigation

Bar Admissions

• Illinois, 1997
• U.S. District Court Northern District of Illinois, 1997
• U.S. District Court Central District of Illinois, 1998
• U.S. District Court Southern District of Illinois, 1998
• U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

Past Employment Positions

• Reuters America, Senior Programmer/Analyst
• Andersen Consulting, Software Engineer

Education

• University of Illinois College of Law, Champaign, Illinois, 1997
  J.D.
• University of Illinois, Champaign, Illinois, 1987
  BSEE
  Major: Electrical Engineering

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