Current Employment Position(s)

Senior Counsel

Lawyer Overview

Mary M. Calkins is senior counsel with Foley & Lardner LLP and a member of the Intellectual Property Litigation, Appellate, and Electronics Practices. Ms. Calkins' practice focuses on complex trial and appellate litigation involving patents, copyrights and related issues. Her areas of patent litigation experience include electronics, electromechanical systems, Internet-based systems, pharmaceuticals and personal care products. She has also worked on appeals in a number of courts, including the U.S. Supreme Court, the Federal Circuit, the D.C. Circuit, and the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims.

Before joining Foley, Ms. Calkins served as a judicial law clerk to the Honorable Daniel M. Friedman, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit during 2004-2005. Prior to her clerkship, she was an associate at Hogan & Hartson LLP. Ms. Calkins also worked for over a decade as an electrical and systems engineer for leading suppliers of large defense and commercial systems, developing strong client contact and problem-solving skills in addition to technical expertise. These skills were further enhanced by her past work on consulting teams to area businesses and Her Majesty's Treasury in the United Kingdom.

Ms. Calkins has also researched and published several articles on Internet community, policy and e-business issues. As a hobby, she studies metalworking and sculpture.

Ms. Calkins earned dual Juris Doctorate and Master in Business Administration degrees from Georgetown University Law Center (cum laude, 2001), where she was the recipient of a Burton Award for Legal Achievement and other major writing awards. She also holds a Master of Science degree in communications engineering from George Washington University, and a Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering from Case Western Reserve University.

Publications:

• Mary Calkins, Alexei Nikitkov & Vernon Richardson, "Mineshafts on Treasure Island: A Relief Map of the eBay Fraud Landscape," 8 U. Pitt. J. Tech. L. & Pol'y 1 (2008)
• "The Age of E-Discovery," Foley & Lardner IP Litigation Newsletter (Aug. 2006)
• "My Reputation Always Had More Fun Than Me: The Failure of eBay's Feedback Model to Effectively Prevent Online Auction Fraud," 7 RICH. J.L. & TECH. 33 (2001)
• "They Shoot Trojan Horses, Don't They? An Economic Analysis of Anti-Hacking Regulatory Models," 89 GEO. L.J. 171 (2000)

Presentations:

Ms. Calkins is admitted to practice in Virginia, the District of Columbia, Maryland, and before the U.S. Supreme Court, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit and the Eastern District of Virginia. She is a member of the American Bar Association, the American Intellectual Property Law Association, the Giles Rich Inn of Court and the Federal Circuit Bar Association.

Areas of Practice

• Appellate
• Electronics
• IP Litigation

Bar Admissions

• Virginia
• District of Columbia
• Maryland
• U.S. Supreme Court
• U.S. Court of Appeals 4th Circuit
• U.S. Court of Appeals Federal Circuit
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of Virginia

Professional Associations and Memberships

• American Bar Association (Member)
• American Intellectual Property Law Association (Member)
• Federal Circuit Bar Association
• Giles Rich Inn of Court

Past Employment Positions

• Honorable Daniel M. Friedman, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, Judicial Law Clerk, 2004 - 2005
• Hogan & Hartson LLP, Associate

Education

• Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, District of Columbia, 2001
  Juris Doctorate
  Honors: cum laude
  Honors: Burton Award for Legal Achievement
• Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, District of Columbia, 2001
  Master in Business Administration
  Honors: cum laude
• George Washington University, Washington, District of Columbia
  Master of Science
  Major: Communications Engineering
• Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio
  Bachelor of Science
  Major: Electrical Engineering

Published Works

• "Mineshafts on Treasure Island: A Relief Map of the eBay Fraud Landscape", 8 U. Pitt. J. Tech. L. & Pol'y 1, 2008
• "The Age of E-Discovery", Foley & Lardner IP Litigation Newsletter, August, 2006
• "My Reputation Always Had More Fun Than Me: The Failure of eBay's Feedback Model to Effectively Prevent Online Auction Fraud", 7 RICH. J.L. & TECH. 33, 2001
• "They Shoot Trojan Horses, Don't They? An Economic Analysis of Anti-Hacking Regulatory Models", 89 GEO. L.J. 171, 2000

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