Cortesi, Shane Vincent

Current Employment Position(s)

Associate

Year Joined Organization: 2010

Lawyer Overview

Shane Cortesi joined the firm in 2010. He previously worked as an associate with Kirkland & Ellis, LLP in New York City.

Mr. Cortesi's practice focuses on patent prosecution and enforcement of intellectual property rights and he has represented leading companies in the biotechnology, pharmaceutical, and medical device fields.

Prior to law school Mr. Cortesi worked as a graduate researcher at Children's Memorial Hospital in Chicago and as a patent scientist for Pharmacia Corporation (now a subsidiary of Pfizer, Inc.) also in Chicago.

Areas of Practice

• Intellectual Property
• Patent Prosecution
• Patent Infringement Litigation
• Trademark

Bar Admissions

• New York, 2006
• U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

Past Employment Positions

• U.S. International Trade Commission, Office of Unfair Import Investigations, Intern
• Kenyon & Kenyon LLP, Associate, 2005 - 2007
• Kenyon & Kenyon LLP, Summer Associate
• Calfee Halter & Griswold LLP, Summer Associate, 2003 - 2004
• Pharmacia Corporation (now Pfizer), Patent Scientist, 2001 - 2002

Education

• The George Washington University Law School, Washington, District of Columbia, 2005
  J.D.
  Honors: with High Honors
  Honors: Order of the Coif
  Honors: Chris Bartok Memorial Award
• Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, 2001
  M.S.
  Major: Biotechnology
• Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, 2000
  B.A.
  Honors: summa cum laude
  Major: Zoology

Fraternities/Sororities

• Phi Beta Kappa

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