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Robert S. Strauss Tower
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Washington, DC 20006-1037
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
United States
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Dr Rachel Elsby
Work Department
Partner; Intellectual Property
Position
Dr. Elsby is an experienced trial lawyer who represents clients in intellectual property disputes in a range of technology areas, most notably in the life sciences, pharmaceuticals, and medical device space. Her practice primarily focuses on patent and trade secret litigation in district courts and appeals to the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals. She also has significant experience handling cases before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) and the International Trade Commission (ITC). She is a leader on our trial teams and plays a key role in strategy development, case management, and trial presentation in highly-complex technical areas. Additionally, she often serves as the appellate specialist on our trial teams. Dr. Elsby has participated in numerous appeals as both counsel and in consulting roles, arguing several cases at the Federal Circuit. Furthermore, she is frequently called on by members of the biotech and life sciences industry to write amicus briefs in patent cases before the Federal Circuit and Supreme Court.
To learn more about Rachel, please visit her profile here: https://www.akingump.com/en/lawyers-advisors/rachel-j-elsby
Education
- J.D., George Mason University School of Law, 2010
- Ph.D., University of Miami, 2007
- B.S., University of Miami, 2002
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (full coverage)
Led by life sciences expert Steven Maslowski in Philadelphia, the intellectual property group at Akin is experienced in all US patent litigation forums and represents clients in a broad range of technical fields. Also in Philadelphia, Matthew Pearson is a patent attorney specializing in the life sciences sector, and Ruben Muñoz litigates IP disputes for a wide range of tech companies. The group in Washington DC includes seasoned patent litigators Cono Carrano and Brandon Rash, Z.W. Julius Chen, who represents clients in all stages of appellate litigation, and Rachel Elsby, who focuses on patent litigation and appeals to the Federal Circuit. Other key practitioners include patent infringement disputes specialist Michael Kahn in New York and Daniel Moffett in San Antonio, who represents clients in all aspects of IP procurement and protection.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- International trade > Customs, export controls and economic sanctions
- Government > Government relations
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- International trade > Trade remedies and trade policy
Firm Rankings
- Investment fund formation and management > Alternative/hedge funds
- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Industry focus > Education
- Energy > Energy transactions: oil and gas
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: middle-market ($500m-999m)
- Media, technology and telecoms > Media and entertainment: transactional
- Industry focus > Native American law
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Corporate governance
- Government > Government contracts
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Private equity buyouts: middle-market (Up to $500m)
- Investment fund formation and management > Private equity funds (including venture capital)
- Energy > Renewable/alternative power
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: high-yield debt offerings
- International trade > CFIUS
- Energy > Energy transactions: electric power
- Environment > Environment: transactional
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- Labor and employment > Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions)
- Antitrust > Merger control
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (International Trade Commission)
- Finance > Project finance
- Media, technology and telecoms > Telecoms and broadcast: regulatory
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- Labor and employment > Workplace and employment counseling
- Healthcare > Life sciences
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (full coverage)
- Real estate > Real estate
- Industry focus > Sport
- Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
- Finance > Commercial lending
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Shareholder activism