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Christopher Schenck
Associate
Assistant
Stephanie Blair206.204.6253
Christopher Schenck has been with Bracewell since the opening of the Seattle office in July of 2010. Chris is an intellectual property litigator, with a primary focus on patent litigation. He serves clients primarily in the telecommunications, semiconductor, internet, and software industries. Chris has trial experience as both second chair and technical lead attorney in federal and state courts, as well as in the International Trade Commission (ITC).
Prior to becoming a full-time litigator, Chris prosecuted patents for several years, working on a variety of subject matters ranging from simple mechanical devices to complicated encryption schemes and computer algorithms. Chris also devoted part of his practice to licensing intellectual property, and to performing and coordinating open source and third-party code review for mergers, acquisitions, and investment transactions.
Chris has been named a Rising Star in intellectual property litigation by Washington Law & Politics in each of the last two years. While in college, Chris and his teammates earned an honorable mention award at the World Finals of the Association for Computing Machinery’s Collegiate Programming contest.
Education
J.D., Georgetown University Law Center, 2006
B.S., Computer Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2001
Bar Admissions
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
Washington
Court Admissions
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas
U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington
Affiliations
King County Bar Association
Washington State Bar Association
Board member, Alumni Association for the South Carolina Governor’s School for Science and Mathematics
Noteworthy
Super Lawyers, Washington Rising Star, 2010, 2011
Annual Survey Editor, American Criminal Law Review
