Elizabeth Rader is counsel in the firm’s Intellectual Property Litigation Group. Her practice concentrates on intellectual property litigation in the U.S. District Courts and courts of appeals. She has experience representing prominent technology companies in patent litigation in diverse technical areas. She is experienced in all phases of patent litigation, including trial, acting as lead counsel at a number of claim construction proceedings and hearings on dispositive motions. Recognized as an outstanding writer, Elizabeth specializes in making highly technical subject matter understandable and presenting claims and defenses in context to present the client’s position in a way that is compelling.

After graduating from law school, Elizabeth served as a law clerk to the Honorable Alvin A. Schall of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. After completing her appellate clerkship, she served as a law clerk to the Honorable Leonie M. Brinkema of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia.

From 2002 to 2004, Elizabeth was a Residential Fellow in the Center for Internet & Society at Stanford Law School, where she worked on landmark copyright and First Amendment cases with Professor Lawrence Lessig.