Hoda Rifai-Bashjawish focuses her practice on intellectual property with a specific focus on patent matters. She represents clients in district courts and the Federal Circuit, and before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board and Trademark Trial and Appeal Board. Hoda has a deep understanding of intellectual property issues, including patent, trade secret, trademark, and copyright portfolio counseling, protection, and enforcement.

Hoda's dual technical background in biomechanical engineering and physics gives her a thorough understanding of her clients’ complex intellectual property in a broad range of technologies.

Hoda also has an extensive pro bono practice, which includes representation of a non-profit at zoning board hearings, clients seeking asylum, and clients seeking access to healthcare.

While in law school, Hoda was a senior editor for the Columbia Law Review and co-president of the Science and Technology Law Society.

Prior to law school, she received a Fulbright U.S. Fellowship grant to study bioethics in Damascus, Syria. Hoda is a member of Tau Beta Pi engineering and Sigma Pi Sigma physics honors societies.