Anita is an intellectual property attorney who works primarily on patent litigation matters involving a wide range of technologies. 

Anita’s background is in biomedical engineering, and her experience includes working on a variety of patent and trademark issues. In the litigation context, Anita represents both patent owners and defendants in federal district court and before the USPTO. Her patent experience also includes interfacing with international law firms to manage and direct prosecution of patent applications and directly coordinating strategies with inventors and in-house counsel. Anita has prosecuted and/or drafted applications for aviation engines, mechanical devices, machine learning, materials science, chemical engineering, electrical engineering, and medical devices.

Anita’s trademark work has included providing written opinions to clients on using, modifying, and filing registrations for trademarks and drafting complaints under the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP) to protect clients’ family of trademarks and related domain names.

In addition, Anita enjoys working on pro bono matters. She frequently advises clients on trademark matters and works with clients to secure trademark registrations. She also serves as lead counsel in immigration hearings before the U.S. Immigration Court. 

During law school Anita gained valuable experience as a judicial intern for the Honorable Judge Caroline Craven, magistrate judge (now retired) in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas.   

Anita is involved in her community and enjoys volunteering at her local animal shelter and serves as vice president of her neighborhood civic association.  

Presentations 

Intellectual Property Law, Houston Northwest Bar Association, May 17, 2023. 

Media

UHLC alumni at Shook law firm win asylum case for mother fleeing gender-based violence, University of Houston Law Center, August 7, 2023.