Angela Truesdale

Angela is a partner who focuses and excels in patent prosecution and intellectual property counseling. Angela collaborates with a diverse range of innovators—from emerging startups to Fortune 500 companies—helping them protect, manage and strategically grow their patent portfolios while anticipating and addressing possible risk. Her experience spans emerging technologies, machine learning/artificial intelligence, telecommunications, additive manufacturing, biologics and mechanical inventions.

Since joining Shook in 2013, Angela has directed a thriving IP practice focused on comprehensive IP counseling from innovation harvesting to post-prosecution appeals, and beyond. She creates global patent strategies with C-suite executives and in-house counsel, leveraging portfolio analysis to drive business-aligned IP investments. Angela identifies high-value targets for portfolio growth and licensing, designs defensive plans against competitors, and leads innovation capture initiatives to safeguard next-wave technologies. 

Angela’s practice includes advising on freedom-to-operate, non-infringement and invalidity opinions; conducting due diligence for transactions; and providing IP strategy guidance aligned with clients’ business goals. She excels at translating complex scientific concepts into persuasive legal arguments before the USPTO and foreign patent offices. Clients value her deep understanding of innovations in the life sciences, biotechnology and health care industries, and her ability to develop tailored patent strategies that enhance the commercial value of their inventions. 

Admitted to practice in Missouri, Ohio, and before the USPTO, Angela has been recognized as a “Rising Star” in Missouri & Kansas Super Lawyers, reflecting her leadership and dedication to client service. 

Angela’s strong scientific background includes research in gene expression and molecular biology, which now informs her strategic approach to securing and protecting innovations. Her scientific contributions include co-authoring a publication in the peer-reviewed Developmental Biology.