Jennifer Burdman
Chief Intellectual Property Officer & Deputy General Counsel
At Valo, Jennifer is responsible for developing and implementing Company IP strategy and counseling executive management relating to the acquisition, protection, licensing, and enforcement of IP rights. Jennifer has extensive experience as a first-chair trial lawyer in complex, high-stakes litigation in patent infringement, trade secret misappropriation, and contract disputes involving intellectual property.
As a litigator, Jennifer’s noteworthy cases included a jury verdict of patent infringement resulting in over $34 million in damages, a jury verdict of willful misappropriation of trade secrets with damages of over $900 million, and the successful defense of a university against a patent licensee seeking expanded rights of sponsored research and license agreements. She was named one of the “Top 25 Women Leaders in Biotechnology of 2020” by The Healthcare Technology Report, a “Rising Star” (40 under 40) in 2015 by the National Law Journal in Washington, D.C., profiled as a Law360 “Rising Star” in 2016, and named to Benchmark Litigation’s “Under 40 Hot List” in 2016 and 2017.