Jolene Fernandes

Jolene Fernandes is a Partner at Foley & Lardner LLP, where responsibilities encompass advising clients on intellectual property matters, drafting patent applications, and prosecuting U.S. patents, with experience starting from October 2013. Prior roles include serving as Senior Counsel and Associate at the same firm, an Appellate Litigation Clinic Student at the University of California, Irvine School of Law, where success was achieved in a Ninth Circuit immigration appeal, and a Summer Associate at Foley & Lardner LLP. Further experience includes a Judicial Extern position at the Superior Court of California and pro bono volunteering with the Public Law Center Guardianship Project. Jolene Fernandes also has a background in research, having held roles as a Scientific Database Curator at Caltech, a Graduate Student in biology at Caltech, a Research Assistant at the Schepens Eye Research Institute, and an Organic Chemistry Teaching Assistant at Suffolk University. Educational qualifications include a Juris Doctor from the University of California, Irvine, a Ph.D. in Biology from Caltech, and a Bachelor of Science in Biology from Suffolk University.