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Awards and Recognition

• Forbes “America’s Top Women Lawyers” – Intellectual Property Law (2026)
• Forbes “America’s Top Lawyers” – Intellectual Property Law (2025)
• United Inventors Association Inspire Top 100 list of 2023
• Stand-out Lawyer – Thomson Reuters (2023, 2025-2026)
• Business Leader of Color, Chicago United (2021)
• Notable Women in Law, Crain’s Chicago Business (2020)
• Lawyers of Color Power List (2020)
• The Best Lawyers in America®
  • Food & Beverage Law (2015-present)
  • Litigation – Intellectual Property (2017-present)
• IAM Patent 1000 – The World’s Leading Patent Practitioners, (2012-present)
• Peer Review Rated as AV Preeminent®, the highest performance rating in Martindale-Hubbell® Peer Review Ratings™ system
• Local Litigation Star – Benchmark Litigation (2018)
• Top 250 Women in Litigation – Benchmark Litigation (2017)
• Managing IP
  • IP Stars (2013-present)
  • Top 250 Women in IP (2013)
• Illinois Super Lawyers® (2005-2006, 2008-present)
• Chicago’s Most Influential Minority Lawyers – Crain’s Chicago Business (2017)
• The Legal 500 U.S.
  • Patent Licensing and Transactional (2014-2015)
  • Patent Litigation/Trade Secret Litigation (2007, 2010)
• Most Influential Black Lawyers – Savoy (2015, 2022)
• Leadership Excellence in the Law Award – National Diversity Council (2014)
• Leading Lawyers – Patent Law (2012-present)
• LawDragon – 3000 for IP (2011)
• The Nation’s Best Advocates: 40 Lawyers Under 40 Award – NBA & IMPACT (2010)
• Who’s Who in Black Chicago (1st/3rd eds)
• America’s Top Minority IP Partners – AIPLA & MCCA (2003)

The Illinois Supreme Court does not recognize certifications of specialties in the practice of law and no award or recognition is a requirement to practice law in Illinois.

Professional Memberships

• American Intellectual Property Law Association
• The American Bar Association
• International Trademark Association
• The Chicago Bar Association
• National Bar Association
• Corporate Counsel Women of Color
• Minority Corporate Counsel Association
• Intellectual Property Law Association of Chicago
• Black Women Lawyers’ Association of Greater Chicago
• Cook County Bar Association

Community Involvement

• Chicago State Foundation – director of the board and member of the Investment Committee
• The Chicago Network – member
• Illinois Campaign for Political Reform – past board member
• Art Institute of Chicago – past member, Evening Associates Board
• Links Unlimited – past mentor for high school students

Select Presentations and Publications

Jeanne has authored and regularly updates a chapter on Experts for the Patent Litigation Strategies Handbook (BNA Books). She is also frequently quoted by publications such as Law360,��Managing Intellectual Property,��BNA’s Patent Trademark & Copyright Journal, SCOTUSblog, ���Ի���The Wall Street Journal. In addition, she regularly presents seminars and publishes on a variety of IP topics.

• General Counsel Bootcamp – IP Sections (multiple)
• “Artificial Intelligence: Recent Issues & Trends” (Presenter, Lavender Law IP Institute, 7/23)
• “Email Will Be the Death of You: Best Practices for Protecting Privilege” (Client CLE, 10/22)
• Patent GC Bootcamp (Client CLE, 4/22)
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• “Ready to Respond: A Roadmap for Diverse Attorneys to Serve on Corporate Boards” (CMCP Virtual Seminar, 3/21)
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• “General Counsel Bootcamp—Intellectual Property” (Client CLE, 2/21)
• “Ready to Respond: A Roadmap for Diverse Attorneys to Serve on Corporate Boards” (CMCP Virtual Seminar, 3/21)
• “General Counsel Bootcamp—Intellectual Property” (Client CLE, 2/21)
• “Diversity & Inclusion: Beyond the Boardroom” (F&L National Director’s Institute, 11/20)
• “Knowing When and How to Pivot 2.0” (Chair, F&L 16th Annual IP Conference, 10/20)
• “Elevate: How to Breakthrough Your Inner Glass Ceiling & Reclaim Your Power to Lead” (CCWC 16th Annual Conference, 9/20)
• “Recent Developments in Patent Law & Best Practices with Patent Opinions” (Client CLE, 6/20)
• “2019 PTAB Year In Review” (F&L Webinar, 1/20)
• “When and How to Pivot” (Chair, F&L 15th Annual IP Conference, 10/19)
• “Advanced, Patent Litigation Seminar (Chair, PLI, Chicago, 2009-2018)
• “Proving and Guarding the Real Economic Value of IP” (Chair, F&L 14th Annual IP Conference, 9/18)
• “Trade Secrets Protection, Enforcement, and Litigation” (Sandpiper Partners LLC, 6/18)
• “Diversity & Inclusion” (Law Bulletin Ethics Seminar, 6/18)
• “Top Ten Tips for a Successful Mediation in Intellectual Property Cases” (AIPLA Annual Meeting Presentation and Article, 10/17)
• “Forging Ahead: Strategies for the New Unknown” (Chair and Speaker, F&L 13th Annual IP Conference, 10/17)
• Chicago Black Partners Alliance, Marshall Movie Premiere Event (10/17)
• “Career Not Moving Fast Enough? 10 Sure-Fire Ways to Ignite Your Passion and Career!” (CCWC, 9/17)
• “Current and Emerging Issues Related to Patents” (Client CLE, 3/17)
• “Get Ready Now! Boosting Your IP Fitness for the Next Business Cycle” (Chair, F&L 12th Annual IP Conference, 9/16)
• “Women of Color and Diversity and Inclusion at Firms and in Corporations: Working Group to Develop Solutions for 2017” (CCWC, 9/16)
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• “In-House Counsel Panel: Is the Billable Hour Dead?” (NBA Annual Conference, 7/16)
• “The Ins and Outs of Equity Partnership” (The Chicago Committee, 7/16)
• “What’s Reasonable? Protecting And Enforcing Trade Secrets” (AIPLA 2016 Spring Meeting)
  • Presentation: What’s Reasonable? Protecting And Enforcing Trade Secrets
  • Article: What’s Reasonable?—Protecting And Enforcing Trade Secrets “IP Litigation Preparedness & Hot IP Topics” (Client CLE, 3/16)
• “Check, Raise, or Fold: The Risky Business of IP” (Chair, F&L 11th Annual IP Conference, 9/15)
• “Trade Secret Protection and Enforcement in the U.S.” (NBA Annual Conference, 7/15)
• “Patents/Trade Secrets Overview” (Client CLE, 4/15 and 7/15)
• “What’s next? Emerging technologies your clients are talking about” (ACC Seminar, 3/15)
• “Hot Topics in IP and Advertising/Promotions” (Client CLE, 2/15)
• “Patent Litigation: Jury Considerations” (Practical Law Webinar, 1/15)
• “Strategies for Winning NPE Litigation” (Client CLE, 11/14)
• “IPx: Evolution to Revolution” (Chair, F&L 10th Annual IP Conference, 9/14)
• “Right-sizing the Approach in Defending Against NPE Claims” (MIP International Women’s Leadership Forum, 6/14)
• “Supreme Court Relaxes ‘Exceptional’ Case Standard in Pair of Fee-Shifting Patent Cases” (Article, IP Magazine, 5/14)
• “Apple v. Samsung: Implications for Patent Infringement Cases, Injunctions and Sales Ban” (dri IP Seminar, 5/14)
• “US Supreme Court Rules That Patentee Maintains Burden of Proving Infringement in Actions Brought by Licensee,” (Article, Licensing Journal, 3/14)
• “Board Oversight of IP Strategy” (F&L National Director’s Institute, 11/13)
• “How Bad Is It, Counselor?…What Do You Mean, “I Don’t Know?!?” Evaluating Your Litigation Exposure” (ACC Annual Conference, 10/13)
• “IP Issues at the Frontline—Offensive & Defensive Strategies That Win the Game” (Chair, F&L 9th Annual IP Conference, 10/13)
• “User Driven IP 4.0: High Stakes. High Rewards” (Chair, F&L 8th Annual IP Conference, 10/12)
• “Hot Topics in IP (in light of Apple v. Samsung & AIA)” (BWLA Presentation, 10/12)
• “IP Law Update (covering recent Trade Dress/Patent Decisions & AIA)” (Client CLE, 9/12)
• “An Overview of US Patent Reform (The America Invents Act)” (Client CLE, 11/11)
• “Patent Wars: The Game Show-Prosecutors vs. Litigators” and author “In Drafting A Joint Development Agreement, Who Should Own The Jointly Developed IP?” (AIPLA Annual Meeting, 10/11)
• “The Exponential Speed of Innovation: Is IP Driving Your Business?” (Chair, F&L 7th Annual IP Conference, 9/11)
• “Microsoft v. i4i: Supreme Court Upholds ‘Clear and Convincing Standard’—Is It Really Business As Usual?” (PLI, 6/11)
• “Winning a Game of Inches: Gaining Momentum Through IP” (Chair, F&L 6th Annual IP Conference, 10/10)
• “Patenting Business Methods and Other Recent Developments” (Client CLE, 1/10)
• “Being A Partner” (F&L Presentation, 1/10)
• “What IP Issues Keep General Counsel Up At Night?” (Chair/Panelist, F&L 5th Annual IP Conference, 10/09)
• “Extracting Value from IP in the Reform Era: What It Takes to Build and Protect Your Core Assets in Uncertain Times” (Argyle Corporate Leadership Forum, 9/09)
• “Networking For Success” (F&L Mentor/Mentee Seminar, 6/09)
• “Emerging Legal Trends In Patent Law” (MCCA CLE Expo, 3/09)
• “KSR: Pharmaceutical Cases Revisited 18 Months Later” (BNA/ABA IP Section Conference, 10/08)
• “IP Gone Wild?” (Moderator and Panelist, F&L 4th Annual IP Conference, 9/08)
• “Strategic Patent Litigation—Venue Selection, Use of IP Injunctions & Defenses” (IP Section Mtg. NBA Annual Conference, 7/08)
• Pre-Conference Workshop on “Creating & Managing Patent Portfolios” (2nd Annual IP Summit for Wireless Tech & New Media, 6/08)
• “IP Litigation in the 21st Century—A Look at In re Bilski, Post-KSR Litigation Strategies, & Stats on Best Patent Defenses” (Northwestern Journal of Technology & IP Annual Symposium, 4/08)
• “At the Razor’s Edge: Prosecuting and Defending Against Patent Infringement Claims Post-KSR” (F&L Legal News: Medical Devices Newsletter, 1/08)
• “Strategic Venue Selection & Use of IP Injunction” (F&L Litigation Conference, 12/07)
• “Navigating The Changing Tides of Patent Litigation” (Martindale Hubbell/Lexis Nexis Counsel2Counsel Forum, 11/07)
• “Views from the Bench: Remedies in IP Litigation Cases—A Roundtable of Judges from the Southern District of New York” (Chair/Panelist, F&L 3rd Annual IP Conference, 10/07)
• “Unexpected Results? —The Litigation Landscape Post-KSR in Pharmaceutical Cases” (BNA/ABA IP Section Conference, 10/07)
• “Avoiding a Career Silo: Understanding and Converting Your Value” (10th Annual CYOC Career Development Conference, IP Law Pre-Conference 9/07)
• “Hot Topics in Trademark Law” (DuPont Legal Conference, 9/07)
• “KSR v. Teleflex: Its Practical Implications for Patent Practice” (IPO Annual Meeting, 9/07)
• “KSR International Co. v. Teleflex Inc.—Pharmaceutical Prosecution & Litigation Strategies” (Client CLE, 6/07)
• “Taking A Company’s IP To The Next Level” (Client CLE, 6/07)
• “Use of Expert Witnesses in Patent Litigation” (BNA/ABA Seminar, 11/06)
• “Are Opinions of Counsel Still the Best Defense to Willfulness in IP (Patent & Trademark) Litigation” (F&L Corporate Counsel Seminar, 10/06)
• “Battling Global IP Piracy & Counterfeiting” (Chair, F&L 2nd Annual IP Conference, 9/06)
• “Surfing Trademark Issues on the Web” (F&L White Paper, 9/06; Corporate Legal Times and F&L Webinar, 3/05)
• “Crafting an Effective Patent Invalidity Opinion—Is it the Last Bastion of Defense?” (PLI, 2003-2006; IP Litigator article, 6/04)
• “Being and Finding Good Mentors” (BWLA, 3/06)
• “Trade Secret Protection in the 21st Century” (F&L Litigation Conference, 12/05)
• “The Dilution Dilemma—Litigating Dilution Claims and the Trademark Dilution Revision Act of 2005” (ABA/Navigant Consulting IP Roundtable, 12/05)
• “Seize the Day: Hearing an Ex Parte Seizure Order for Copyright and Trademark Counterfeiting” (AIPLA Annual Meeting, 10/05)
• “IP Roundtable on Key Patent Appellate Cases, including Blackberry, Lemelson, and Illinois Tool” (F&L Corporate Counsel Seminar, 10/05)
• “Digital, Wireless & New Media Technologies—Is Your IP Future in the Right Hands?” (Chair/Founder, F&L 1st Annual IP Conference, 9/05)
• “Discovery Issues in Patent Litigation” (PLI, 9/05)
• “Internet-Related Trademark Litigation Issues & Trends” (INTA, 5/05)
• “New Insights into IP Law in China”—Presenter on Trade Secret Protection (F&L Corporate Counsel Seminar, 3/05)
• “Preparing to Initiate or Defend a Patent Lawsuit” (ABA, 10/04)
• “IP Litigation: Avoiding the Money Pit” (Corporate Legal Times & F&L Webinar, 7/04)
• “How Do You Measure Up? Metrics And Measurements for Law Departments” (Counsel to Counsel Forum, 2/04)
• “How to Litigate in the Digital Decade” (Defendants’ Patent Counsel (doing damages expert cross-exam and closing argument) in Mock Trial Plenary Session involving patent and trademark infringement; AIPLA Mid -Winter Institute, 1/04)
• “Bank One: Law Firm Diversity Symposium” (Panelist, 12/03)
• “A Woman and Minority Perspective on Client Development” (CBA, 9/03)
• “IP Litigation and Opinions — Using Litigation Knowledge to Advance Career Success” (NBA Annual Convention, 8/03)
• “An Ounce of Prevention — Smart Patent Prosecution Can Minimize Litigation Oops” (Article, IP Litigator, 7/03)
• “Avoiding Litigation Pitfalls through Effective Patent Prosecution” (Article, Corporate Counsel, 7/03; and ABA IP Seminar, 4/03)
• “Getting Off To A Good Start — Drafting A Patent Application to Survive Prosecution and Litigation” (AIPLA Annual Meeting, 2002)
• “An IP Litigation Perspective on Licensing” (PLI, 2001)
• “Section 112 Cases and the Impact of Festo” (PLI, 2001)
• Contributor, IPLAC Litigation Committee’s “Federal Circuit (2001 and 2002) Review of Markman �������ܱ��”