ShehlaWynne Ph.D.

Shehla Wynne is an experienced litigator who represents clients in intellectual property matters with a particular focus on biopharmaceutical patent litigation in district courts and at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB). She has experience with issues arising under the Hatch-Waxman Act, the Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act (BPCIA), and the Defend Trade Secrets Act (DTSA). Her experience spans discovery, motion practice, trial, and appeals.

Shehla has significant experience drafting successful dispositive and other critical briefs, resulting in, for example, denial of institution of post-grant proceedings at the PTAB, denial of summary judgment, and denial of a motion for an interlocutory appeal. Shehla's skills extend to oral advocacy; she has presented oral argument in district courts and at the Seventh Circuit.

From 2019 to 2020, Shehla served as a law clerk to the Honorable Kathleen M. O'Malley of the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. While in law school, Shehla was executive production editor from 2013 to 2014 of the AIPLA Quarterly Journal, a publication of the American Intellectual Property Law Association. Prior to practicing law, Shehla earned her doctorate in biochemistry and molecular biology at Georgetown University, where her research centered on the molecular mechanisms of prostate cancer cell migration. She has coauthored several peer-reviewed articles in the field of cancer research.

Shehla is actively involved in the Firm's diversity initiatives. She is a co-founder of Desi Writers' Lounge, a nonprofit organization committed to furthering literary awareness in South Asia.