Elizabeth Anne (Liz) Nevis, Esq. is a transactional attorney with experience in intellectual property (IP), entrepreneurial law, and cultural property. Liz’s experience includes patent and trademark applications, business contracts, business entity formation, and regulatory and administrative matters. Liz became a Registered Patent Attorney after graduating from Lewis and Clark Law School in 2006 and was admitted to the California bar in 2007.

Before law school, Liz received an Astronomy B.S. from the University of Illinois and an Electrical Engineering M.S. from the University of New Mexico, followed by over a decade of photonics R&D as an individual contributor, project lead, group manager, and solo consultant with twelve patents as an inventor.

Aside from relatively brief stints in New Mexico, Texas, Florida, southern California, and Oregon, most of Liz’s professional life has been spent in Silicon Valley.

PRACTICE

Intellectual Property
Patents
Trademarks
Licensing

BAR & COURT ADMISSIONS

State Bar of California
United States Patent and Trademark Office

EDUCATION

Lewis and Clark Law School, J.D.
University of New Mexico, M.S., Electrical Engineering

PUBLICATIONS

Too Legal Didn’t Read, Getting Quick, Clear Feedback from Inventors on Patent Drafts   View Article