Counselor, advocate and litigator Dr. Juanita DeLoach holds a Ph.D. in electrical engineering. Juanita is committed to adding value to clients and colleagues alike by designing creative and actionable strategies that protect even the most sophisticated innovations.
OVERVIEW
Juanita DeLoach, Ph.D.
Partner
OVERVIEW
Juanita DeLoach, Ph.D.
Partner
Counselor, advocate and litigator Dr. Juanita DeLoach holds a Ph.D. in electrical engineering. Juanita is committed to adding value to clients and colleagues alike by designing creative and actionable strategies that protect even the most sophisticated innovations.
- OVERVIEW
- EXPERIENCE
- Presentations
- INSIGHTS & EVENTS
OVERVIEW
Juanita advises on a variety of matters, with a focus on safeguarding and protecting IP rights through trademarks and patents, patent and trade secret litigation, and inter partes review proceedings. In addition, she is skilled in performing IP due diligence for litigation funding transactions.
Juanita also is a member of the team assisting the Special Compliance Coordinator appointed by the U.S. Department of Commerce to monitor, assess and report on the U.S. export control compliance of Zhongxing Telecommunications Equipment Corporation, of Shenzhen, China, and ZTE Kangxun Telecommunications Ltd. of Hi-New Shenzhen, China (collectively, ZTE).
Juanita provides technical assistance and legal counsel for various technologies, including LED technologies, semiconductor fabrication, integrated circuits, mobile phones, optical switches, angioplasty technologies and financial services. She is best known for her intelligence when it comes to understanding new technologies and applying the law accordingly.
Notably, Juanita worked as a process engineer at Texas Instruments before becoming a lawyer. Juanita’s frontline experience as an engineer allows her to understand client challenges from their distinct perspective, an advantage to those she serves across many technological disciplines.
Prior to joining Barnes & Thornburg, Juanita worked as an associate at Dentons US LLP and Jones Day. She also served as a judicial law clerk for the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas in 2017.
Professional and Community Involvement
Host, Barnes & Thornburg's 'Off the Record'
2023 Class, Dallas Bar Association WE LEAD: Women Empowered to Lead in the Legal Profession
Elected member, Texas Bar College
Dallas office pro bono partner, Barnes & Thornburg Pro Bono Committee
Member, Network of Empowered Women (NEW) Roundtable
Member, J.L. Turner Legal Association
Lifetime member, National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE)
Member, State Bar of Texas’ IP Law Section Women and Minority Scholarship Diversity Committee
Board member, Girls Embracing Mothers (GEM), Inc.
Board member, High-Tech High Heels North Texas
Fellow, Texas Bar Foundation
Former member, Texas Women’s Foundation, The XIX Society
Former board member, Dallas Summer Musicals Associate Producers
Former member, Barnes & Thornburg Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee
Former member, Texas Minority Counsel Program Steering Committee
Former planning committee member, UT LAW Advanced Patent Law Institute
Former module chair, The Center for American Intellectual Property (CAIL) IP conference
Former member, Texas Minority Counsel Program Steering Committee
Former planning committee member, UT LAW Advanced Patent Law Institute
Former module chair, The Center for American Intellectual Property (CAIL) IP conference
Honors
The Best Lawyers in America, Ones to Watch, 2021-2023
The National Black Lawyers Top 100, Texas, 2019-2021
Texas Super Lawyers, Rising Star, 2017, 2021-2022
NSBE Hidden Figures of Dallas: Top Ten Women of Color in STEM Award, 2017
EXPERIENCE
Presentations
Module Chair, Center for American and International Law (CAIL) 60th Annual Conference on Intellectual Property Law, November 7-8, 2022
Presenter, “Constitutional Law Day,” Vaughan Elementary, September 16, 2022
Guest Speaker, “Intellectual Property & Patent Law,” The University of Michigan Kappa Alpha Pi Pre-Law Fraternity, February 8, 2022
Module Chair, Center for American and International Law (CAIL) 59th Annual Conference on Intellectual Property Law, November 8-9, 2021
Co-presenter, “Interplay of District Court Litigation and the PTAB,” UT LAW 2021 Advanced Patent Law Institute, November 4-5, 2021
Presenter, “Tech Law Talk,” Lincoln School, STEAM Day, May 27, 2021
Presenter, “Tech Law Talk,” High-Tech High Heels, May 12, 2021
Moderator and Panelist, “From the Lab Room to the Courtroom,” 47th Annual National Society of Black Engineers Convention, April 8, 2021
Presenter, “Tech Law Talk,” Girl STEM Stars, March 20, 2021
Moderator, “Career Perspectives from Intellectual Property Professionals,” Barnes & Thornburg, LLP and Washington University in St. Louis’ Black Law Students Association, October 28, 2020
Panelist, “Allies! Mentors! Sponsors! Oh My!, Elevating the Success of Minority Lawyers,” Dallas Association of Young Lawyers, Lawyers Promoting Diversity Committee, August 13, 2020
Co-presenter, “Anyone Can Become an Attorney,” Networking Through Service, Texas Minority Counsel Program, T.J. Lee Elementary School, November 6, 2019
Co-Presenter, “Anatomy of a Patent Case,” Dentons internal CLE, Dallas, TX, July 7, 2016
Co-Presenter, “Conducting Effective Internal Investigations and Protecting Privilege,” Client CLE (1.5 hours ethics credit), Bellevue, WA, April 28, 2016
Co-Presenter, “Overview of Intellectual Property Law,” Dallas Bar Association’s Lawyers in the Classroom, Career Week at William Lipscomb Elementary School, Dallas, TX, November 20, 2015
Table Moderator, “Breakfast Roundtables: Help Me Help You,” Patent Practitioners Best Practices Breakfast Roundtable at the 53rd Center for American and International Law Conference, Plano, TX, November 16 – 17, 2015
Presenter, “Overview of Intellectual Property Law,” Dallas Bar Association’s Law in the Classroom Week, Sam Tasby Middle School, Dallas, TX, November 17, 2014
Panelist, “Who Has the Last Word,” Patent Litigation Best Practices Breakfast Roundtable at the 52nd Center for American and International Law Conference, Plano, TX, November 11 – 12, 2014
Presenter, “Join Forces at the PTAB - Joinder Overview and Strategies,” Webinar, IPO Post-Grant Office Practice Committee, May 13, 2014
INSIGHTS & EVENTS
