Jennifer Rea Deneault

Jenna has worked on patent litigation matters at every stage, from trial through appeal, and in every forum, from district courts to the International Trade Commission to the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. Her matters have ranged from small molecules and biologics to software and hardware. 

Jenna has been named as a 2025 Lawdragon 500 Leading Lawyers in America.  In September 2024, LMG Life Sciences awarded Jenna the US Rising Star – Intellectual Property award. In October 2024, she was included in Benchmark Litigation’s 40 & Under List, which identified the “best and brightest litigators across the US.” In September 2023, she received the Rising Star award from the New York Law Journal, which “celebrates those attorneys who are making a difference in their field in the early stages of their careers and already leaving their marks.” Jenna was also recognized in the 2023 and 2024 Lawdragon 500 X – The Next Generation, which recognizes lawyers “who have taken the industry by storm in recent years.” 

Jenna is co-chair of the Associate Advisory Committee and Membership Committee and acts as a shadow member of the Board of Directors for the New York Intellectual Property Law Association.  In May 2024, she received the Volunteer of The Year award from NYIPLA for her contributions to the organization. Jenna is also vice chair of the Patent Litigation Committee and former vice chair of the Mock Argument Committee for the Federal Circuit Bar Association. She has presented on issues such as ethics in patent cases and before the Patent Office, Section 112 in ANDA and BPCIA cases, the Federal Circuit Rules of Practice, the Patent Trademark and Appeal Board, and diversity.

Jenna received her B.S. in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering from Cornell University and her J.D. from the George Washington University School of Law. Jenna served as a Patent Examiner at the United States Patent & Trademark Office while in law school. She served as a law clerk for the Honorable Robert W. Schroeder III in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, and as a Judicial Fellow for then-United States District Court Judge Leonard P. Stark and United States Magistrate Judge Christopher J. Burke in the United States District Court for the District of Delaware.  Jenna also interned for the Honorable Randall R. Radar and the Honorable Pauline Newman at the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit and the Honorable Theodore R. Essex at the International Trade Commission.