Eric Speckhard
Associate
- WASHINGTON, D.C. Phone: 202-451-4918 Fax: 202-451-4901
Mr. Speckhard’s practice focuses on intellectual property trial and appellate litigation across a broad range of industries and technologies.
Prior to rejoining Desmarais, Mr. Speckhard served as a law clerk to the Honorable Kimberly A. Moore of the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (2023-2023) and was an intellectual property associate at Kirkland & Ellis LLP.
During law school, Mr. Speckhard served as a Submissions Editor for the Columbia Science and Technology Law Review, was a National Quarterfinalist in the Giles Sutherland Rich Memorial Moot Court, and was a research assistant to Professors Jane Ginsburg and Clarisa Long, studying copyright and unfair competition law respectively. Upon graduation from law school, Mr. Speckhard was awarded the Carroll G. Harper Prize, given to the “member of the graduating class who has attained the highest standards of achievement in intellectual property studies and writing.” Prior to law school, Mr. Speckhard obtained a graduate degree in Physics at Ohio State University, where he was a Fowler and University Fellow.
Prior to rejoining Desmarais, Mr. Speckhard served as a law clerk to the Honorable Kimberly A. Moore of the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (2023-2023) and was an intellectual property associate at Kirkland & Ellis LLP.
During law school, Mr. Speckhard served as a Submissions Editor for the Columbia Science and Technology Law Review, was a National Quarterfinalist in the Giles Sutherland Rich Memorial Moot Court, and was a research assistant to Professors Jane Ginsburg and Clarisa Long, studying copyright and unfair competition law respectively. Upon graduation from law school, Mr. Speckhard was awarded the Carroll G. Harper Prize, given to the “member of the graduating class who has attained the highest standards of achievement in intellectual property studies and writing.” Prior to law school, Mr. Speckhard obtained a graduate degree in Physics at Ohio State University, where he was a Fowler and University Fellow.
Prior Experience:
- Associate, Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Washington, DC, 2023-2025
- Summer Associate Desmarais LLP, New York, New York, 2019
- Summer Associate Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Washington, DC, 2019
- Summer Associate Desmarais LLP, New York, New York, 2018
Clerk & Government Experience
- Law Clerk to the Hon. Kimberly A. Moore, United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, Washington, DC (2022-2023)
- Eric G. Speckhard, Kenny C.Y. Ng, John F. Beacom, and Ranjan Laha, Dark Matter Velocity Spectroscopy, Phys. Rev. Lett. 116, 031301 (2016)
EDUCATION
Columbia Law School, J.D., 2020; James Kent Scholar; Carrol G. Harper Prize; Columbia Science and Technology Law Review, Submissions Editor; American Intellectual Property Moot Court, Coach & CompetitorOhio State University, M.S., Physics, 2015; Fowler Fellow; University Fellow
University of North Carolina, B.S. Physics and B.A. Mathematics, with distinction, 2013
ADMISSIONS
2023, District of Columbia2021, New York