Joanna R. Schacter
Associate
- SAN FRANCISCO Phone: 415-573-1838 Fax: 415-573-1901
Ms. Schacter is a trial lawyer whose practice focuses on complex patent disputes. Her experience has spanned all phases of litigation and a variety of technologies, with a particular focus on biotechnology, in both district court and the International Trade Commission. Ms. Schacter’s experience includes drafting motions and briefs, leading economic damages analyses, taking and defending depositions, preparing expert reports, and preparing deposition and trial witnesses. Her work has contributed to several successful trial and settlement outcomes.
Before joining Desmarais LLP, Ms. Schacter worked as an associate at Tensegrity Law Group, a patent trial litigation firm, and as an IP associate at White & Case LLP. In law school, she completed a full-time externship as a New York Court of Appeals Pro Bono Scholar at the Center for Appellate Litigation. She was also Notes Editor for the Cornell Journal of Law and Public Policy, in which she was also published on aircraft regulation. This publication has been widely cited by other legal scholarship and included in syllabi for courses on engineering ethics.
Before joining Desmarais LLP, Ms. Schacter worked as an associate at Tensegrity Law Group, a patent trial litigation firm, and as an IP associate at White & Case LLP. In law school, she completed a full-time externship as a New York Court of Appeals Pro Bono Scholar at the Center for Appellate Litigation. She was also Notes Editor for the Cornell Journal of Law and Public Policy, in which she was also published on aircraft regulation. This publication has been widely cited by other legal scholarship and included in syllabi for courses on engineering ethics.
Prior Experience
- Associate, Tensegrity Law Group, Washington, DC & Silicon Valley, CA, 2023-2026
- Associate, White & Case LLP, Washington, DC, 2021-2023
- New York State Court of Appeals Pro Bono Scholar, Center for Appellate Litigation, New York, NY, 2021
- Summer Associate, White & Case LLP, Washington, DC, 2020
- Summer Associate, Perkins Coie LLP, Madison, WI, 2019
Memberships and Affiliations
- Federal Circuit Bar Association
Other Distinctions
- D.C. Bar Pro Bono Honors Roll, High Honors, 2021, 2022
- Delegating Safety, Boeing and the Problem of Self-Regulation, 30.3 CORNELL J. L. & PUB. POL’Y 637 (2021)
EDUCATION
Cornell Law School, J.D., 2021; Notes Editor, Journal of Law and Public Policy; Board Member & Judge, Moot CourtMcGill University, M.A., History, 2018; Thesis designated in top 10%; Adath Israel Scholarship
McGill University, B.A. Honors Jewish Studies, 2016; First Class Honors with Distinction; Dean’s Honor List; Andrew and Huguette Veres Award; Schull Yang Award; Sheila Becker Scholarship; C.A. Brodie Brockwell Prize; Bernard Michael Tarshis Memorial Scholarship
Harvard University, Visiting Undergraduate Scholar, Near Eastern Languages and Cultures, 2014-2015
ADMISSIONS
2025, California2022, District of Columbia
2021, New York