About Juanita

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.

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Education

• Southern Methodist University, J.D.
• University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee, Ph.D.

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