Vera has extensive trial experience in high-stakes cases and has successfully litigated complex multi-patent cases that included trade secret misappropriation, common law, and copyright claims.
Vera has over 25 years of experience handling intellectual property trials and providing strategic counseling for high technology clients.
Vera has been recognized as one of the top 250 women in IP worldwide in the 2016 and 2018 editions of Managing Intellectual Property magazine's "IP Stars" list, and she has also been recognized as an IP leader by Chambers USA.
Vera Elson retired as an intellectual property litigator and lead trial lawyer with decades of experience handling high-stakes patent cases throughout the U.S. Her background in cybernetics and a Master's degree from UCLA in engineering, along with her years of industry experience designing high-speed circuits, made Vera uniquely suited to help her clients navigate and execute IP enforcement and/or defense strategies in fields such as medical devices, robotics, and hardware and software products.
Vera has handled jury trials in district courts throughout the U.S., as well as state court and cases in the International Trade Commission (ITC). Vera and her team secured bet-the-company wins for clients in the life sciences and technology industries. Some examples include:
Before embarking on her legal career, Vera worked as an electrical engineer in the Advanced Circuit Technology Lab at Hughes Aircraft designing analog-to-digital converters for use in F16 Fighter radar systems. As an engineer, Vera managed the design, simulation, layout, and testing of her own circuits. Early in her legal career, Vera interned for the late Chief Judge Helen W. Nies at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.
Vera serves as a member of the board for the San Mateo Legal Aid Society, of which Wilson Sonsini is a proud sponsor. She is also an author and frequent speaker/panelist at numerous well-known annual patent-related conferences, including the Silicon Valley Association of Legal Counsel's All Hands Meeting, the USC IP Institute, the Sedona Conference, Wilson Sonsini's Medical Device Conference, and Practicing Law Institute.
Further, Vera has received industry recognitions from numerous third-party publications, including as an "IP Star" (Managing IP, 2018), a top 250 Women in IP Worldwide (Managing IP, 2016 and 2018), a leader in intellectual property (Chambers USA, 2005-2011), a "Top 50 Intellectual property Litigators" and "Top Women Litigators" (Daily Journal, 2008 and 2009), a "Woman of Influence" (Silicon Valley Business Journal, 2008), and as a Northern California Super Lawyer.
In addition to her legal work, Vera enjoys running, boxing, reading, and, most of all, riding her BMW GS 750 motorcycle with friends and family. Click here to read a Daily Journal article about how Vera and other Silicon Valley attorneys compare motorcycling to therapy and discuss how they try to take to the open road whenever possible.
Vera Elson retired as an intellectual property litigator and lead trial lawyer with decades of experience handling high-stakes patent cases throughout the U.S. Her background in cybernetics and a Master's degree from UCLA in engineering, along with her years of industry experience designing high-speed circuits, made Vera uniquely suited to help her clients navigate and execute IP enforcement and/or defense strategies in fields such as medical devices, robotics, and hardware and software products.
Vera has handled jury trials in district courts throughout the U.S., as well as state court and cases in the International Trade Commission (ITC). Vera and her team secured bet-the-company wins for clients in the life sciences and technology industries. Some examples include:
Before embarking on her legal career, Vera worked as an electrical engineer in the Advanced Circuit Technology Lab at Hughes Aircraft designing analog-to-digital converters for use in F16 Fighter radar systems. As an engineer, Vera managed the design, simulation, layout, and testing of her own circuits. Early in her legal career, Vera interned for the late Chief Judge Helen W. Nies at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.
Vera serves as a member of the board for the San Mateo Legal Aid Society, of which Wilson Sonsini is a proud sponsor. She is also an author and frequent speaker/panelist at numerous well-known annual patent-related conferences, including the Silicon Valley Association of Legal Counsel's All Hands Meeting, the USC IP Institute, the Sedona Conference, Wilson Sonsini's Medical Device Conference, and Practicing Law Institute.
Further, Vera has received industry recognitions from numerous third-party publications, including as an "IP Star" (Managing IP, 2018), a top 250 Women in IP Worldwide (Managing IP, 2016 and 2018), a leader in intellectual property (Chambers USA, 2005-2011), a "Top 50 Intellectual property Litigators" and "Top Women Litigators" (Daily Journal, 2008 and 2009), a "Woman of Influence" (Silicon Valley Business Journal, 2008), and as a Northern California Super Lawyer.
In addition to her legal work, Vera enjoys running, boxing, reading, and, most of all, riding her BMW GS 750 motorcycle with friends and family. Click here to read a Daily Journal article about how Vera and other Silicon Valley attorneys compare motorcycling to therapy and discuss how they try to take to the open road whenever possible.