Alena Farber is an associate in the New York office of Gibson Dunn and practices in the firm’s Intellectual Property group.
Alena has litigated patent and trade secret cases involving computer software, medical devices, and pharmaceuticals. She has experience with all stages of district court litigation, from pre-suit diligence through post-trial briefing. Alena has defended fact and expert depositions, directed fact and expert witnesses at trial, and argued claim construction and evidentiary issues.
Alena earned her J.D., cum laude, from Harvard Law School in 2020 where she served as Article Editor for the Harvard Journal of Law and Technology. She earned her B.A. in computer science from Harvard University in 2017.
Prior to joining the firm, Alena clerked for the Honorable Maryellen Noreika in the United States District Court for the District of Delaware and was an associate in the Intellectual Property Litigation group at Davis Polk & Wardwell in New York.
Alena is admitted to practice in New York, New Jersey, the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, and the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas.
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Credentials
Education:
- Harvard University - 2020 Juris Doctor
- Harvard University - 2017 Bachelor of Arts
Admissions:
- New Jersey Bar
- New York Bar
Clerkships:
- USDC, Delaware, Hon. Maryellen Noreika, 2020 - 2021