Allyson Parks

Associate Attorney

Allyson Parks is a litigation associate in the New York office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. She is a member of the firm’s Intellectual Property Practice Group.

Allyson focuses her practice on patent and intellectual property litigation and has counseled clients in matters involving diverse technologies, including pharmaceuticals, medical devices, telecommunications, specialty chemicals and manufacturing processes, and consumer products and packaging. She also has significant experience with inter partes reviews and other patent office proceedings, as well as Federal Circuit appeals. Allyson also has experience conducting IP diligence in connection with licensing, freedom to operate assessments, and worldwide patent portfolio management and enforcement.

Allyson has been recognized by Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America for Litigation - Intellectual Property, and Litigation – Patent (2023-2024).

She received her Juris Doctor in 2015 from Columbia Law School, where she was named a James Kent Scholar and served as the bluebook editor of the Columbia Law Review. She received her Bachelor of Engineering in Chemical Engineering and Master of Engineering in Engineering Management from Stevens Institute of Technology in 2012.

Allyson is admitted to practice in the State of New York, the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, and the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. She is also registered to practice before the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

Capabilities

Credentials

Education:
  • Columbia University - 2015 Juris Doctor
  • Stevens Institute of Technology - 2012 Master of Engineering
  • Stevens Institute of Technology - 2012 Bachelor of Engineering
Admissions:
  • New York Bar