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.
Professional and Community Involvement
- Member, Texas Bar College
- Member, Network of Empowered Women (NEW) Roundtable
- Member, J.L. Turner Legal Association
- Lifetime member, National Society of Black Engineers
- Member, State Bar of Texas’ IP Law Section Women and Minority Scholarship Diversity Committee
- Board member, Girls Embracing Mothers (GEM), Inc.
- Board member, Dallas Summer Musicals Associate Producers
- Member, Texas Women’s Foundation, The XIX Society
- Member, Texas Minority Counsel Program Steering Committee
- Board member, High-Tech High Heels
- Fellow, Texas Bar Foundation
Honors
- The National Black Lawyers Top 100, Texas, 2019
- Texas Super Lawyers, Rising Star, 2017
- NSBE Hidden Figures of Dallas: Top Ten Women of Color in STEM Award, 2017
EDUCATION
- Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law, J.D.
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Ph.D., electrical engineering
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, M.S., electrical engineering
- Southern Methodist University, M.S., engineering management
- Mercer University, B.S.E., electrical engineering
BAR ADMISSIONS
COURT ADMISSIONS
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas
- U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas
- U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas
- U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas
LANGUAGES
PRACTICES
- Data Security and Privacy
- eDiscovery and Knowledge Management
- Intellectual Property
- Internet and Technology
- Litigation
- Patent Litigation
