Alyssa Ertel
Education
B.S., Chemical Engineering and Chemistry, University of Idaho, summa cum laude
M.A., Chemistry, Princeton University
J.D., Cornell Law School, magna cum laude
Clerkships
The Honorable Todd M. Hughes, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
The Honorable Leonard P. Stark, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Admissions
District of Columbia
New York
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
Alyssa works with clients involved in patent disputes.
Alyssa clerked for the Hon. Todd M. Hughes and the Hon. Leonard P. Stark at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit from 2022 to 2024. She received her J.D. magna cum laude from Cornell Law School and served as an editor for the Cornell Law Review and Legal Information Institute’s Supreme Court Bulletin. While there, Alyssa was a Pro Bono Scholar and externed with Legal Assistance of Western New York, Inc., working on their uncontested divorce program.
Prior to attending law school, Alyssa earned a master’s degree in chemistry from Princeton University in 2019, where she researched the use of phosphines in photoredox catalysis under Professor Abigail Doyle. Alyssa also received bachelor’s degrees summa cum laude in chemical engineering and chemistry from the University of Idaho in 2017.