Megan F. Raymond
Education
A.B., Biochemical Sciences, Harvard University, cum laude
J.D., University of Virginia School of Law
Clerkships
The Honorable Haldane Robert Mayer, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Admissions
District of Columbia
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Qualifications
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
Megan Raymond tries patent cases in federal district courts, argues appeals before the Federal Circuit, and has repeatedly been recognized as one of the “Top 50 Women in PTAB Trials.”
Megan is ranked Band 1 by Chambers USA for Intellectual Property Patent Trial and Appeal Board, and is also ranked as a leading lawyer in Intellectual Property: Litigation, Washington, D.C. Chambers states her “work product is phenomenal and she goes above and beyond” and that she “represents clients in a very effective way.” Clients have also recognized her “deep understanding of the law” and value her “ability to develop a comprehensive legal strategy.” Megan is one of only 14 intellectual property lawyers in the country named to Forbes’ inaugural America’s Top Women Lawyers list. The Legal 500 has ranked her as a Leading Partner, and Benchmark Litigation lists Megan as a Litigation Star. She has been repeatedly named to Managing IP’s IP Stars and Patent Stars lists, the Lawdragon 500 Leading Litigators in America list, and recognized by IAM Patent 10000. She was also included in World IP Review’s 2024 Most Influential Women in IP list, which features the top 50 most influential women working in intellectual property law. Megan was previously named LMG Life Science’s Post-Grant Proceedings Attorney of the Year and shortlisted by LMG for D.C. Patent Litigator of the Year.
Megan currently serves as President of the PTAB Bar Association. Megan s also the chair of the Federal Circuit Bar Association’s Patent Litigation Committee. She previously served as a chair of the Federal Circuit Bar Association’s PTAB and Mock Argument Committees. She also served previously as the vice-chair of the PTAB Bar Association’s Programming Committee and Women’s Committee. On the Women’s Committee she worked on preparing the PTAB Bar Association Women at the PTAB report on gender diversity in the PTAB. She received the Federal Circuit Bar Association’s George Hutchinson Committee Award recognizing committee leadership in 2017, 2018, 2019, and 2023. She is a frequent speaker on developments in patent law, including topics primarily related to the PTAB. And Megan authored the latest edition of PLI’s treatise, Post-Grant Proceedings Before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board.
Before law school, Megan was a research fellow at the National Institutes of Health in the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s Laboratory of Immunoregulation (Center for Biologics, Evaluation, and Research), where she coauthored papers on vaccine design and development.
Megan received her A.B. in Biochemical Sciences from Harvard University, and her J.D. from the University of Virginia School of Law, where she was the Managing Editor of Virginia Law and Technology. She was a clerk to the Hon. Haldane Robert Mayer of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.