Brandee Woolard has nearly a decade of experience in intellectual property law including patent and trademark prosecution and litigation.  She enjoys working with inventors to advance their ideas through the Patent and Trademark Office.  She has a strong interest in protecting the value of intellectual property through legal proceedings including reexaminations, inter parties proceedings, state and federal litigation.  She works with clients in a wide variety of industries and specializes in assisting clients in industries related to computer science, telecommunication and networked technologies.

Brandee earned her Juris Doctor with honors from Duke University School of Law and graduated Valedictorian of her class at NC State University with a degree in Electrical Engineering.  While in law school, she completed externships for the Court of Appeals of North Carolina and SAS Institute’s Patent Legal Group, and she was an editor and staff writer for the Duke Law and Technology Review.  While at NCSU, Brandee engaged in different bioelectronics research projects for NCSU and Stevens Institute of Technology resulting in multiple publications including in the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Sensor’s Journal and the Proceedings of SPIE.  She was a recipient of the prestigious Park Scholarship.  Prior to law school, she worked for M.C. Dean designing Anti-Terrorism/Force Protection (AT/FP) Systems. 

Since law school, she served as adjunct faculty for Duke University School of Law including teaching in the Start-up Ventures Clinic.  She is a member of Woodhaven Baptist Church.  She enjoys spending time with her family and benefiting from all the recreational amenities that the triangle has to offer, including participating in dance performances through the Town of Cary.