Stephanie Scruggs obtains, maintains, defends, and enforces the IP rights of both U.S. and foreign-based clients in a wide range of industries, including the chemical, biochemical, pharmaceutical, electrical, financial services, and mechanical fields. Her practice includes procuring, managing, and protecting worldwide IP portfolios. She also advises on and assists with licensing and acquiring IP.

Stephanie’s litigation experience allows her to assess risk from third-party IP and develop creative strategies for mitigating those risks, including through infringement, validity, enforceability analyses and post-grant proceedings. Her patent and trademark prosecution background allows her to assist clients with harvesting and growing IP portfolios. Stephanie’s licensing experience further allows her to assist clients in a variety of IP and technology transactions, software agreements, and other service agreements. She leverages her experience and knowledge to counsel clients on strategies that not only solve acute needs, but also protect and advance her clients’ overall business goals.

Stephanie started her career working as a chemical engineer at the Naval Research Laboratory in Washington, D.C. She then enjoyed working with petrochemical and commodity chemical companies as a consultant for several years before making the leap to join IP boutique firm Pennie & Edmonds LLP, where she worked as a patent agent while attending law school at night.

Bar Admissions

• District of Columbia, 2006
• Virginia, 2005

• United States Patent & Trademark Office
• United States District Court, Eastern District of Virginia
• United States District Court, District of Columbia
• United States District Court, Eastern District of Texas
• United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

Education

• George Mason University Antonin Scalia Law School, J.D., 2004, cum laude
• Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, M.S., Chemical Engineering, 1997
• University of Mississippi, B.S., Chemical Engineering, 1995