Jennifer M. Hartjes
Associate / Chicago

P: 312-881-5958

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Jennie has represented clients in the pharmaceutical, medical device, and consumer electronics fields, focusing on patent litigation. As a registered patent attorney, she draws on her experience with United States Patent Office proceedings to inform litigation strategy and counsel clients working in crowded patent fields. Jennie’s experience spans across the stages of litigation, including managing discovery efforts, working with technical experts to prepare reports, taking and defending depositions, and preparing witnesses for trial. Jennie has led briefing on successful dispositive motions and argued in federal district court. In her pro bono practice, Jennie leverages her scientific background to help her clients. She currently represents a client on Nevada’s Death Row in a case involving forensic science and DNA-related issues. Prior to joining Goldman Ismail, Jennie practiced with another leading national law firm and completed a federal district court clerkship.

  • Wireless Communication Litigation
    • Represents Fortune 10 consumer electronics company in a patent-infringement case relating to wireless technology pending in the Western District of Texas.
    • Represented a Fortune 10 consumer electronics company in a litigation involving five patents relating to wireless communication and headphone design and operation technologies. Obtained favorable settlement.
    Mobile Device Camera Lens Litigation
    • Represents a Fortune 10 consumer electronics company in a patent-infringement and trade secret case relating to camera lenses pending in the District of Delaware.
    • Associate, Goldman Ismail Tomaselli Brennan & Baum LLP
    • Associate, Jones Day
    • University of Pennsylvania (J.D., summa cum laude)
      • Order of the Coif
      • Levy Scholar (full tuition scholarship)
      • Senior editor, University of Pennsylvania Law Review
    • Creighton University (B.S., Biochemistry, summa cum laude)
      • Goldwater Scholar
      • Varsity Tennis
    • Honorable Wilhelmina M. Wright, U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota
    • Selected by Super Lawyers as an Illinois Rising Star (2023)
    • State of Illinois
    • State of Minnesota
    • U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota
    • U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
    • United States Patent and Trademark Office