Alexandra Valenti, an associate in Goodwin’s Intellectual Property Litigation Group, focuses her practice on patent matters, with an emphasis on biotechnology and pharmaceuticals. Ms. Valenti has represented clients in numerous patent infringement lawsuits nationwide, and has significant trial and appellate experience. Ms. Valenti is also an editor of the firm’s biosimilars blog, Big Molecule Watch, which provides resources and observations through Goodwin’s active watch of legal, business and regulatory developments related to biologics, biosimilars and the Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act (BPCIA).
Ms. Valenti has experience representing companies in all stages of patent litigation, from pre-suit investigation through trial and appeal. Some of her recent engagements include:
Ms. Valenti has an active pro bono practice. She recently led a team that submitted an amicus brief to the Supreme Court of Ohio on behalf of the Joyful Heart Foundation, an organization committed to healing, education and advocacy on behalf of victims of sexual assault. The Court agreed with the positions taken by Joyful Heart in its brief, and overturned a decision dismissing rape and kidnapping charges against an alleged serial rapist based on pre-indictment delay.
In 2016, Ms. Valenti gained significant trial experience during a six-month secondment with the Kings County (Brooklyn) District Attorney’s Office, where she served as an assistant district attorney. During this time, she prosecuted numerous felony cases on behalf of the state of New York, including a bench trial, a jury trial and several hearings. In other work with the Kings County District Attorney’s Office, Ms. Valenti successfully briefed and argued an appeal before the New York Supreme Court Appellate Division, Second Judicial Department, ensuring a criminal defendant convicted of robbery remained in prison.
Ms. Valenti also represented Merkos L’Inyonei Chinuch, the educational arm of the Chabad-Lubavitch movement of Orthodox Judaism, in a copyright infringement case filed in federal court in Brooklyn. Ms. Valenti co-authored a successful motion for summary judgment, securing judgment that Merkos did not infringe copyrights on religious texts.
Ms. Valenti is a member of the Hon. William C. Conner Inn of Court and the New York Intellectual Property Law Association (NYIPLA). She is also a member of the Manhattan Institute’s Young Leaders Circle.
Prior to joining Goodwin, Ms. Valenti was a legislative aide for Rep. Peter T. King (NY) in the U.S. House of Representatives.
While attending law school, Ms. Valenti was selected as a member of Georgetown University Law Center’s Moot Court Team. She was a semifinalist in the 2011 NYU Immigration Law Competition and was awarded best brief. Also during law school, Ms. Valenti was the symposium editor of the Georgetown Journal of Law and Public Policy and earned CALI awards in Evidence and Church-State Law.
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