James is a Senior Patent Attorney working on the development and prosecution of Ofinno’s patent portfolio of IEEE-related technologies, including technologies related to the IEEE 802.11 family of standards.

Prior to joining Ofinno, James worked in private practice for more than a decade, split between working at an IP boutique where he focused on patent preparation and prosecution, and working at an international law firm where he focused on patent litigation and dispute resolution. Earlier in his legal career James served as a law clerk to the Honorable Todd M. Hughes, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, and prior to starting law school he worked as a software engineer for a neuroscience-focused educational software company.

James holds a BS in Electrical Engineering Computer Science from the University of California, Berkeley, and a JD from Columbia Law School.