Incredibly well-versed in the sciences, Jacqueline Moran, Ph.D., litigates complex mattersinvolving diverse innovations, with a focus on semiconductors, medical devices, and pharmaceuticals, including Hatch-Waxman litigation.
Jacqueline advocates for clients ranging from individual inventors to Fortune 500 companies, representing them before the International Trade Commission and in district courts from coast to coast. With experience in all phases of litigation from due diligence through trial, including a keen grasp of the nuances of both design and utility patent litigation, she provides comprehensive counsel centered on achieving her clients' business goals. Jacqueline’s familiarity with client needs is enhanced by her time seconding at an international semiconductor company, where she gained firsthand insight into the priorities of in-house counsel.
Drawing on her rigorous academic background and her work with wide-ranging technologies, Jacqueline has a clear understanding of the sciences underlying her clients’ innovations. She approaches both legal and technical challenges with curiosity and enthusiasm, and she excels in working with innovators and expert witnesses, as well as communicating complex subject matter in plain language accessible to lay judges and juries. Her cases have involved pharmaceutical compounds, medical devices, semiconductors, 5G network components, automobile parts, mechanical safety devices, and refrigerants.
Before joining Fish, Jacqueline served as an extern at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. During her doctoral studies in neuroscience, she conducted part of her dissertation research at Roche Pharmaceuticals in Basel, Switzerland, as an intern in the Synapses and Circuits Division. Her research specialties include patch-clamp electrophysiology, chemogenetics, stereotaxic surgeries, molecular biology, tissue engineering, pharmacology, and fluorescence microscopy.
Jacqueline also maintains an active pro bono practice and is a member of the State Bar of Texas Pro Bono College.
