Ms. Leiterman has prosecuted patents in various technologies including semiconductor device fabrication, semiconductor memories, digital circuitry, light emitting diodes, mechanical devices, gaming machines, design automation software, and Internet commerce software.

Prior to entering law school, Ms. Leiterman worked as a research assistant in a pharmaceutics lab at the University of Wisconsin. Her work was published in the Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Vol. 84, No. 11, November 1995.

Ms. Leiterman is a member of the State Bar of California and is registered to practice before the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

Education:

• University of Wisconsin, Madison, B.S. Chemical Engineering, 1996, Dean's List
• Santa Clara University School of Law, J.D., 1999, Magna cum Laude, Senior Technical Editor of Computer and High Technology Law Journal, American Jurisprudence Award in Business Organizations

• Rachel V. Leiterman, Note, Smart Companies, Foolish Choices? Product Designs that Harm Competitors, 15 SANTA CLARA COMPUTER & HIGH TECH. L.J. 159 (1999). Article was cited by the computer law expert Lawrence Lessig in an Amicus Curiae brief in DOJ v. Microsoft.