Vanessa Lefort is an associate in the law firm of McDermott Will & Emery LLP and is based in the Firm’s Los Angeles office. She focuses her practice on intellectual property litigation.
While in law school, Vanessa served as a judicial extern to the Honorable Dale S. Fischer of the United States District Court, Central District of California. She also served as a summer law clerk at the Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles.
Vanessa earned her bachelor’s degree in physics from the University of California, Los Angeles, her master’s degree in physics from Cornell University and her J.D. from UCLA School of Law. She also pursued graduate level work in art history at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
Vanessa was the managing articles editor of the UCLA Journal of Law & Technology, and she authored “Considerations in Crafting Expert Reports in Light of the Obviousness Standard after KSR International Co. v. Teleflex Inc.,” Practising Law Institute, September 2007. In addition, she co-authored "Written Description and Enablement: The Pas de Deux Continues," Practising Law Institute, September 2009.
Vanessa is admitted to practice in California.
Education
- University of California-Los Angeles School of Law, J.D., 2008
- Cornell University, M.S.
- University of California-Los Angeles, B.S. (cum laude)
Languages Spoken
- English
- French
- German
- Spanish
