Leah Jane Poynter

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Leah J. Poynter
Associate
Duane Morris LLP
Atlantic Center Plaza, Suite 700
1180 West Peachtree Street NW
Atlanta, GA 30309-3448
USA

Phone: +1 404 253 6931
Fax: +1 404 581 5995
Email: LPoynter@duanemorris.com

Leah J. Poynter practices in the area of intellectual property litigation with an emphasis on patent litigation, as well as related technology litigation.

Ms. Poynter is a member of the State Bar of Georgia, the Atlanta and American bar associations, and the Georgia Association for Women Lawyers. She also serves as a volunteer attorney with Georgia's One Child, One Lawyer program, providing pro bono advocacy on behalf of abused and neglected children. Ms. Poynter is also a member of the firm's e-discovery committee.

In 2007, Ms. Poynter was recognized with the inaugural Duane Morris Pro Bono Award for outstanding pro bono work. As the award recipient, Ms. Poynter was able to designate a $5,000 firm donation to Georgia's One Child, One Lawyer Program.

Prior to becoming a litigator, Ms. Poynter worked as a writer and editor for the Eisenhower National Clearinghouse for Mathematics and Science Education, a program of the United States Department of Education.

Ms. Poynter is a 2003 magna cum laude graduate of Georgia State University College of Law, where she was lead articles editor for the Georgia State University Law Review. In 2002-2003, Ms. Poynter served as a judicial intern for the Honorable Justice Carol W. Hunstein of the Georgia Supreme Court. Ms. Poynter holds a Master of Arts degree in French from The Ohio State University and received her B.A. from Tulane University, summa cum laude.

Areas of Practice

• Intellectual Property Litigation
• Technology Litigation
• E-Discovery Counseling

Representative Matters

• Won an order shifting $300,000 of e-discovery costs to a plaintiff patent holding company and a corresponding $87,000 attorneys' fee award against that plaintiff on behalf of a major supplier of hardware for routing email, and won summary judgment of non-infringement and/or invalidity against all patents asserted in the case.
• Part of trial team that won jury verdict for a major Internet service provider accused of infringing three patents related to ADSL technology, in which the jury found the patents not infringed and invalid on numerous grounds.
• Representative clients in patent litigation include major supplier of integrated circuits for broadband communications; major supplier of computer systems; and multinational designer and seller of networking and communications technology products and services.

Professional Activities

• American Bar Association
  - Intellectual Property Law Section Member
  - Litigation Section Member
• State Bar of Georgia
• Atlanta Bar Association
  - Women in the Profession Section Member
• Georgia Association for Women Lawyers

Admissions

• Georgia
• U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
• U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia
• U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas
• Supreme Court of Georgia
• Georgia Court of Appeals

Education

• Georgia State University College of Law, J.D., magna cum laude , 2003
• Ohio State University, M.A., 1995
• Tulane University, B.A., summa cum laude, 1992

Experience

• Duane Morris LLP
  - 2005-present
• Alston & Bird LLP
  - Associate, 2003-2005
• One Child One Lawyer
  - Pro Bono Attorney, 2004-present

Selected Publications

• Author, "Setting the Standard: Section 508 Could Have Impact on Private Sector Web Sites Through the Americans with Disabilities Act," 19 Georgia State University Law Review, 2003