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Autumn N. Nero

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Associate

Autumn Nero focuses her practice on Patent Litigation, representing corporate clients in federal court in all stages of litigation. Ms. Nero's patent litigation experience includes representation of patent holders and accused infringers in disputes covering a wide range of technology, including medical devices, pharmaceutical patents, and mobile phone technology, with a particular emphasis on consumer devices. Ms. Nero has likewise represented clients in antitrust litigation, copyright disputes, licensing disputes, trademark counterfeiting actions, false marking actions, and civil rights litigation.

Autumn is a former contributing author to the firm's IP litigation blog, IP Litigation Update.

Professional Recognition

  • Western District of Wisconsin Bar Association's Pro Bono Award, 2010

Professional Leadership

  • Wisconsin Bar Association
  • American Bar Association, Intellectual Property Section
  • Dane County Bar Association
  • Seventh Circuit Bar Association

Related Employment

  • Heller Ehrman LLP, Madison, WI, Associate, 2006 - 2008
  • Heller Ehrman LLP, Summer Associate, 2005
  • Hon. Shirley S. Abrahamson, Wisconsin State Supreme Court, Judicial Intern, 2004
  • The Boardman Law Firm, Summer Clerk, 2004

Education

  • University of Wisconsin Law School, J.D., summa cum laude, 2006
    Managing Editor, Wisconsin Law Review; Senior Note and Comment Editor, Wisconsin Women's Law Journal
  • New York University, B.A., Individualized Study, cum laude, 1996

Bar Admissions

  • Wisconsin

Court Admissions

  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
  • U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
  • U.S. District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin