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After over ten years working at large and mid-size patent-specialty and general practice law firms, Charlena Thorpe formed her own practice to provide quality patent law and related IP services to clients in a responsive, flexible, and cost-effective manner. Charlena Thorpe has extensive patent drafting, patent procurement, and patent litigation experience. Charlena also has significant experience preparing opinions on matters such as patentability, infringement, validity, and essentiality. Charlena Thorpe's legal education and legal experience is complemented with an exceptional technical education at a top-ranked engineering school and industry experience at Fortune 500 companies and nationally-recognized research institutions.

My trial practice focuses on serious personal injury and wrongful death. We also defend accused persons at trial in select instances.

I gained experience as a defense attorney at Davis, Wright, Tremaine, LLP and a boutique litigation law firm in Seattle, Washington. I gained my initial trial experience in criminal defense while I was still a law student, after being appointed by the court to represent an accused person. I also worked as a public defender in King County, WA. Prior to law school, I owned a forestry business in British Columbia, Canada.

When not working, I am...