Background
Thayer, M. Patricia was born in 1954.
Thayer, M. Patricia was born in 1954.
Bachelor magna cum laude, Harvard University, 1976. Juris Doctor cum laude, Harvard Law School, 1979.
Law clerk to Honorary Mary Johnson Lowe United States District Court (southern district) New York. Shareholder Howard, Rice, Nemerovski, Canaday, Falk & Rabkin, San Francisco, 1986—1999, Heller Ehrman LLP, San Francisco, 1999—2008. Partner Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, since 2009, member International Property Group.
Chairman Sedona Conference on Patent Litigation, 2003—2004.
Member of Association Business Trial Laywers, State Bar California (former chairman Intellectual Property Section 1996-1997).