Donna Flores

Donna Flores is Of Counsel at Fleit Intellectual Property Law in Boca Raton, Florida. Her practice focuses on patent prosecution across technical fields including telecommunications, software, networking, electronics, and mechanical hardware. Flores combines legal experience with a strong engineering background, allowing her to work closely with inventors and technology companies on patent applications involving complex systems. Her practice helps clients protect innovations and develop intellectual property strategies that reflect both technical and commercial considerations.

Flores earned her J.D. magna cum laude from Nova Southeastern University and her B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Tennessee. Before attending law school, she worked extensively in engineering roles involving wireless communications and networking technologies. Her technical education and legal training provide a foundation for understanding sophisticated inventions, communicating with engineers, and preparing patent applications that accurately address both technological features and legal requirements.

Before practicing law, Flores worked as a design engineer for Motorola and 3Com, developing hardware for telecommunications devices and home networking applications. She gained experience with network security, telecommunications standards, media encoding, radio-frequency systems, and digital design. Her later legal roles included intellectual property positions at Research In Motion/BlackBerry, WiLAN, Christopher & Weisberg, CRGO Law, and Brinkley Morgan, giving her experience with patent prosecution, telecommunications, and technology monetization.

Donna Flores is admitted to The Florida Bar and registered to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. She has lectured on patent law developments for BlackBerry and discussed intellectual property careers with engineering and computer science students at the University of Miami. Her combination of engineering, in-house technology, and patent law experience helps clients evaluate inventions, pursue patent protection, and address intellectual property issues involving rapidly developing technologies.

Law Office Affiliations

• Of Counsel, Fleit Intellectual Property Law
• Member, The Florida Bar
• Member, United States Patent and Trademark Office
• Administrative Official, USA Swimming

Licensed State

• Florida

Education

• Nova Southeastern University
  Juris Doctor (JD) Magna Cum Laude
• University of Tennessee
  Bachelor of Science (BS) in Electrical Engineering

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