Jennifer Klein Ayers

Jennifer Klein Ayers is an intellectual property trial lawyer who represents businesses in complex litigation involving patents, trade secrets, trademarks, and unfair competition. Jennifer Klein Ayers works with companies facing high-stakes disputes and helps them navigate difficult technical and legal challenges in courtrooms across the United States.

Jennifer earned a B.A. from the University of Texas in 2004, with high honors. She later received a J.D. from The University of Texas School of Law in 2009, with honors. During law school, she contributed to The Review of Litigation and received the Dean’s Achievement Award.

Jennifer focuses her practice on intellectual property disputes that involve advanced technologies. Jennifer handles matters related to patent infringement, trade secret misappropriation, and trademark conflicts. Her work often involves industries such as computer hardware, software systems, semiconductors, networking technologies, and consumer electronics.

Jennifer also represents organizations in complex outsourcing and technology service disputes. Jennifer has handled cases involving software-as-a-service (SaaS), platform-as-a-service (PaaS), and large business process outsourcing agreements. These matters frequently involve sophisticated IT systems, software platforms, and large operational technology environments.

Jennifer has taken part in litigation involving many types of technical systems, including communication protocols, digital content management platforms, geolocation technologies, and virtualized computing environments. Jennifer works to simplify complicated technical details so judges and juries can clearly understand the issues presented in a case.

Jennifer Klein Ayers has achieved important litigation results, including jury verdicts, dismissals before trial, and arbitration awards in major technology disputes. Jennifer has also secured significant attorney fee awards and successful rulings on complex patent law issues in federal courts.

Law Office Affiliations

• Partner, Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
• Member, State Bar of Texas

Licensed State

• Texas

Education

• University of Texas School of Law
  Juris Doctor (JD)
• University of Texas
  Bachelor of Arts (BA)

Awards & Badges