Biography
Shannon has a proven talent for the prosecution of patent applications, as well as drafting and analyzing opinions on patentability, infringement, and freedom to operate. Her fields of expertise include biomedical devices and methods, industrial manufacturing processes, micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS), and automotive technologies. She has considerable experience with international and domestic trademark application preparation and prosecution. One of Shannon’s specialties is conducting interviews with patent examiners and trademark examining attorneys at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, for which she regularly travels to Washington, D.C.
Shannon also provides invaluable support in patent and trademark litigation. She has extensive experience in drafting and interpreting IP licensing agreements and in conducting due diligence for prominent corporate mergers and acquisitions.
Shannon graduated from the University of Michigan with a Bachelor of Science in Neuroscience, and she graduated first in her class at the University of Detroit Mercy School of Law. Shannon is the continuing legal education chairperson for the Michigan Intellectual Property Law Association (MIPLA), the local networking subcommittee chairperson for the American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA), the immediate past mentorship chairperson for the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Bar Association, and a member of the National Editorial Board (NEB) for the newsletter publication Ideas on Intellectual Property Law, published by Thomson Reuters. She has also worked as a pro bono caseworker for Restoring Family Links, a family-tracing program under the International Committee of the Red Cross. The program helps clients who have been separated from family members in other countries due to armed conflict, migration, disasters, or other humanitarian emergencies.
Bar Admissions
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan
- State of Michigan
- U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
Distinctions
- Michigan SuperLawyers® Rising Star in Intellectual Property, 2018-2025
- Top Women Attorneys in Michigan, Rising Stars – Hour Detroit, March 2019-2025
- Notable Woman in STEM – Crain’s Detroit 2019
- Best Lawyer, Intellectual Property Law – U.S. News and World Report, 2022-2025
Education
- University of Michigan, Bachelor of Science, Neuroscience/Pre-Med, 2008
- Peking University, Summer Program on Intellectual Property Law, 2011
- University of Detroit-Mercy, Juris Doctor, magna cum laude, 2013
Memberships and Associations
- American Intellectual Property Law Association, Past Local Networking Subcommittee Chairperson for the New Lawyers Committee
- Michigan Intellectual Property Law Association, Past President
- Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Bar Association, Past Chairperson of the Mentorship Committee
- Federal Circuit Bar Association
- Women’s Lawyers Association of Michigan
- Michigan Intellectual Property American Inn of Court – Barrister
Professional Experience
- Speaker, IAM Conference on Data Disruption in the Automotive Industry, Westin Book Cadillac – Detroit, October 2021
- Member of the National Editorial Board (NEB) for the newsletter publication Ideas on Intellectual Property Law,
- published by Thomson Reuters
- Law clerk for Chief Judge Ronald Lowe of Michigan’s 35th District Court
Technology Specialties
- Biomedical
- Chemical
- Mechanical
- Electrical devices and systems
- Software and industrial processes