Amy Greywitt

Amy L. Greywitt represents clients in intellectual property and technology matters. She has represented major corporations in complex patent and antitrust litigations across various technology sectors in federal district courts. More recently, she has worked with burgeoning start-ups to assess, protect, and enforce their intellectual property, including trademark clearance and prosecution. 

Before entering private practice, Ms. Greywitt served as a law clerk to Judge Richard Linn of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. She also served as a law clerk to Judge Ronald M. Whyte of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

Ms. Greywitt received her J.D., magna cum laude, from Loyola University School of Law, where she was the symposium editor for the Annals of Health Law Journal and a student editor for the ABA Annual Review of Intellectual Property Law Developments. Prior to law school, Ms. Greywitt worked in a plant genetics lab and published a thesis on the role of the plant hormone phytosulfokine in plant growth and development. She received undergraduate degrees in Molecular and Cellular Biology and Spanish, magna cum laude, with a minor in Chemistry, from the University of Arizona Honors College.

Amy is licensed to practice in both California and New York, and before the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.

Ms. Greywitt is also a mother, outdoor enthusiast, and yoga practitioner. She owns Metta Yoga studios in Marin County California. 

Education

§ Loyola University Chicago School of Law (J.D., magna cum laude, 2010) symposium editor, Annals of Health Law Journal; student editor, ABA Annual Review of Intellectual Property Law Developments§ University of Arizona Honors College (B.S., with honors; B.A., magna cum laude, 2007) Phi Beta Kappa

Clerkships

§ Judge Ronald M. Whyte, U.S. District Court, Northern District of California, 2012-2013§ Judge Richard Linn, U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit, 2011-2012

Publications

1. Major DNA Patent Case Before the Federal Circuit: A Myriad of Amicus Briefs, Executive Counsel (February 2011)  
2. Gene Patents: Promoting Discovery or Hindering Research?, Annals of Health Law Advance Directive, Vol. 18, Issue 1 (2008)  
3. Honors Thesis, University of Arizona, Identification of the Roles of Phytosulfokine in Arabidopsis Through Analysis of Receptor Like Kinases (May 2007)