Liza Hadley

Associate (Pending admission to the Mass. Bar) / Boston

Overview

Liza Hadley is an associate (pending admission to the Massachusetts Bar) in Nutter’s Intellectual Property Department. Previously, she was a technical specialist at the firm, where she prosecuted patent applications and assisted with trademark matters.

Prior to law school, Liza was a patent examiner at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. She reviewed patent applications in the field of internal combustion engine control systems for compliance with statutory requirements and novelty, performed prior art searches, and conducted interviews with applicants.

During law school, Liza was treasurer for the BU Law Student Government Association, the alumni liaison for the Intellectual Property Law Society, and a member of the Women’s Law Association and Jewish Law Students Association. Liza received the second prize in the Boston Patent Law Association’s annual writing competition for her paper “The Patent Uncertainty Problem: Can the Judiciary Effectively Curb the Cost of Indefinite Claims?”

Education & Admissions

Education

Boston University School of Law, J.D

University of Virginia, B.S., Mechanical Engineering

Admissions

Massachusetts (pending)

Practices

Industries

Noteworthy

Earlier in her career, Liza was a Patent Examiner at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.