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Scott Burwell

+1 571 203 2721 scott.burwell@finnegan.com View profile

Work Department

Intellectual Property

Position

Partner-in-Charge, Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion.

Career

Scott Burwell is an experienced intellectual property litigator. He focuses his practice primarily on Hatch-Waxman (ANDA) litigations, as well as other pharmaceutical and biotechnology-related disputes. He has broad experience in all facets of litigation, including bench and jury trials in federal district courts, post-grant proceedings before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB), and appellate practice before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.

Scott regularly publishes and lectures on various issues of patent law. He has been an adjunct professor at Howard University School of Law since 2007, teaching patent law and public policy courses. Scott is Finnegan’s Partner-in-Charge of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, and he previously served on the firm’s management committee and as the hiring partner for the firm’s Washington, D.C., and Reston offices.

Education

Harvard Law School
J.D., cum laude, 1993

Amherst College
A.B., Biology, Economics, 1990