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Shon Lo is an associate in the law firm of McDermott Will & Emery LLP and is based in the Chicago office. As a member of the Intellectual Property, Media & Technology Department, Shon has experience in patent and trademark prosecution and litigation, and domain name disputes.
Shon’s practice involves trademark counseling and patent prosecution for clients in a wide variety of industries ranging from biotech to wireless communications technology, to household fixtures. She regularly conducts intellectual property due diligence reviews involving in-depth analyses of patent validity and infringement. Shon has also assisted the Corporate Department in due diligence reviews of intellectual property agreements and assets involved in proposed transactions.
During law school, Shon was a law clerk at an intellectual property law firm headquartered in the Chicago suburbs, where she assisted in patent and trademark prosecution matters.
Prior to law school, Shon received a master’s of science degree in neurobiology from the University of Chicago. During her graduate studies, she co-authored several scientific articles, including Recent advances in understanding NF-kappaB regulation and Failure to regulate TNF-induced NF-kappaB and cell death responses in A20-deficient mice, which was published in Science magazine. Shon earned her bachelor’s of science degree in biology from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and her J.D. from the University of Chicago.
Shon provides pro bono legal services for local businesses involved in intellectual property disputes and for children in need through McDermott Will & Emery’s Kids First program.
Shon is a member of the Chicago Bar Association, the American Bar Association, and is admitted to practice in Illinois and before the District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.
Education:
University of Chicago Law School, J.D., 2007
University of Chicago, M.S., 2003
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, B.S., 1996 | 