Vicki S. Veenker frequently serves as a neutral in patent infringement and other intellectual property cases. Ms. Veenker has over twenty-five years of patent trial and appellate litigation experience. As a partner at Shearman & Sterling LLP, she founded its Silicon Valley intellectual property group. Previously, Ms. Veenker was a partner at Fish & Neave (now Ropes & Gray) in Palo Alto, after beginning her career in its New York office. In 2013, she founded Veenker Law Offices, which represents parties to IP disputes, and subsequently Veenker Dispute Resolution. Ms. Veenker also has expertise in sports law, having served as General Counsel to Women’s Professional Soccer in 2008-2010.
Ms. Veenker taught IP-related courses, including ADR in Patent Cases, as an adjunct professor of law at UC Hastings and Santa Clara University. In 2002, she was named one of California’s top 20 lawyers under 40 by California Law Business and has been named a leading IP practitioner numerous times by Practical Law Company, The Legal 500, SuperLawyers, and others.
She earned a law degree from Georgetown University Law Center, where she was Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Law & Technology, and a B.S. in Biochemistry and a B.A. in Political Science, both from Indiana University.
U.S. International Trade Commission
Appointed by ITC Commissioners to the Mediation Program Roster
2013 - Present
Silicon Valley Arbitration & Mediation Center
Selected for SVAMC's The Tech List featuring the World’s Leading Technology Arbitrators and Mediators, every year since its inception in 2014
Federal Court
Appointed by the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California to both its Mediation and Early Neutral Evaluation Panels
2006 - Present