Shamita Etienne-Cummings

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Shamita Etienne-Cummings is a partner in the Intellectual Property practice at Paul Hastings and is based in the firm’s Washington, D.C. office. She serves technology clients by drawing on her business, technical and legal acumen developed over 30 plus years in engineering, law and management. Her experience enables her to take a client-focused business practical approach leading her to become a trusted advisor to many leading global technology companies.

Ms. Etienne-Cummings’ industry experience focuses on mobile communication/networks, semiconductor devices/processing, consumer electronic devices and medical devices. She draws on her deep technical knowledge, based on her previous work as an electrical engineer and program manager for GTE Mobility Corporation in the mobile telecommunications industry, where she designed wireless devices/networks and programmed services for smart systems. Ms. Etienne-Cummings has been recognized as an expert in challenging and defending patent rights before the International Trade Commission and federal courts. In addition to leading litigation teams to trial victories, Ms. Etienne-Cummings also represents clients in arbitrations regarding licensing issues before the International Commercial Court (ICC) and routinely advises clients on general patent strategy.

Throughout her career, Ms. Etienne-Cummings has been committed to serving the legal community as an adjunct professor of law at George Washington University School of Law as well as serving the public on pro bono matters as a guardian ad litem and an advocate in asylum cases. In addition to her legal practice, she is committed to diversity & inclusion initiatives across all aspects of the legal profession.