SHERI L. GORDON has extensive experience in litigation and principally patent litigation. Since 1989, Ms. Gordon has worked primarily on patent lawsuits. She joined Nixon & Vanderhye in 1998 and handles primarily patent litigation matters, as well as intellectual property licensing. Ms. Gordon graduated from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in 1983, and earned a Juris Doctor degree in 1989 from the George Mason University School of Law. While attending law school, Ms. Gordon clerked for general trial attorneys on civil and criminal matters. Ms. Gordon was also a consultant with the Ethics Resource Center and has contributed to a number of legal ethics articles published in The Federal Lawyer and other trade publications. Ms. Gordon is admitted to practice only in the District of Columbia , and is a member of the District of Columbia Bar (2001) and the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia (2001).