Joe Dorris litigates for his clients in U.S. District Court, U.S. Patent Trial and Appeal Board, and International Trade Commission proceedings.
Joe’s legal experience includes taking and defending depositions, providing trial support, working with technical experts, preparing offensive and defensive written discovery, and drafting inter partes review petitions and patent applications. From 2023 to 2024, Joe served as a law clerk to the Honorable Judge Raymond C. Clevenger, III, of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, a background which informs and strengthens his representation of clients in appellate matters.
With technical expertise in electrical and computer engineering, computer science, and artificial intelligence honed in both the classroom and the lab, Joe is well equipped to understand and plainly communicate the complex scientific concepts underlying his clients’ innovations. He has worked on matters involving computing, internet, telecommunications, medical devices, pharmaceuticals, and manufacturing patents.
Before joining Fish & Richardson, Joe worked as a research assistant at the Innovative Computing Laboratory under Turing Award winner Jack Dongarra, as well as at the Imaging, Robotics, and Intelligent Systems Laboratory and the Center for Intelligent Systems and Machine Learning. As a software engineering intern at Garmin International, he worked on software for marine electronic devices. He has also developed a medical incident detecting phone application and an AI-powered web application for automating legal search.
When he’s not at work, Joe enjoys playing tennis, pickleball, and other recreational sports in the D.C. area. Joe is also an avid supporter of all things Tennessee Vols.
Not admitted to practice in Washington, D.C. Work conducted in Washington, D.C., is directly supervised by a member of the D.C. bar or is limited to U.S. federal courts or agencies listed in admissions or otherwise authorized by law.
