Madelaine Wieland

Practice focus. Madelaine Wieland is an intellectual-property associate in the Los Angeles office of Alston & Bird, where she concentrates on patent litigation across life sciences, telecommunications, and consumer electronics (per her firm bio). Her degree background is in biology, though her reported litigation work to date has centered on telecom/networking technology — including router and network-communications patents in the Eastern District of Texas.

Side and case profile. The authoritative case list shows a single tracked appearance, on the defendant side, as counsel for Alston & Bird. That tracked matter aligns with her appearance for Nokia in K.Mizra LLC v. Nokia Corp. et al., No. 2:24-cv-00974 (E.D. Tex.), an NPE/network-patent suit before Judge Gilstrap in which Nokia filed preliminary invalidity contentions in 2025. Web-searchable results confirm a defense-oriented practice: she was credited on Alston & Bird teams that secured complete jury defense verdicts for operating companies, including Nokia against Correct Transmission (E.D. Tex., Nov. 2024) and GoPro against Contour IP Holding's ~$174 million claim (a total defense win announced in May 2026 after a decade-long fight). No public record indicates plaintiff-side or NPE prosecution work.

Firm context and PTAB. Wieland's patent litigation career has been at Alston & Bird (LA), part of the firm's large IP trial group led by partners such as John Haynes that regularly defends Nokia and other telecom carriers in E.D. Tex. She was admitted to the California State Bar in December 2024 and appears to be a relatively junior associate. I found no reliable evidence that she appears regularly in IPR/PGR proceedings; her matters sit in district court, and I would flag any PTAB experience claim as unsourced.

Bar / education. California State Bar (admitted Dec. 2024); J.D., Pepperdine University Caruso School of Law (Pepperdine Law Review); B.S. in biology, University of Washington.