Rebecca A. McNeill

Professional Summary: Rebecca M. McNeill

Rebecca M. McNeill is the founding and managing partner of McNeill Baur PLLC, an intellectual property boutique firm. While the firm's primary focus is on life sciences, biotechnology, and pharmaceutical patent prosecution and counseling, Ms. McNeill's litigation experience includes representing clients in the electronics and mechanical arts. Her practice background encompasses a broad range of IP services, including strategic counseling, patent prosecution, and contentious proceedings before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

The single tracked case shows Ms. McNeill as lead counsel for the plaintiff, Ironburg Inventions Ltd., against an operating company. Her background includes 17 years at the major IP firm Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP, and a role as Head of Intellectual Property and Legal Affairs for Seres Health, Inc., a microbiome company. This combination of law firm and in-house experience suggests a practice centered on developing and monetizing patent assets for innovators.

Ms. McNeill represented the plaintiff in the notable case Ironburg Inventions Ltd. v. Valve Corporation. The case, which concerned a patent on a video game controller, resulted in a jury verdict of willful infringement and an award of over $4 million in damages for her client. The matter also involved a significant appeal to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, which addressed key questions of inter partes review (IPR) estoppel, demonstrating her experience with litigation that runs parallel to PTAB proceedings.

Ms. McNeill founded her firm, McNeill Baur, in 2014. She earned her J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center in 1997.