Stefani E. Smith

Stefani E. Smith is a Partner and Chief Operating Officer at Tensegrity Law Group, where she has been a litigation partner since 2016 and assumed the COO role in 2025. She is one of the firm's founding attorneys. Her practice is centered on complex patent litigation, with her firm handling all stages of patent disputes, including patent assessment, defense, enforcement, and appellate matters. Her background includes an academic focus on economics, which she applies to developing efficient and strategically aligned litigation services.

In her patent litigation practice, Ms. Smith has primarily represented plaintiffs, as evidenced by her role as lead counsel for 10x Genomics, Inc. in the case 10x Genomics, Inc. et al. v. NanoString Technologies, Inc. This case indicates experience in the life sciences and biotechnology sectors. While the firm engages in both patent enforcement and defense, her tracked appearances currently show a focus on the plaintiff side.

There is no specific information available from public records or firm profiles indicating her regular appearance in PTAB or IPR proceedings.

Ms. Smith was admitted to the California Bar in 2007. She is also admitted to practice before the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims, and the U.S. District Courts for the Northern District of California, Central District of California, and Western District of Texas. She earned her J.D. from Berkeley Law in 2007, following a Ph.D. (1997) and M.S. (1995) in Economics from the University of Illinois.