Valerie A. Caras

Valerie A. Caras previously focused her practice on commercial and intellectual property litigation in Delaware's state and federal courts while at Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A.. She now serves as a judicial law clerk for Judge Gregory B. Williams in the District of Delaware.

During her time in private practice, Ms. Caras handled intellectual property disputes, which at Richards, Layton & Finger, often involved complex patent infringement matters across various technologies, including pharmaceuticals, medical devices, mobile telephones, cable television, mobile website technology, and computer circuits. The firm's intellectual property group also handles trade secret, copyright, and trademark cases. While specific individual case outcomes for Ms. Caras as lead counsel are not extensively documented in public searches, the firm frequently serves as lead or Delaware counsel for both plaintiffs and defendants in high-stakes intellectual property matters. Her one tracked appearance was as local counsel on the plaintiff side.

Ms. Caras's professional background includes multiple judicial clerkships; prior to her current role, she clerked for Judge Matthew W. Brann in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania from 2018 to 2019. She also externed for Judge Kent A. Jordan of the Third Circuit Court of Appeals and Magistrate Judge Susan E. Schwab in law school. There is no readily available public information detailing specific PTAB or IPR experience for Ms. Caras.

She earned her B.A. from Dickinson College and a J.D., cum laude, from Villanova University School of Law, where she was Editor-in-Chief of the Villanova Law Review.