Kassandra M. Officer

Kassi represents pharmaceutical patent holders in litigations arising under the Hatch-Waxman Act and the Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act (BPCIA); agricultural companies in patent infringement and breach of contract litigations; and plaintiffs and defendants in trade secret misappropriation actions. Her experience covers all aspects of trial preparation, including managing day-to-day litigation activities; conducting offensive and defensive discovery; taking and defending fact and expert depositions; preparing for and taking witnesses at trial; delivering closing arguments; and drafting post-trial briefing. Kassi also counsels clients regarding quarantine and clean-room redesign procedures.

Kassi represents clients in inter partes review (IPR), ex parte reexamination (EPR), and other contested proceedings before the PTAB. Her experience includes developing validity positions, drafting written submissions, preparing and defending technical expert witnesses, and arguing before the Board. Kassi also has an active patent prosecution and counseling practice, preparing and prosecuting U.S. patent applications on behalf of international clients, with a focus on chemical subject matter, including pharmaceutical and veterinary drug products.

Kassi has a robust background in a wide variety of chemical, pharmaceutical, agricultural, mechanical, and electrical technologies. She has worked on cases involving chemical manufacturing processes, polymers, small molecule drugs and biologics, genetically modified seeds and agrochemicals, automotive products, consumer electronics, database management systems, neural networks, and wireless communications

As one of the partners-in-charge of pro bono at Finnegan, Kassi draws on her experience in supporting the firm’s programs. She assists veterans with claims before the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. She also assists immigrants seeking asylum and inmates seeking post-conviction relief. Kassi is involved in the firm’s business initiative Finnegan FORWARD (Focused on Raising Women’s Advancement, Representation, and Development).