Soniya Shah

Soniya prosecutes patent applications before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). Her experience includes drafting and prosecuting applications for inventions relating to cybersecurity, computer software, financial services, cryptocurrencies and NFTs, and manufacturing technologies. Soniya has extensive experience working with dual-use and defense-related export controls. She helps businesses remain compliant with U.S. trade regulations and export matters, including compliance with the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS), the Export Administration Regulations (EAR), and U.S. embargoes and sanctions.

While in law school, Soniya worked as a law clerk focused on global trade and policy such as economic sanctions, export controls, and trade policy matters, including Section 301 tariff changes and exclusion requests. She also worked as a summer associate at Finnegan, assisting with research matters in the virtual reality and renewable energy spaces.

Upon completing her undergraduate studies, Soniya worked as a technical writer for an analytic database management software company. She wrote product documentation for machine learning and security and catalogued best practices for the management system.

Soniya devotes a portion of her time to pro bono matters and has experience with asylum cases.