Martinez-Lemke, Sheila

Sheila Martinez-Lemke is a partner at Weaver, Austin, Villeneuve & Sampson LLP (WAVS^IP) in Oakland, California. Sheila has more more than 15 years of experience on all aspects of patent prosecution, and focuses on strategic development of international patent portfolios. She holds a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering and an M.S. in Aerospace/Civil Engineering, and has technical expertise in optics, image processing , image processing, microfluidics, electrochromic devices, composite structures, and fuel cells.  Before joining Weaver Austin Villeneuve & Sampson, Ms. Martinez-Lemke was an associate at Townsend and Townsend and Crew, LLP (Kilpatrick Townsend) and at Baker Botts, LLP.

Prior to law school, Sheila was a principal investigator in research at Northrop Grumman where she oversaw the manufacture of a reusable rocket to launch low-orbit satellites, on-aircraft testing of composite parts, and computational optimization of carbon-fiber wings on supersonic aircraft. She also worked with Disney Imagineering on designing two theme-park rides.

Sheila serves on the advisory board of the San Francisco Intellectual Property Law Association. She is also faculty at the Practicing Law Institute and is frequent speaker/moderator, and actively serves on several AIPLA committees.