Ms. Farina focuses her practice on portfolio management and patent preparation and prosecution in a range of technologies including consumer electronics, design, automotive systems, computer software, and alternative fuels.
She also provides strategic counseling, litigation support, and design enforcement; generates patentability, clearance, validity, and infringement opinions; and provides portfolio valuation and landscapes by leveraging patent analytical tools.
Ms. Farina develops patent strategies for clients ranging from individual entrepreneurs to Fortune 500 companies.
Industry Experience
Ms. Farina has over a decade of experience at Chrysler and General Dynamics. Her engineering experience is in the technical areas of vehicle aerodynamics, automotive component design, military communication and control systems, vehicle racing, vehicle electronics, and medical devices.
Her project management experience includes contract negotiations, purchasing, component cost optimization, and international product launch coordination
Honors/Distinctions
DBusiness Magazine’s Top Lawyers – Intellectual Property & Patent Law – 2024
Super Lawyers, Top Women Attorneys – Intellectual Property – 2021, 2022, 2023
Super Lawyers, Rising Star – 2020, 2021, 2022
BSE, MSE, MBA, JD, and LLM – Dean’s List All Terms, Magna Cum Laude Graduate
JD and LLM – Honors Scholar, 6 Book Awards
BSE – Sigma Gamma Tau Honor Award (Top of Class), Tau Beta Pi Inductee, and Notre Dame Scholar
Publications
- Analysis of Martin v. Alliance Machine, State Bar of Michigan Proceedings IPLS
Proceedings Michigan IPLS Proceedings – Volume 23 No. 1 - Analysis of Performance Metrics, Keeping Score, autoMOTIVE Magazine
autoMOTIVE Magazine – P. 76
