Courtney Herndon

Courtney is an intellectual property attorney whose practice is focused on patent litigation in Federal District Courts and before the US International Trade Commission. She is also a key member of teams arguing cases at the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.

Courtney is relied upon by trial team leaders for in-depth legal and economic analysis in cases involving global high tech, biotech and medical device companies. She is a key member of the team at all stages of trial preparation. She takes fact depositions, drafts and responds to pleadings and motions, and prepares witnesses and attorney teams for depositions. Courtney develops and drafts fact and expert witness statements, motions and responses, pleadings, briefs, and legal memoranda. She also prepares damages positions in federal district court cases and economic domestic industry positions unique to the ITC. In addition, Courtney researches and drafts appellate briefs and assists in preparing for oral argument before the Federal Circuit. Courtney also maintains an active pro bono practice, in which she counsels and represents clients in matters related to domestic and sexual violence, immigration, and civil appeals.

Courtney serves on the Advisory Committee formed by Mintz’s Managing Member to address issues related to the recruitment and retention of minority attorneys. In conjunction with her role as member of the Intellectual Property Litigation recruiting committee, Courtney recruits and interviews diverse and intellectual property-focused summer associate and lateral candidates. She is also active in the firm’s diversity and associate mentoring programs. Courtney works closely with and mentors summer and junior associates of the Intellectual Property litigation section. She is active in MIATTY, the firm’s minority affinity group for attorneys and senior legal professionals of color, and Mintz’s Women’s Initiative, through which she mentors law students. Courtney was selected to serve as Mintz’s 2020-2021 representative to the Leadership Council for Legal Diversity’s Pathfinder Program for high-potential, early career attorneys.

Prior to joining Mintz, Courtney clerked for Associate Justice Geraldine Hines of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court and Associate Justice Vickie L. Henry of the Massachusetts Appeals Court. During law school, Courtney served as a judicial intern to Judge William G. Young of the United States District Court, District of Massachusetts, and to Justice Hines (then an Associate Justice of the Massachusetts Appeals Court).

While attending New England Law, Courtney was a three-time recipient of the New England Scholar Award and served as the Editor-in-Chief of the New England Law Review. At her law school commencement, Courtney was honored with the Trustee Bradbury Gilbert Award for Excellence in Achievement.