Alka A. Patel

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Overview

Practice Areas

35% Licensing
35% Contracts / Agreements
30% Intellectual Property

Contact Information

Pepper Hamilton LLP.

500 Grant Street

Pittsburgh, PA 15219

412-454.5850
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Peer Endorsements	Endorsements 1 endorsement Lawyers: Endorse this lawyer Alka is a very capable attorney and one of the most well rounded professionals I have ever encountered. She is effecient, effective, productive and... more Endorsement from lawyer: Kathryn Kenyon , Pittsburgh (PA), Over 2 years ago

Résumé

License

12 years since Alka A. Patel was first licensed to practice law.

State	License status	Year acquired	Last updated by Avvo
Pennsylvania	Active	2001	05/14/2013

We have not found any instances of professional misconduct for this lawyer.

Work Experience

Position	Duration
Managing Director and Senior Counsel at BNY Mellon	2011–present

Education

School	Major	Degree	Graduated
Duquesne University School of Law	Law	JD - Juris Doctor	2001
Duquesne University		M.B.A	2001

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Awards

Award Name	Granting Organization	Date
Rising Star	Philadelphia Super Lawyers	2011
Community Builder/Social Engineer	PBA Minority Attorney Committee	2009

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Associations

Position	Association Name	Duration
	Allegheny County Bar Association
	Pittsburgh Intellectual Property Law Association

Portfolio

Publications

Article	Publication	Date
Business Method Patents for Increasing Utility in E-Commerce	Pennsylvania Bar Association	2002
The Use of Image Analysis in the Characterization of Partially Oriented Ceramic Matrix Composites	University of Pittsburgh Law Review	1997

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