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After
nine
years in
chemical
engineering
and
software
industries, Victoria
K. Hall
attended
Boalt
Hall,
the
prestigious
law
school
at the
University
of
California,
Berkeley.
While at
Boalt,
Ms. Hall
served
with
Judge
Richard
Linn of
the
United
States
Court of
Appeals
for the
Federal
Circuit
in
Washington,
D.C.,
and
Magistrate
Judge
Joseph
Spero of
the
United
States
District
Court
for the
Northern
District
of
California
in
San
Francisco,
California.
Graduating
in May
2004,
Ms. Hall
was
admitted
to the
Maryland
bar in
December
2004,
and
opened
her law
practice
in
Rockville,
Maryland.
Acting
as
co-counsel
with Los
Angeles-based
attorney
James S.
Tyre,
Ms. Hall
worked
with a
group of
the
nation's
top
computer
science
professors
who
submitted
an
amicus
brief in
the
MGM
v.
Grokster
case,
one of
the most
closely
watched
U.S.
Supreme
Court
cases in
2005.
Justice
Breyer
cited
this
amicus
brief in
his
concurring
opinion.
She is
also
counsel
for
Robert
G.
Jacobsen,
plaintiff
in
Jacobsen
v.
Katzer,
et al.
(C06-1905)
pending
in San
Francisco
federal
court. Mr.
Jacobsen
is a
leader
of an
open
source
group
called
JMRI
, and is
litigating
a
dispute
with
Matthew
Katzer
and
KAMIND
Associates,
Inc.
regarding
intellectual
property
rights.
Ms. Hall
has been
active
with a
number
of
charitable
organizations,
including
Future
Scientists
and
Engineers
of
America,
AIDS
Marathon
(benefiting
the
Whitman-Walker
AIDS
Clinic
in D.C.)
and
Electronic
Frontier
Foundation.
She is
also
active
in
alumni
groups
at her
alma
maters,
University
of
Southern
California
and
California
State
University,
Long
Beach.
In 1995,
she
founded
two
scholarship
endowments
at each
alma
mater,
which
award a
total of
$3,000
each
year to
a
student
at each
school.
At
California
State
University,
Long
Beach,
she
gives
the
award
during
the
College
of
Engineering
graduation
ceremony,
and
gives a
short
speech
on the
importance
of
giving
back to
the
college
so that
other
students
may
benefit
in the
future.
In
addition
to the
United
States
Patent
and
Trademark
Office,
Ms. Hall
is
admitted
to
practice
in
Maryland
and
California
state
courts,
the
District
of
Columbia
courts,
the
United
States
District
Courts
for the
District
of
Maryland
and for
the
Northern
District
of
California,
and the
United
States
Court of
Appeals
for the
Federal
Circuit.
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