Hemavathy Perumal

Of Counsel | 312-364-2500 | hperumal@lgcounsel.com

LEGAL BACKGROUND
Hemavathy Perumal is an Intellectual Property Attorney at SHERMAN IP. She is admitted to the State Bar of California (2010) and is a registered patent attorney with the United States Patent and Trademark Office (2011).

EDUCATION
Hema received her Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science from the University of California, Los Angeles (2004). Hema received her Juris Doctorate from Pepperdine University School of Law (2010). At Pepperdine, Hema was the recipient of numerous academic scholarships and was a Teaching Fellow. Hema served as the Lead Articles Editor for Pepperdine’s Journal of Business, Entrepreneurship and the Law.

LEGAL EXPERTISE
Hema’s Intellectual Property practice primarily focuses on patent and trademark preparation and prosecution. She prepares and prosecutes domestic patent applications in a wide range of technologies, including computer technologies, neurosynaptic computing, electronics, semiconductors, telecommunications and network technologies, digital and analog signal processing, circuit design and storage devices. She also handles international Intellectual Property portfolios for various clients and provides analysis of inventive technology for procurement of patents worldwide.

OTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Prior to attending law school, Hema worked in the development of investment analytics software.

While at Pepperdine, Hema interned at the Appellate Division of the Los Angeles Superior Court for the Honorable Judge Fumiko Wasserman. Hema also externed at the Mediation Unit of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Los Angeles Division.

GET TO KNOW HEMA
In her free time, Hema enjoys pouring over cookbooks and testing out recipes in the kitchen. When she is not cooking, she can be found either yelling at the television watching a soccer match or digging through crates of musty vinyl at yard sales and thrift stores in search of albums to add to her record collection.