Kerri A. Hochgesang

Kerri A. Hochgesang is an associate in the Intellectual Property Section of Smith, Gambrell & Russell, LLP.

Ms. Hochgesang concentrates her practice in the areas of preparation and prosecution of patent applications for mechanical, biomechanical, biological, and chemical inventions, and practices patent, trademark, trade dress, trade secret, and copyright litigation, as well as advising clients on the protection of intellectual property. Ms. Hochgesang also has experience and expertise in insurance defense, § 1983, products liability and toxic tort litigation.

Ms. Hochgesang was a featured speaker at the 2005 Atlanta Claims Association Ethics seminar, giving a presentation entitled, “An Insurer’s Obligation to Defend an Insured when Coverage is an Issue: Ethics, Law, and Strategy.”

Ms. Hochgesang received her B.A. degree in Political Science from Indiana State University in 1999, where she was President of the Pre-Law Student Association, member of the Blue Key Honor Society and volunteer ESL instructor. She completed requirements for Patent Bar Eligibility in Chemistry and Biology from Northeastern University in Boston, and earned her Juris Doctor and Master of Intellectual Property degrees from Franklin Pierce Law Center in Concord, New Hampshire. While in law school, Ms. Hochgesang served as a teaching assistant in torts, contracts and Constitutional law. She was also a member of the civil practice clinic, where she obtained a written opinion after a bench trial decided in her client’s favor as a third year law student.

Ms. Hochgesang is a member of the Georgia Bar and the United States Patent Bar. She has also been admitted to practice in the Northern District of Georgia, the Georgia Court of Appeals, and the Supreme Court of Georgia in 2003, the Middle District of Georgia 2004, the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in 2008, and the United States Court of Federal Claims in 2007. Ms. Hochgesang is a registered neutral with the State of Georgia, and is a certified mediator in the State of New Hampshire.

Ms. Hochgesang speaks German.