Jennifer Schuster is an associate in Barnes & Thornburg LLP's Indianapolis, Indiana office, where she is a member of the firm's Litigation and Intellectual Property Law Departments.
Ms. Schuster completed her undergraduate and graduate work at Purdue University, where she was a recipient of the Steven C. Beering Scholarship and Fellowship. She received her B.S. in molecular biology with honors in research and B.A. in creative writing in 2004, both with highest distinction, and her M.S. in genetics in 2005. While at Purdue, she was selected as an outstanding senior in the School of Science and was a member of Phi Beta Kappa. She also studied abroad in Florence, Italy and worked as a features and entertainment reporter for The Exponent, Purdue's student newspaper.
Ms. Schuster received her J.D. magna cum laude from Indiana University School of Law - Bloomington in 2008, where she was awarded the Chancellor's Fellowship. During law school, she was a semifinalist in the Sherman Minton Moot Court Competition and served as executive competition coordinator on the Sherman Minton Moot Court Board. She was also a notes and comments editor for the Indiana Law Journal. In addition, Ms. Schuster served as a legal intern to the Honorable David F. Hamilton, Chief Judge, United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana. Upon graduation, she was elected to the Order of the Barristers and Order of the Coif.
Ms. Schuster is admitted to practice in the state of Indiana and before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit as well as the U.S. District Courts for the Northern and Southern Districts of Indiana.
Publications
1/1/2012, Biotech Buzz - January 2012
11/1/2011, Biotech Buzz - December 2011
10/18/2011, Biotech Buzz - October 2011
8/1/2011, Biotech Buzz - August 2011
05/07/2009, Inside Indiana Business - "Recent Biotech Patent Cases Show Importance of Factual Context..."
01/22/2009, Inside Indiana Business - "Law and DNA Order: DNA Sequence Patents at Risk"
12/18/2008, Life Sciences News, Vol. 1, Issue 1
12/01/2008, Combining the Components of Life