EPISODE · Jun 2, 2026 · 1H 5M
#92: Let's Get Personal with Elissa Knoff, Patent Counseling and Prosecution Partner at Bookoff McAndrews, PLLC
from Personal Jurisdiction · host Elissa Knoff, Allison Freedman, Hallie Ritzu
Elissa Knoff is a partner at Bookoff McAndrews, a boutique patent counseling and prosecution firm in Washington, D.C. In her role at the firm, Elissa counsels companies on developing and leveraging their patent portfolios. She represents clients ranging from startups filing their first patent application to Fortune 500 companies. Through secondments, Elissa has worked in-house at a major medical device company. Prior to entering practice, Elissa served as a law clerk to the Honorable Timothy B. Dyk at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. After her clerkship, she worked as a patent litigator in BigLaw. Elissa earned her JD magna cum laude and order of the coif from Northwestern Pritzker School of Law, her M.S.Ed from Northwestern University, and her B.A. in Physics from Northwestern University. Get new episodes by email by subscribing to our Substack! Thank you to our sponsor, Themis Bar Review! Find us online at https://www.personaljxpod.comFind us on LinkedIn on our new page and subscribe to our LinkedIn newsletterFind us on Twitter @PersonalJxPodWe couldn't do this alone! So...Personal Jurisdiction is powered and distributed with Simplecast. We use Riverside.FM to record our episodes. Our episodes are edited by Scott Donnell at Run and Drum Media https://www.runanddrummedia.comOur new logo/branding was designed by Ellie Mejia, a graphic designer and illustrator located in Chicago, Illinois. Check out Ellie's work here. Our previous logos were designed by Lizzie L. O'Connor.Our Theme Song is Pleasant Porridge by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/Show Less
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Episode 92 with Elissa Knoff, Patent Counseling and Prosecution Attorney and Partner at Bookoff McAndrews, PLLC, proves that following your curiosity — even when the path isn't obvious — can lead somewhere great. Before, during, and after law school, Elissa kept saying yes to new experiences, including a Federal Circuit clerkship that she still calls the best job she's ever had. This conversation is inspiring because Elissa is honest about the moments she took a chance, including briefly leaving her firm during the pandemic before realizing just how much she loved the work she'd built there. Elissa's career journey demonstrates that careers are resilient - and we know this conversation will resonate with anyone who hasn't found the right fit in the law yet, or who is considering making a change in their career.
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