Adam Kessel
Principal at Fish & Richardson P.C.
Massachusetts, United States
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Top SchoolAdam Kessel is a principal at Fish & Richardson with nearly 20 years of experience guiding complex IP litigation across software, medical devices, electrical engineering, and chemistry. He combines deep technical fluency with a courtroom mindset, having tried dozens of cases to juries and appeared in state and federal courts nationwide, including four federal circuit courts and the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court. He counsels on open source licensing issues in both transactional and litigation contexts, helping clients navigate collaboration in tech. His practice spans plaintiffs and defendants, and includes DMCA and CFAA matters, demanding rigorous technical and legal analysis. Based in Massachusetts, he holds a Princeton chemistry BA and a Northeastern University JD, underscoring a rare blend of science and law. Outside the courtroom, he engages in pro bono work focused on civil liberties online.
8 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
JD, Law, JD, Law at Northeastern University School of LawMathematics, Mathematics at l'Athénée Léonie de Waha, Liége, BelgiumChamplain Valley Union High SchoolBachelor, Chemistry, Bachelor, Chemistry at Princeton University
French
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Github Skills (200)
command-line-interface10
matrix10
nlp10
windows-desktop10
kodi10
command-line10
python10
windows10
two-way10
wsl210
xml10
cmd10
carddav10
media-player10
synchronize10
Programming languages (19)
Github contributions (5)
ajkessel/ttspod
Sep 2024 - Dec 2024
Contributions:2 PRs, 419 pushes, 5 branches in 2 months
ajkessel/reacjibot
Jan 2024 - Mar 2024
reacji cross-posting plugin for Maubot/Matrix
Contributions:7 releases, 1 review, 1 PR in 1 month
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