Summary
George Zalepa is an IP-focused attorney and technologist with 13 years of legal experience and over 25 years of software development background, blending deep technical fluency with practical patent and litigation practice. As a shareholder at Greenberg Traurig he manages large patent portfolios, advises on OSS compliance and tech transactions, and acts as virtual in-house counsel for midsize companies. His technical pedigree—Boston University computer engineering with ASIC/FPGA focus and prior USPTO examiner work in processor architecture—uniquely informs prosecution strategy across software, networking, machine learning, cryptography, and autonomous systems. He also designs internal legal software programs to engage and upskill junior attorneys, reflecting a hands-on engineering approach to legal operations. Outside law he pursues art professionally, a reminder that his career path spans programmer, painter, and lawyer—often simultaneously.
13 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
React Nanodegree React & React Native, React Nanodegree React & React Native at Udacity
Juris Doctor (J.D.), Juris Doctor (J.D.) at New York Law School
Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Computer Engineering, Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Computer Engineering at Boston University
English