Brenna Legaard is a partner at K&L Gates with extensive experience in intellectual property law. With a focus on developing intellectual property portfolios and leveraging them to achieve business goals, Legaard helps her clients secure investments, strategic partnerships, customers, and licensing revenue. Legaard also defends her clients in infringement cases and helps manage their risk. She takes a practical approach to problem-solving and leverages her experience as an elite-level judo competitor to face any challenge. Her expertise extends to clients of all sizes, from startups to Fortune 100 companies. Before joining K&L Gates, Legaard served as Technology Industry Group leader at Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt and shareholder at various law firms. Legaard graduated cum laude from Case Western Reserve University School of Law and holds a BS in Biology with honors from Idaho State University.