Sarah Simpson is an associate in the firm’s Oklahoma City office and a member of the Intellectual Property Practice Group. As a registered patent agent with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), she assists clients with matters involving patent prosecution and trademark rights.
Sarah received her Juris Doctor from the University of Oklahoma College of Law where she graduated summa cum laude. During law school, she gained extensive intellectual property law experience serving as a Legal Intern at the OU Office of Technology Commercialization where she drafted and reviewed licenses and other agreements, prepared reports for federal reporting under the Bayh Dole Act, and assisted in aspects of patent prosecution for university technology. With a background in leadership and volunteerism, Sarah served as Managing Editor for the Oklahoma Law Review, President of the Intellectual Property Society, a member of the USPTO National Patent Application Drafting Competition team, and was named a Dean’s Leadership Fellow. Her law school honors included: member of Phi Delta Phi; Top 10 Comfort Scholar Award; Moot Court Distinguished Speaker; the Oklahoma Bar Association Business and Corporate Law Award; and American Jurisprudence Awards in Corporations, International Energy Law, International Commercial Arbitration, and Professional Responsibility courses.
She completed her undergraduate studies at Oklahoma State University graduating summa cum laude with a Bachelor of Science degree in Biochemistry. While there, Sarah gained valuable technical experience as an undergraduate research scholar for the OSU Department of Biochemistry, and through her internship as a Lloyd Noble Scholar in Plant Science for the Noble Research Institute. During this summer internship, she completed research within the Forage 365 research initiative to provide year-round grazing systems for ranchers. She was also named an OSU Outstanding Senior (Class of 2019) and a member of the OSU President’s Leadership Council.
An active member in her local legal community, Sarah served as a LiveChat Navigator providing pro bono legal services for Legal Aid Services of Oklahoma.
