O’Melveny Worldwide

Khanh Leon

Counsel

Washington, DC Office
Areas of Focus
Areas of Focus
Litigation & Investigations
Intellectual Property & Technology
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Khanh Leon is a litigation counsel in O’Melveny’s Washington, DC office. She represents clients across a broad range of matters involving intellectual property and technology disputes.

Prior to joining O’Melveny, Khanh clerked for Judge Kara Stoll at the Federal Circuit and for Judge Robert Schroeder III in the Eastern District of Texas. Khanh also practiced litigation with a global intellectual property law firm.

Khanh was formerly selected as a Google Legal Summer Institute Scholar. Prior to law school, Khanh gained valuable experience as a software engineer for ExxonMobil, where she developed proprietary software applications.

Admissions

Bar Admissions
  • District of Columbia
  • Texas

 

Education

  • University of Houston, J.D.: cum laude; Chief Technology Officer, Houston Law Review; Houston Law Review Writing Award for Best Overall Paper Written; Intellectual Property Student Organization; The Honorable Nancy F. Atlas IP American Inn of Court
  • Mississippi State University, B.S., Computer Engineering: summa cum laude; Minor in History; Bagley College of Engineering Hall of Fame; Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honor Society

Professional Activities

Clerkships
  • The Honorable Kara F. Stoll, Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, Washington, DC
  • The Honorable Robert W. Schroeder III, US District Court, Eastern District of Texas
Internship
  • The Honorable Gray H. Miller, US District Court, Southern District of Texas
Publications
  • “Beyond the Single-Use Plastic Gun: The Need to Make 3D-Printed Gun Laws Shatterproof,” Houston Law Review (2020).
Related Practices
Litigation & Investigations
Intellectual Property & Technology