Associate – Kansas City
DD: 913.521.2742
adam.wright@eriseip.com 
* Not yet admitted to practice in Kansas

Professional Profile

With a background in biochemistry, Adam Wright understands how to take seemingly complicated matters and make it understandable to his clients. At Erise, Adam works with clients to file patent applications with the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

Practicing at the intersection of technology and law, Adam believes the key to his practice is to never stop learning.

Adam has deep experience drafting patent applications – both provisional and nonprovisional; reviewing and analyzing prior art for noninfringement, invalidity, and freedom to operate opinion letters; and drafting motions and responses to office actions for the USPTO, Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB), Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB) and federal district courts.

Prior to joining Erise IP, Adam worked on the intellectual property team at an AmLaw 100 firm, where he had a versatile practice focused in the mechanical field. This included work with patent prosecution and applications, infringement litigation and trademark prosecution, as well as corporate due diligence.

Adam also had three different legal internships, including with the U.S. Attorney’s Office, the Missouri Supreme Court, (Honorable Mary R. Russell) and the Missouri Attorney General’s Office (Division of Agriculture and Environment).

While in law school, Adam was the Board of Advocates Judging Director, an Assistant Managing Editor for the Journal of Dispute Resolution and a member of the Entrepreneurship Legal Clinic.

Licenses

Adam is admitted to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri and the state court of Missouri. He is not currently admitted to practice in Kansas.

Professional Activities

• American Bar Association
• Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association

Honors

• CALI Excellence for the Future Award for Contracts, Business Organizations, and the Entrepreneurship Legal Clinic.
• Fred L. Howard Prize for Excellence in the Advancement of Advocacy

Presentations

• “Intellectual Property Issues Pertaining to Cannabis,” Husch Blackwell Annual Intellectual Property Seminar (Kansas City, MO) (December 4, 2019)

Education

• J.D. – University of Missouri School of Law
• B.S. – University of Missouri, Biochemistry