Shawnna Yashar

Shawnna Yashar, Esq. serves as the Director of Global IP Litigation at Lenovo where she manages both offensive and defensive IP litigations across the world. Before joining Lenovo, Shawnna served as Assistant General Counsel for Technology at ManTech International, where she worked to protect the company’s intellectual property, navigate the complexities around data privacy and cyber security, and help ManTech partner with various commercial technology companies.  Prior to ManTech, Shawnna was Principle Senior Counsel at MicroStrategy, where she was responsible for complex commercial litigation, intellectual property, data privacy, and cyber security.

Before becoming a lawyer, Shawnna worked as a software engineer for a business intelligence company and managed her own independent software consulting company focused on data warehouse design and data mining. After law school, Shawnna worked as a litigation associate for several law firms in Washington, D.C., and served as a law clerk at the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. She was previously a partner with Baker & Hostetler in Washington, D.C., focusing on intellectual property litigation, technology agreements, complex commercial litigation, and IP acquisition and licensing strategy. 

Shawnna serves as a mentor with the Society of Women Engineers and is on the executive Board of the Falls Church Community Services Council, a group dedicated to preventing homelessness. She is also a board member of the Fairfax County Parents Association, which works closely with the Virginia legislature and local public school administration to prioritize academic and special needs programming.