
Overview
Peiyao Zhang is an associate in Dickinson Wright’s Silicon Valley office who focuses her practice on intellectual property litigation and technology-related matters. Her experience spans software, hardware, medical devices, life sciences, and semiconductors.
Before entering the legal profession, Peiyao worked as an electrical engineer, providing a technical foundation for her intellectual property practice. She earned her B.S. in Electrical Engineering and Biomedical Engineering from Marquette University and her J.D. from Santa Clara University School of Law, where she received a High Tech Law Certificate with honors.
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Credentials
- High Tech Law Certificate, Intellectual Property Specialization, with honors
- Witkin Award for Academic Excellence (Entrepreneurs’ Law Clinic)
- Witkin Award for Academic Excellence (Technology Licensing)
- Witkin Award for Academic Excellence (Legal Issues of Startup Businesses)
- High Tech Excellence Award with Honors
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
- U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California
- U.S. District Court for the Central District of California
- U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California
- Chinese
- Asian Pacific American Bar Association of Silicon Valley
- Asian American Bar Association Bay Area

