Federal Circuit Nominee Brings Technical Chops, Collegial Style

March 31, 2021, 9:50 AM UTC

Tiffany P. Cunningham, President Joe Biden’s pick for a seat on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, can have a knack for seeing what other lawyers overlook. Even when it’s the paralegals.

Working in a team of Perkins Coie LLP attorneys during a patent trial in Wisconsin in 2015, Cunningham worried about whether the paralegals involved were being overworked, according to David Jones, a former colleague who worked with her on the case.

“Trial brings out the best and the worst in people,” said Jones, who is now with Resolute Systems LLC, an alternative dispute resolution firm. ...

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