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Ruth Rivard is an associate in Leonard, Street and Deinard�s Business and Commercial Litigation and Intellectual Property/Information Technology departments. Before joining Leonard, Street and Deinard, she served as a clerk for Justice Sam Hanson of the Minnesota Supreme Court and for Magstrate Judge Arthur J. Boylan of the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota.
PROFESSIONAL AND CIVIC ACTIVITIES
Member, Federal Bar Association
Member, American Bar Association
Member, Minnesota Intellectual Property Law Association
Member, Women in Intellectual Property Law Association
Member, Dakota County Bar Association
Mentor, University of St. Thomas School of Law Mentor Externship Program
EDUCATION
J.D., magna cum laude, William Mitchell College of Law, 2003
Assistant editor, William Mitchell Law Review, 2001-2002
B.S., Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Purdue University, 1984
ADMISSIONS
State of Minnesota, 2003
U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota, 2004
Registered Patent Attorney, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office | 