About Matt
Matt Leary built a route to law that spans decades and disciplines. He arrived at intellectual property from a longer academic road that began with a bachelor’s degree in 1989 and continued to a law degree in 2006. Those credentials shape how he approaches the work: methodical, grounded in technical understanding, and attentive to detail.
Leary earned a B.S. from the University of Colorado at Boulder in 1989. He later completed his J.D. at Boston University School of Law in 2006, where he pursued an intellectual property concentration. The academic path gave him formal training in patent matters and the doctrinal foundations of IP, and it also marked the moment he committed to practice in that area.
After law school, Leary joined private practice. He served as an associate at Cooley Godward Kronish LLP. In that role he worked on matters that required coordination across prosecution and litigation teams, handling filings before the United States Patent and Trademark Office and engaging with federal court practice where patents and trademarks are contested. The firm role exposed him to both patent office proceedings and district court litigation.
Leary is admitted to practice before multiple tribunals. His jurisdictions include the Federal Circuit, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, and the district courts for Colorado and Massachusetts. He also holds admission in the states of Colorado and Massachusetts. Those admissions allow him to pursue appeals at the Federal Circuit level and to appear in district court matters that arise from patent and related disputes.
Colleagues describe his work as careful and fact-oriented. He applies the analytical training from his undergraduate work and the doctrinal skills from law school to technical claim drafting, prosecution strategy, and federal litigation strategy. He tends to break complex patent problems into discrete issues and to address each on its legal and technical merits.
Today, Leary remains active in matters that intersect patent prosecution, patent appeals, and federal court practice. He represents clients before the Patent Office, appears in district court when litigation arises, and handles appellate work at the Federal Circuit. His practice centers on intellectual property and patent-related matters.
