About Quynh
Quynh Chen is an attorney whose path combined courtroom exposure, in-house roles and regulatory work. She graduated from Golden Gate University in 2013. Early practical experiences included a judicial internship for the Honorable Stuart Hing at the Alameda County Superior Court and stints as a law clerk and legal intern in Bay Area offices in 2011 and 2012.
Her early years in practice moved between private firms and corporate legal departments. She worked as an in-house counsel for DCL Customhouse Brokers the year she finished law school and returned to private practice as principal of Q. Chen Law in 2013. She later served as intellectual property counsel for Biggerpan, Inc. and Sese Group, and held regulatory compliance counsel responsibilities at Cost Plus World Market. In 2015 she joined Lee & Chen LLP as a partner, and later listed a patent litigation role at Polsinelli in 2019. Records list her again as principal of Q. Chen Law in 2020, reflecting recurring leadership of her own practice.
Chen’s career shows steady involvement in intellectual property and trade matters. Her background includes in-house IP counseling, patent litigation experience and work tied to customs and compliance. She holds a Customs Broker License issued by U.S. Customs and Border Protection and is registered to practice patent matters before the United States Patent and Trademark Office. She is admitted to practice in California and before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
Outside of client matters she has remained active in local bar organizations. She has served on the executive committee board of the Alameda County Bar Association’s IP Section since 2017 and has been a member of the ACBA since 2016. She is also a member of the Asian American Bar Association and the Asian Pacific American Bar Association, both memberships dating to 2011. Earlier public-service roles included work as a Chinese interpreter for the Bar Association of San Francisco’s Justice & Diversity Center in 2012 and other volunteer legal internships.
Those who look for a lawyer who blends in-house perspective, IP practice and customs expertise will find that combination in Chen’s resume. She balances transactional counseling, patent work and regulatory compliance in her present practice. She concentrates on intellectual property, patent matters and customs compliance at Q. Chen Law.
