About Ranga
Ranga Sourirajan took a technical path to the law. He earned a J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center in 2006 after earlier completing an M.S. in Mechanical Engineering at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte in 1997. Those academic credentials set up a career that moves between engineering and courtroom work. The combination of technical training and legal education is a recurrent theme in his résumé.
He began his professional life in engineering roles. Early positions include a graduate engineer post at The TATA Iron and Steel Company Ltd. and software engineering work at Information Architects in the late 1990s. He later served as a business and systems analyst and as a software engineer at firms including Comsys/Metamor ITS and Verizon Communications. That hands-on technical experience preceded a shift to the legal sector. While in law school he interned on the Federal Circuit and in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. He then clerked for Preston Gates Ellis & Rouvelas Meeds LLP in 2005.
After law school, Sourirajan entered private practice as an associate at Dickstein Shapiro LLP in 2006 and later worked at McKool Smith P.C. in 2008. He took on a public role as a Special Assistant United States Lawyer in the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia in 2010. In 2011 he founded Rajan Law Office, LLC, where he remains a principal. He has also held corporate counsel responsibilities, serving as Vice President and General Counsel for Technology for Science, LLC beginning in 2016.
His professional admissions span several jurisdictions. He is admitted in Maryland and the District of Columbia, and he holds admission to multiple federal courts including the U.S. District Courts for the District of Maryland, the Eastern District of Texas, the Northern District of Texas, and the District of Columbia. He is also registered with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Sourirajan belongs to professional groups that reflect his practice interests, including membership in the American Intellectual Property Law Association and the South Asian Bar Association of Washington, D.C., and he has been a member of the Maryland State Bar since 2006.
Sourirajan’s background blends engineering practice and intellectual property law. He handles matters that draw on both strands: patent prosecution, patent counseling, and related federal litigation. His work involves filings before the USPTO and appearances in federal court forums. He currently concentrates his practice on patent prosecution and intellectual property counseling.
