Angela Oliver

Angela Oliver is an appellate attorney who focuses her practice on matters involving intellectual property, technology, administrative law, and other federal issues. 

Angela has particular experience handling appeals before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. She has argued over a dozen cases before the Federal Circuit and has briefed many more. Angela was recently recognized in Patexia’s 2024 CAFC Intelligence Report as being in the top ten best performing attorneys at the Federal Circuit, and in the top 20 most active attorneys practicing before that court.

Angela regularly prepares briefs in federal courts of appeals and federal district courts across the United States. She has also assisted with merits briefing in three cases before the U.S. Supreme Court, as well as with certiorari-stage briefing. Angela’s experience includes a variety of appeals, including from the Court of International Trade, federal district court litigation, bankruptcy court litigation, the Court of Federal Claims, inter partes reviews, and other agency matters, including appeals from patent prosecution.

Angela regularly works alongside trial teams in cases before U.S. District Courts and the Patent Trial and Appeal Board to provide strategic guidance, address key legal issues, and identify and preserve issues for appeal. Before the PTAB, she has assisted clients throughout inter partes review and post-grant review proceedings, from drafting petitions and patent owner responses to presenting oral argument. She also assisted a client with a successful request for rehearing of a PTAB final written decision. In district court litigation, Angela assists with dispositive motion practice, appellate preservation, development of the jury charge, and post-trial motions.

Angela’s technical experience includes a wide array of technologies, including medical devices, surgical tools, computer hardware and software, wireless communications, computer networks, High Efficiency Video Coding, oil and gas drilling, and business methods. She previously prosecuted patent applications in various technical fields. Her background in bioinformatics equipped her with a foundational understanding of both the technology industry and the life sciences industry, as well as the emerging crossover between those fields.

In addition to her involvement in intellectual property matters, Angela also has experience with a variety of issues involving administrative agencies, including in employment, maritime, antitrust, and immigration matters. 

Angela is frequently asked to speak on subjects related to intellectual property law and administrative law, including on topics such as the impact of the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo, regarding deference to federal administrative agencies.

Angela maintains an active pro bono docket, having been included in the Capital Pro Bono Honor Roll in 2021 and 2022, and in the Pro Bono College of the State Bar of Texas from 2021–2023.

Prior to joining Haynes Boone, Angela served as a law clerk to then-Chief Judge Prost of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit and to Judge Rodney Gilstrap of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas.