Evan serves cutting-edge tech companies in their defense against sophisticated patent trolls.

He is primarily focused on AI, cryptography, and software generally. With a background in applied and computational math and a focus in the math of machine learning, Evan brings a quantitative literacy to patent litigation that is uncommon in the legal profession. He is also familiar with the “behind-the-scenes” workings of federal district courts after interning at the Eastern District of Virginia during law school.

Before attending law school, Evan was a Researcher in graph theory and machine learning at Virginia Commonwealth University and a Researcher in quantitative anthropology at the Smithsonian Institution, where he fulfilled a State Department grant for the development of machine learning software for the automatic provenance of tribal artifacts.

Evan has volunteered as a judge for statewide robotics and debate tournaments in Virginia. He is also passionate about diversity, serving on a panel of the Minority Student Achievement Advisory Board of Loudoun County Public Schools while in high school and organizing the 550th Birth Anniversary Celebration of Guru Nanak Devji and Sikh Spiritual Music Concert at the Virginia Museum of History and Culture while in college. Evan continues to volunteer with the Smithsonian’s Cultural Diplomacy Initiative to promote cultural diplomacy programming in DC.

Expertise

Experience

Representative matters

  • Successfully petitioned the Patent Trial and Appeal Board to invalidate several software patents asserted in district court litigation against a leading social media company.
  • MedTech leader on AI public policy and legal trends.
  • Fintech leader on defense strategy for dispute with software patent troll.
  • Revolutionary consortium of cryptocurrency practitioners.

Pro bono

  • Advising pro bono clients referred by the Chesapeake Legal Alliance seeking legal support for various environmental concerns in the Chesapeake Bay watershed, including submission of Freedom of Information Act requests and preparation of materials for local litigation.

Published Work

  • Neal Bushaw et al., (2023) Bootstrap Percolation via Automated Conjecturing, Ars Mathematica Contemporanea Vol. 23 No. 3
  • Evan Wainright, Note, (2023) Post-Arthrex Officer Inferiority: Complex, 29 B.U. SCI. & TECH. L. 85

Qualifications

Admissions

State of Virginia, 2024

Courts

Supreme Court of Virginia, 2024

Academic

J.D., Boston University School of Law, 2023

B.S., Applied Mathematics, cum laude, Virginia Commonwealth University, 2019

B.A., Philosophy, cum laude, Virginia Commonwealth University, 2019

Disclaimer
A&O Shearman was formed on May 1, 2024 by the combination of Shearman & Sterling LLP and Allen & Overy LLP and their respective affiliates (the legacy firms). Any matters referred to above may include matters undertaken by one or more of the legacy firms rather than A&O Shearman.