Angela

Foster

Trained both as a scientist and an attorney, Angela Foster is a registered patent attorney, arbitrator and mediator with over 30 years of extensive practice experience in intellectual property law, commercial litigation and alternative dispute resolution. Before launching her own firm, she served as a Deputy Attorney General for the State of New Jersey where she defended the State against civil actions. She also served as a patent attorney for several law firms in NJ and NY prosecuting and litigating domestic and international patent matters. Prior to entering the legal field, she worked for several pharmaceutical companies as a scientist.  

As adjunct professor for Seton Hall Law School, she taught patent law. She frequently publishes articles on intellectual property law and alternative dispute resolution, as well as speaks on various panels. She authored “Waiver of Privilege,” a chapter in the American Arbitration Association Handbook on Arbitration Practice, 2nd Edition (2015) and co-author of Disclosure and Admission of Evidence in the International Arbitration of Intellectual Property Disputes, in Arbitration of International Intellectual Property Disputes 379 (Thomas D. Halket ed., 2d ed. Juris Publishing 2021).

Because of her knowledge in law and science, she was invited by the Law Library of Congress to speak on the “Gene Patent Debate.” She was also appointed by the New Jersey Supreme Court to serve on several committees including the Supreme Court Advisory Committee on Professional Ethics. The New Jersey State Bar Associated awarded the James B. Boskey Award to her -- as Alternative Dispute Resolution Practitioner of the Year for 2021.