David Shewchuk is the Acting General Counsel of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. As Acting General Counsel, Mr. Shewchuk leads an office of more than 100 highly skilled professionals across the Office of General Counsel’s three legal offices and oversees all of the agency’s legal advice and litigation.
Mr. Shewchuk has nearly 20 years of experience at the USPTO, including a decade as Deputy General Counsel for General Law. He also worked for five years at the U.S. Federal Labor Relations Authority (FLRA), including as the agency’s Deputy Solicitor. In the FLRA Solicitor’s Office, he defended the agency’s decisions against challenges before U.S. Circuit Courts of Appeals.
Mr. Shewchuk received his Bachelor of Arts from the University of Virginia and his Juris Doctor from the College of William & Mary.