Shannon Lynch Haen
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Shannon Lynch Haen

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haen.shannon@dorsey.com

Overview

SHANNON PROVIDES COUNSELING ON COMPLEX CONSTRUCTION, MINING AND ENERGY PROJECTS WHILE ENABLING HER CLIENTS TO SUCCESSFULLY NAVIGATE DAY-TO-DAY BUSINESS CHALLENGES.

As a member of the Corporate group with a focus on construction, mining and energy, Shannon works with clients to meet long-term goals as well as assist with the daily aspects of their business. She drafts and revises everything from EPC-style construction contracts and renewable energy procurement agreements to narrow-scope professional services agreements.  She also provides her clients with everyday business support, such as revising master services agreements and contractor agreements.  From counselling sophisticated owners to emerging companies, Shannon is sensitive to her clients’ varying business goals and strategic concerns.

In addition to her corporate practice, Shannon leverages her IP background as a USPTO-licensed patent attorney to drive client-oriented and actionable solutions for the various business issues that can interact with intellectual property rights.

Prior to law school, Shannon worked for nearly a decade as a mechanical engineer for two significant global manufacturers. She successfully developed and maintained substantive supplier and customer relationships. She also enjoyed managing the global commercialization of belt-driven bicycle products, running a second-shift welding manufacturing line and spearheading product development for a new snowmobile target market.

Education & Admissions

University of Denver, Sturm College of Law (J.D.), Bruce B. Johnson Memorial Endowed Scholarship; James C. Owen, Jr. Endowed Scholarship; John E. Moye Endowed Scholarship; Viola Vestal Coulter Foundation Scholarship

Colorado State University (B.S., Mechanical Engineering)

Admissions

  • Colorado
  • United States Patent and Trademark Office

Experience

Representative Experience

Representative Corporate Experience

  • Advise on Engineering, Procurement and Construction contracts for mining and power generation corporations
  • Prepare technology development agreements
  • Prepare IP assignment licensing agreements

Representative IP Counseling Experience

  • Provide strategic counseling regarding IP matters to global technology corporation

Representative Patent Prosecution Experience

  • Draft and prosecute design as well as mechanical and electromechanical utility applications
  • Global patent portfolio management

Industries & Practices

  • Construction & Design
  • Development & Infrastructure
  • Emerging Companies
  • Energy & Natural Resources
  • Food, Beverage & Agribusiness
  • Intellectual Property Litigation
  • Mining
  • Patent Prosecution, Portfolio Strategy & Management
  • Technology

Professional & Civic

Community Involvement

  • Various volunteer positions with FIRST- For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology
  • Member of Colorado American Intellectual Property Inn of Court since 2013

Accolades

  • Named "Denver Ones to Watch" in Intellectual Property Law by Best Lawyers®, 2022
Shannon Lynch Haen