Sammie Kench is a member of Thomas|Horstemeyer’s patent prosecution section, helping to draft and prosecute patent applications to protect her client’s innovations. Sammie’s experience with biomedical engineering allows her to cover a wide array of biological, mechanical, chemical, and electrical technologies.

While in law school, Sammie held board positions on the Intellectual Property Law Society where she assisted in educating law students on various IP related matters and helped bolster student interest in IP related careers. She also served as a graduate research assistant where she helped research and write several academic papers on prominent health law related topics. Sammie also spent a summer working in a general practice litigation law firm where she drafted litigation documents and performed legal research.

Before law school, Sammie graduated with highest honors from the Georgia Institute of Technology with a degree in Biomedical Engineering and a certificate in IP. She also spent a semester working at a medical device company where she conducted product testing and performed various technical quality related tasks. Sammie began working at Thomas Horstemeyer following graduation from law school.