Dr. Thomas Jorde

Biography

Thomas Jorde is a Professor at UC Berkeley Law, with a distinguished career in the field of law and antitrust regulation. After graduating from Yale University, Jorde clerked for Judge Stanley Weigel of the U.S. District Court and Justice William J. Brennan Jr. of the U.S. Supreme Court. He practiced law in San Francisco for four years, specializing in litigation, before joining the Berkeley Law faculty in 1978. Jorde also served as a special assistant director at the Bureau of Competition of the Federal Trade Commission in Washington, D.C., and was a special master for Judge Thelton Henderson at the U.S. District Court in San Francisco. He has been active on the board of directors of the Brennan Center for Justice and is a coauthor of several influential publications, including 'Antitrust, Innovation, Competitiveness' (1991) and 'Intellectual Property in the New Technological Age' (1997). His work focuses on the intersection of law, competition, and technological advancement.

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