Drew Hensley is a distinguished associate in Ballard Spahr’s Intellectual Property Department whose practice focuses on high-stakes patent litigation and all aspects of brand management, including trademark litigation, enforcement, and prosecution, portfolio maintenance, and brand development.
Drew’s patent litigation practice spans a broad range of technologies and industries, including software and hardware for the internet, biomedical and genetic technology, and international designs.He has served as a key member on several patent litigation teams, including teams who invalidated patents asserted by prolific patent trolls and won a jury trial defending a technology client facing potential liability exposure of nearly half a billion dollars. Drew has also played an integral role on multiple teams who achieved affirmance of court judgments and jury verdicts at the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals. He has also helped guide clients in a variety of business sectors through negotiations and resolution of patent infringement claims.
Professional Highlights
Recognition & Accomplishments
The Best Lawyers in America, “Ones to Watch,” Litigation - Intellectual Property (Phoenix), 2026
Publications
Co-author, "Constitutional Cohesion and the Right to Public Health," 53 U. Mich. J. L. Reform ¬¬173-225, 2019
Co-author, "From Opioids to Marijuana: Out of the Tunnel and Into the Fog" 67 Kan. L. Rev. 879-900, 2019
Co-author, "Assessing the Opioid Public Health Emergency" 70 S.C. L. Rev. 481-516, 2019
Co-author, "Immunization Laws and Policies Among U.S. Institutions of Higher Education" 47 J. of L., Med. & Ethics 342-46, 2019
Co-author, "Innovative Law and Policy Responses to the Opioid Crisis" 47 J. of L., Med. & Ethics 173-76, 2019
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Credentials
Education
Arizona State University Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law (J.D. 2020)
Recipient, Judge Mary M. Schroeder Federal Practice Award, 2020
Associate Editor, Arizona State Law Journal
Articles Editor, Arizona State University’s Corporate and Business Law Journal
Recipient, CALI Awards of Excellence for Lisa Foundation Patent and Trademark Law Clinic; Patent Preparation and Prosecution; and Bioethics and the Law
Arizona State University, Barrett, The Honors College (B.S., biological sciences with an emphasis in neurobiology, physiology & behavior, 2016)
Admissions
Arizona
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit