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Matthew D’Amore is a professor of the practice and the director of the Law, Technology, and Entrepreneurship Program at Cornell Tech and Cornell Law School. At Cornell Tech, D’Amore teaches and conducts research in technology transactions, trade secrets, intellectual property, legal technology, and the changing practice of law.

D’Amore has served on the editorial board for the Quarterly Journal of the American Intellectual Property Law Association, as a member of the Sedona Conference Trade Secrets Working Group, and on the planning committee for the Technology Conference of the New York State Courts’ Permanent Commission on Access to Justice.

Prior to joining Cornell Tech, D’Amore practiced law for over 20 years at the international law firm of Morrison & Foerster, where he represented high technology and life sciences clients in the resolution of complex intellectual property disputes and in licensing matters. In addition to his work for technology clients, D’Amore has been recognized for his pro bono representations of children denied necessary special education services and citizens deprived of the right to vote. D’Amore has also taught pre-trial litigation strategy as an adjunct professor at Cornell Law School.

D’Amore received his B.S., with distinction, from the Cornell University College of Agriculture and Life Sciences and his J.D. from Yale Law School.