Stephanie M. Williams

Partner

Stephanie helps her clients protect their innovations and works closely with them to understand how such innovations fit within an overall business strategy. She is admitted to practice before the United States Patent and Trademark Office and focuses her practice on patent preparation and prosecution. She also assists clients with issues including patent infringement, validity, freedom-to-market, and patentability studies.

Her experience includes handling patent matters for domestic and international clients involving various technologies in the chemical, material, and mechanical arts, including glass and glass ceramics, polymers, additive manufacturing, and specialty engineered materials.

Credentials

Education

Case Western Reserve University School of Law (J.D., magna cum laude, 2014)

  • Order of the Coif

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (B.S., magna cum laude, 2011)

  • Chemistry

Bar admissions

  • Ohio
  • U.S. Patent & Trademark Office

Affiliations and memberships

  • Cleveland Intellectual Property Law Association
  • Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association
    • Leadership Academy (2020 – 2021)
  • Thea Bowman Center, Board Member (2020-2023), Governance Committee Member

Distinctions

  • Best Lawyers®
    • “Ones to Watch” in Cleveland for Intellectual Property Law (2021-2024)
  • Difference Maker Award in Memory of Alice J. Neely, Dinsmore & Shohl (2022)

Publications
  • July 29, 2021

    Pint of IP: Protecting your Products with Patents

  • April 2, 2020

    United States Patent and Trademark Office Responds to COVID-19 Delays

News
  • August 21, 2025

    260 Dinsmore Attorneys Listed as 2026 Best Lawyers®, Ones to Watch

  • August 15, 2024

    250+ Dinsmore Attorneys Named 2025 Best Lawyers ®, Ones to Watch

  • August 17, 2023

    200+ Dinsmore Attorneys Named 2024 Best Lawyers®, “Ones to Watch”

  • January 12, 2023

    Dinsmore Elevates 16 Attorneys to Partnership, Makes Board and Department Chair Appointments

  • August 18, 2022

    Best Lawyers® 2023 Names 63 Dinsmore Attorneys “Ones to Watch”

  • August 19, 2021

    Best Lawyers® Recognizes 64 Up-and-Coming Dinsmore Attorneys

  • August 20, 2020

    Best Lawyers® Recognizes 52 Up-and-Coming Dinsmore Attorneys

Events
  • June 30, 2025

    Women in Manufacturing (WiM) Webinar – How to Protect Company Assests Through IP Mechanisms

  • February 18, 2021

    Pint of IP: Protecting Your Products with Patents