Clara Chiu is an associate in the firm's Intellectual Property practice group. She focuses her practice on intellectual property law, with an emphasis on patent prosecution and counseling. She works with clients across a wide range of industries, including machinery, material composition, consumer electronics, mobile applications, data processing, and biotechnology devices.

Prior to joining the firm, Clara worked in the intellectual property departments of Panasonic and the former startup Nest Labs, and served as the judicial extern for the Honorable Socrates P. Manoukian, Santa Clara County Court. 

Before her legal career, Clara worked as a research associate in molecular biology at the University of California, San Francisco.