Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP is pleased to announce that Elizabeth A. Shuster has joined the firm’s Indianapolis office as a partner in the Intellectual Property group.

Shuster is a registered patent attorney with more than 10 years of experience providing intellectual property services to individuals and companies of all sizes. She has substantial experience in the preparation and prosecution of U.S. and foreign patent applications, consultation with clients to avoid patent infringement, preparation of patent invalidity and non-infringement opinions, intellectual property due diligence and strategic counseling.

Shuster is the former chair of the Intellectual Property Section of the Indiana State Bar Association. She is also the co-founder of the Indy Attorneys Network Section of the Indianapolis Bar Association, which promotes collegiality between attorneys.

Shuster earned her B.S. and M.S. civil engineering degrees from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and her J.D. from Indiana University Maurer School of Law.