Jenene Roberts

First Year of Call
2006 Ontario

Areas of Practice
Civil Litigation

Description
Jenene Roberts is a partner in the Litigation and Dispute Resolution Group at Goodmans.

Jenene practises in the area of intellectual property litigation. With a particular focus on patent litigation, Jenene has significant experience and expertise in litigating cases in the pharmaceutical industry. She also appears regularly before the Federal Court of Canada in complex patent litigation, and has appeared before the Federal Court of Appeal. Jenene is also a registered trademark agent.

Prior to law school, Jenene worked as a research assistant for three years as an undergraduate chemistry student at Memorial University of Newfoundland, where she was also a recipient of numerous awards, including The Captain Robert A. Bartlett Science Award as the top undergraduate student graduating from the Faculty of Science.

Jenene was a member of the firm’s Litigation and Dispute Resolution group from 2011 – 2021 and rejoined Goodmans in 2022.

Jenene is recognized as a leading lawyer by Chambers Canada, as a “Litigation Star” by Benchmark Litigation Canada, as “One to Watch” by Best Lawyers in Canada, and as a “Rising Star” by IP Stars. She is also recommended by The Legal 500 Canada, The Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory and IAM Patent 1000, and is featured in the Lexpert Special Edition: Technology and the Lexpert Special Edition: Health Sciences.