Danielle Johnston Holmes is Associate General Counsel, Patent Portfolio Development in the Intellectual Property Group at Microsoft. She currently leads the team of patent attorneys and paralegals focused on building, maintaining and identifying strategic value in Microsoft’s worldwide patent portfolio. Danielle joined Microsoft in 1998 as a patent attorney supporting the Operating Systems/Window group and then led the Patent Portfolio Analysis team which was responsible for supporting Microsoft’s patent licensing business. Prior to joining Microsoft, Danielle was an associate at Marshall, Gerstein in Chicago focusing on patent litigation and prosecution. She holds a BSEE from Loyola Marymount University and a JD from University of Notre Dame.