Frances is a Senior Standards Counsel and member of the Standards and Open Source team in the Intellectual Property (IP) & Licensing department at Apple Inc., where she helps develop and implement Apple’s global standards-advocacy activities and counsels clients on standards and IP-policy related legal matters. Previously, Frances worked in the Antitrust Division at U.S. Department of Justice as the senior staff expert on IP in the context of competition law enforcement, domestic and international competition advocacy, and appellate litigation. During the 2019-2020 academic year, she was the DOJ Chair at the National War College. Before joining the Antitrust Division, Frances was an Attorney-Advisor in the General Counsel’s Office at the U.S. International Trade Commission. She clerked for the Honorable Raymond C. Clevenger, III of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit and worked in private practice. Frances received her law degree from the University of California, Berkeley School of Law, after graduating magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from Carleton College, and spending two years in West Africa as a Peace Corps volunteer. While at Berkeley Law, she was Managing Editor of the International Tax and Business Lawyer.