Azza M. Jayaprakash serves as Counsel and Lead for Law, Regulations, and Policy for the Department of Defense (DoD) Intellectual Property (IP) Cadre, in the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment. Azza also serves as Associate General Counsel in the Acquisition & Logistics Division of the DoD Office of General Counsel. She provides counsel on laws, regulations, and policies relating to intellectual property, advises and assists DoD customers in the development of intellectual property strategies, and assist DoD customers in drafting and negotiating of IP license terms in contracts and other agreements. She is also a member of the Defense Acquisition Regulations Council's Patents, Data, and Copyrights Team. She previously held positions as a patent attorney and Division Chief in the Army Material Command Legal Center advising various Army program executive offices on technical data and software rights issues. Prior to her DoD career, Azza worked at private law firms doing patent prosecution before the United States Patent and Trademark Office, and intellectual property litigation.

EDUCATION:
 J.D., DePaul University College of Law, 2006
 M.S. (Computer Science), University of Chicago, 2002
 B.A. (Chemistry), Yale University, 2001

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
 Counsel and Lead for Law, Regulations, and Policy, IP Cadre, Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment; Associate General Counsel, Acquisition & Logistics Division, Office of the General Counsel (OGC), Department of Defense (2020-present)
 Division Chief (2012-2020) and Patent Attorney (2010-2012), Intellectual Property Law Division, Army Material Command Legal Center – APG
 Associate, Oliff & Berridge (2009-2010)
 Associate, Greenblum & Bernstein (2006-2009)

BAR MEMBERSHIPS AND PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS:
 Admitted to Practice as an Attorney and Counselor at Law in Virginia
 Registered to Practice Before the United States Patent and Trademark Office