Joyce Li is a trial lawyer with an emphasis on intellectual property. 

Her practice spans patent, trade secret, copyright, and complex commercial matters. She has represented clients in disputes involving technologies such as semiconductors, web applications, video streaming, electrochemistry, and biotechnology. Joyce quickly develops a command of the underlying technology to guide her clients to efficient and favorable resolutions. Joyce also believes in the power of a good story: whether before a judge or a jury, the strongest arguments are driven by a coherent, human narrative. She brings that perspective to every matter. 

Joyce has secured significant wins for clients on both sides of the “v.” On the defense side, she has played an integral part in obtaining wins on motions to dismiss, summary judgment, and at trial. Two recent examples are a win on the pleadings in a business‑critical patent case where Joyce argued the motion to dismiss, and a summary judgment win in a nine-figure trade secret case, where Joyce deposed the plaintiff’s technical expert and handled the summary judgment briefing. On the offensive side, Joyce has pursued claims of patent infringement for numerous clients, including through a successful jury verdict at trial.

Joyce has experience in all stages of litigation. She has done trials in venues across the country, with matters ranging from complex commercial to patent to trade secret. Her trial roles have included delivering opening statements and examining both fact and expert witnesses. Joyce also has a robust pre-litigation and early litigation practice. In numerous cases, she has dived into the technical merits early and leveraged that analysis to cause the plaintiff to voluntarily dismiss its claims without payment—and before her client incurred significant litigation expenses. She has achieved similar results in pre­litigation matters, helping clients reach favorable resolutions before any lawsuit is filed.

Prior to joining Morrison Foerster, Joyce clerked for the Honorable Richard G. Andrews in the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware.

Joyce received her J.D. from the University of California, Berkeley School of Law, where she served as an editor of the California Law Review and a senior editor of the Berkeley Technology Law Journal. She holds a B.S. in biomedical engineering from Yale University.