John Golden teaches patent law and administrative law. He previously worked in the intellectual property department of Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP in Boston. Prior to law school, he completed a Ph.D. in physics. After law school, he clerked for the Honorable Michael Boudin of the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, and for the Honorable Stephen Breyer of the United States Supreme Court.