She is a partner at McCarter & English, LLP. Dr. Vernon received her B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Trinity College in 1995, her Ph.D. in Materials Science Engineering from Brown University in 2001 and a J.D. degree from Suffolk University in 2005. Dr. Vernon’s doctorial thesis research concentrated on processing and analyzing ceramic materials. While at Brown University, she developed new processing techniques for controlling grain growth during densification of nanophase ceramic compacts using chemical vapor infiltration and liquid phase infiltration techniques.