Yuri Eliezer

Yuri is the CEO and co-founder of Junior. As a U.S. patent attorney, he brings deep expertise in intellectual property and has spent his career guiding inventors, corporations, and research institutions in protecting their innovations. At Junior, he drives strategic direction and ensures the platform is built on real patent-practitioner insight, not generic automation. His leadership blends legal precision with forward-thinking innovation, anchoring Junior as a trusted partner for IP professionals worldwide.

Yuri has served as Managing Partner and Chairman of the Intellectual Property Practice Group at Founders Legal – A practice he co-founded at the Atlanta Tech Village – the nation’s fourth largest incubator, where he served as an IP advisor for several years. Yuri is a lead inventor on multiple patents and was one of the few attorneys invited by the USPTO to provide technical training and industry insight at the Patent Examiner Technical Training Program. By the nominations of colleagues who have worked with him over the past several years, Yuri was selected to the 2022-2025 Best Lawyers list and the 2020-2025 Super “Patent” Lawyer Lists, an award that is given to just 2.5% of attorneys. His recognition relates to his work in securing multi-million dollar patents for his clients – patents that have been tested through USPTO examination, re-examination, and litigation.

Yuri specializes in preparing, developing, and executing strategies for securing patents nationally and internationally. He focuses his work on developing an IP portfolio of high value and represents clients in licensing and acquisition deals to monetize their IP rights.  He has secured patents, negotiated and executed domestic and international IP deals in the Software, Internet/Telecom, Computer, Electrical, and Medical Device fields.  His team also prosecutes patents in the Mechanical, Aerospace, Biotech, and Pharmaceutical industries.

He continues his studies towards a graduate degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering has helped him serve technology companies of all sizes, including various startups, Microsoft, Cisco, Cox, AT&T, General Electric, Georgia Institute of Technology, and Coca-Cola.

Yuri’s technological knowledge, entrepreneurial expertise, and nuanced perspective on technological innovation have led him to found advanced technology companies in the hardware and software fields, and have attracted national media coverage, of the likes of NPR, CNN, and The International Business Times.