• Ensure the company is in compliance with all laws and regulations to facilitate growth and mitigate risk• Advise on contractual, licensing, regulatory, intellectual property, and litigation concerns and solutions

• Strategically create and manage IP portfolios for divestiture or to facilitate product development• Conduct fair market valuations of IP and business portfolios and generate valuation reports• Manage project goals, deliverables, timelines, budget and work flow for over 600 subject matter experts• Interface with attorneys and subject matter experts to reverse engineer products and compile Evidence-of-Use charts• Assist clients in divesting their IP portfolios, including generating marketing executive reports and presentations, pitching portfolios to interested parties, and negotiating sale or license terms• Create and maintain various contracts including terms of service, privacy policy, service agreements, non-disclosure agreements, independent contractor agreements, licensing agreements, and sales contracts• Draft, edit, and review provisional and non-provisional patent applications, patent portfolio and landscape analyses, and intellectual property evaluation reports• Establish and implement operational best practices and process standardization, including client intake, proposals, project management, task tracking, records management, vendor relationships, accounting, and billing• Design and generate official firm form, presentation, report, and work product templates• Construct and provide guides and training materials for the general public, clients, and employees• Develop new service and product suites that help drive client business goals

• Developed a foundation for a patent prosecution and patent litigation practice• Conducted legal analyses for complex business litigation and patent litigation• Advised and drafted technology transfer and development agreements• Provided guidance on taxation of IP transfers under U.S. Code §§ 1221 and 1235• Briefed issues in copyright law, including right of publicity in social media settings• Filed trademarks for startup companies

• Assisted clients in patent prosecution and strategic maintenance of patent portfolios• Conducted IP due diligence in patent prosecution, litigation, and licensing, as well as for IPOs• Performed legal risk analyses in technology transfer agreements• Drafted motions, orders, and expert reports over the course of litigation• Prepared for, defended, and took depositions

• Assisted professors in a Business Organizations classroom• Tutored and graded law students on corporations, LLCs, partnerships, and mergers and acquisitions issues

• Performed legal research and analyses on various patent, trademark, and copyright issues• Prepared and drafted patent applications to be prosecuted before the United States Patent and Trademark Office

• Performed legal research for medical and legal malpractice cases• Drafted and edited appellate briefs• Conducted trial preparation including participation in client intake and update meetings, discovery, and depositions

• Prepared and represented clients in parole hearings before the Board of Parole Hearings (BPH)• Wrote submission packets on behalf of clients to support parole by the BPH• Performed legal research and drafted habeas corpus petitions filed within the California court system

• Used animal models (rat, mouse, and rhesus macaque) to study anxiety• Examined molecular underpinnings of anxiety disorders and depression

• Obtained expertise in pharmacology, specifically behavioral neuropsychopharmacology

• Taught post-graduate entry level oral English courses and tutored students to improve their speaking skills

• Examined upcoming Sony PlayStation titles for bugs and glitches• Collaborated with game developers to improve their game design

• Performed biochemical studies in a neuroscience laboratory (Dr. Stephen F. Heinemann) and a gene expression laboratory (Dr. Ronald M. Evans)

• Performed analyses for novel drug and pregnancy tests