Hold overall responsibility for legal, compliance, and intellectual property matters at Reprise. Key responsibilities include:• Providing strategic guidance and legal support to ensure compliance with regulations and mitigate risks.• Managing intellectual property portfolio and enforcing rights to protect company interests.• Overseeing transactional matters, including acquisitions, divestitures, and technology transactions.• Collaborating with cross-functional teams to provide legal advice and counsel on various business initiatives.• Ensuring adherence to legal and regulatory requirements across the organization.

Led the strategy, planning, development, enforcement, and ongoing management of Teleflex's intellectual property portfolio while providing comprehensive legal counsel. Key responsibilities included:• Supporting intellectual property functions across Teleflex's six business units.• Leading intellectual property due diligence efforts for mergers and acquisitions.• Managing ongoing intellectual property litigation and U.S. Patent & Trademark Office challenges.• Fulfilling corporate counsel duties, including drafting and reviewing various agreements.Speaking engagements:• "Don't Panic: 5 Things To Do Before Answering a Patent Infringement Complaint," Panel discussion with Jonathan Wise (Greenberg Traurig) and Elana Araj (Greenberg Traurig), Association of Corporate Counsel - Greater Philadelphia, June 2022.• "Trademark Survival Guidance for In-House Patent and IP Counsel," Panel discussion with Stephen Baird (Winthrop & Weinstine), Kirsten Stone (H.B. Fuller), and Paul Sherburne (Graco), Midwest IP Institute, September 2018.• "Panel: Bringing Your Ideas to Reality," University of Minnesota's Planting Seeds of Innovation Second Annual Workshop, December 2016.• "Playing Offense and Defense: A Playbook for Patent Issues During Your Product’s Development and Launch," Midwest IP Institute, September 2016.• "Introduction to Intellectual Property Law," University of Minnesota Medical Devices Center, August 2016.• "In House IP Panel," MIPLA Stampede, June 2016.• "Strategic Patent Analysis for New Product Launches," Dorsey CLE Program, May 2016.• "Recent Patent Law Developments at the U.S. Supreme Court: Has the High Court Poisoned the Trolls?," Dorsey Corporate Counsel Symposium XXV, October 2014.Publications:• Baird, S., Smock, G., Weseman, D. and Abdo, J. (2023). Non-Traditional Trademark and Design Patent Strategies for Medical Devices. Proceedings of the 2023 Design of Medical Devices Conference.

Provided patent counsel to companies of various sizes, with a specialization in medical device technologies. Speaking engagements:• "Avoiding Patent Infringement under the America Invents Act," Life Science Alley Conference, 2012.• "The Next Generation of Freedom to Operate," Midwest Intellectual Property Institute, September 2010.• "Top 10 IP Considerations in Commercializing Greentech," Greentech Patent Seminar, Summer 2009.• "Greentech Patent Reports," Greentech Patent Seminar, Summer 2009.Honors: • Multiple time Minnesota Rising Stars selection by Super Lawyers magazine.