Prepare reports for due diligence and intellectual property audits including freedom to operate, invalidity, and patentability opinions.Prepare and review settlement agreements, license agreements, sponsored research agreements, supply agreements, and non-disclosure agreements.Manage and oversee worldwide patent portfolios and advise general counsel.Assists small and large clients, domestic and foreign, in protecting, patenting, and commercializing inventions in the areas of mechanical, electro-mechanical, medical device, pharmaceuticals, and business method technologies, in both domestic and foreign venues (utility and design matters).Counsels clients in Orange Book and Hatch-Waxman related issues for pharmaceutical matters.Handle complex patent litigation including draft pleadings, motions, discovery demands and responses, non-infringement, invalidity and unenforceability contentions, claim construction analyses, opinion letters, status reports, and legal memoranda. Manage communication and correspondence with opposing counsel and local counsel.Identify, research, and analyze complex legal issues and intellectual property strategies.Prepare and prosecute U.S., PCT, and foreign patent applications.Manage, mentor, and supervise junior associates and team projects.Representative Engagements include:International medical device company - Pharmaceutical and medical device due diligence, Orange Book patent analysis, patent prosecution and procurement, and opinion writing for multiple transactions. Global consumer products company - patent and trade secret litigation; licensing matters.American packaging company- patent application drafting, prosecution, and portfolio maintenance. National fiber solutions company- licensing and litigation matters, patent prosecution, patent application drafting, and portfolio maintenance.Scent and flavoring company- licensing and patent procurement.

Treasurer and Executive Member of the Board and Trustee for the Foundation for the Advancement of Diversity in IP Law (formerly, American Intellectual Property Law Education Foundation- AIPLEF). The Foundation is a charitable organization whose mission is to increase the diversity of the IP bar by providing scholarships and mentoring to underrepresented minority law school students pursuing careers in IP law. The American Intellectual Property Law Education Foundation’s mission is to promote diversity in the intellectual property bar. The Foundation gives over $100,000 in scholarships every year to minority students studying intellectual property law in the US. Part of the Board’s duties is to review and select scholarship recipients. Candidates encouraged to apply here: https://www.diversityiniplaw.org/

Attends board meetings and advises on engagement, operation, and activities of Virginia Club of New York. Attends functions and events for University of Virginia Alumni. http://uvanyc.org/about/board-of-directors/

Develop and manage yearly agenda for the AIPLA Diversity Committee. Oversee the Professional Development Committee and the Outreach Committee. Assist in the coordination of our quarterly Webinars and outreach initiatives. Maintain social media presence and operation of @AIPLADiversity. Coordination of annual Diversity Networking Reception in June and other Diversity related efforts.

Assist in all aspects of management and supervision of AIPLA Diversity Committee.

Counsel clients from the conception of ideas through every phase of writing and preparing patent applications. Prosecute domestic and foreign patent applications in the mechanical, electro-mechanical, medical device, and business method technologies, including analyzing prior art, developing strategy, conducting personal examiner interviews, and responding to office actions. Provide guidance to clients on patent validity, freedom to operate, and infringement. Counsel clients regarding worldwide portfolio management. Assist in all aspects of Intellectual Property litigation.

Drafted pleadings and memoranda of law. Reviewed documents, prepared exhibits for trial, attended client meetings, assisted counsel in arbitration matters, and conducted legal research.

Conducted legal research on plurality of issues including construction law matters and importation/exportation of goods. Prepared memoranda of law. Assisted in all aspects of litigation including depositions.

Designed traffic circulation plans with Computer Aided Design, analyzed soil samples, graded site topography, determined drainage areas, researched merger acquisitions, and attended progress report meetings.