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Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Greater Boston Area

• Oversee and manage a substantial international portfolio of trademark and patent applications, ensuring comprehensive protection of intellectual property assets.• Perform thorough freedom-to-operate and landscape searches to assess potential risks and identity opportunities for new products and therapeutics, contributing to informed decision-making.• Draft a range of agreements, including research, collaboration, license, material transfer, and non-disclosure agreements, utilizing strong negotiation skills to foster secure collaborations and safeguard intellectual property rights.• Successfully negotiate and craft intellectual property terms within major commercial contracts, demonstrating strong legal expertise and ensuring favorable terms for the organization.• Provide strategic guidance to the business on product development and intellectual property protection, offering valuable insights to drive innovation.• Complete due diligence on a significant pharmaceutical patent portfolio, analyzing and assessing critical information to support informed business decisions.• Develop and draft ICOs for a leading multinational animal health company, showcasing legal acumen and ensuring compliance with regulations.Axiom, a recognized leader in the business of law, is the leading provider of technology-enabled legal, contracts, and compliance solutions for large enterprises. We work closely with leading law departments, including over half of the Fortune/FTSE 100, to improve their risk pro les, lower cost, and create more value for their corporations. As the largest hirer of legal talent globally, we are experienced lawyers, business professionals, process engineers and technologists, seasoned by success and failure and inspired by a mission to change the legal industry for the better.

Boston, Massachusetts

• Expertly prosecuted patents spanning the domains of computer science, consumer electronics, commercial space exploration, and medical devices, securing robust intellectual property protection for clients.• Serve as a representative for clients in transactional matters, displaying proficiency in contract drafting and due diligence, ensuring optimal outcomes.• Establish contractual and information management procedures, effectively fortifying trade secrets protection and minimizing risk exposure.• Conduct comprehensive analyses of patent portfolios and previous assertion campaigns, identifying potential revenue generation opportunities, and providing strategic insights.• Demonstrate proficiency in drafting and prosecuting trademark applications, ensuring strong brand protection for clients.• Create website Terms of Service and privacy policies for a local non-profit, enhancing legal compliance and data privacy measures.• Register copyrights and deliver expert advice to clients on copyright strategy, fostering strong protection for creative works.• Offer strategic guidance to clients on IP portfolio development and protection, optimizing their intellectual property assets for competitive advantage.• Deliver expert counsel to clients on state law matters pertaining to art sales, consignment, and commissioned work, ensuring compliance and risk mitigation.• Successfully represented an artist in a lawsuit against a local gallery, skillfully navigating the legal proceedings related to mishandling of art.

Boston, Ma

• Responsible for drafting complaints, discovery, motions, and dispositive motions, showcasing a dedicated approach and adherence to legal standards.• Handled and drafted multiple Federal Circuit appeals, including the assembly of appendix and full compliance with relevant rules and regulations.• Coordinated document collections with clients, addressing associated issues, and ensuring seamless case preparation.• Proficient in taking and defending depositions, demonstrating strong legal acumen and effective communication during legal proceedings.• Engaged with technical specialists and experts for pre-suit diligence and expert reports, strengthening case preparation and enhancing legal strategies.• Integrated and advanced development for an impactful IP policy for a local non-profit, safeguarding intellectual property assets and ensuring compliance.• Created adept IP licenses and assignments, securing robust legal agreements to protect and monetize intellectual property.• Sourced patents for assertion, along with the corresponding targets practicing those patents, and crafted detailed claim charts for pre-suit diligence, supporting strategic decision-making.• Conducted comprehensive due diligence and expertly drafted legal documents related to patents, copyrights, and trademarks in large commercial transactions, mitigating risks and ensuring compliance.

Drafted memoranda and research opinions for the Court. Aided pro se litigants and attorneys in complying with the rules of the court. Supervised student interns. Assisted with the court's transition to electronic filing of certain documents.

Co-founder of TechnicallyLegal.org. I wrote and podcasted on the site, reporting and analyzing the latest technology news and how it related to the law.

Represented indigent client in district court, drafted motions to suppress and memoranda of law, reviewed disclosures in homicide cases, and conducted factual investigations.

Drafted pleadings and dispositive motions in toxic tort and general litigation matters. Researched and analyzed scientific data and expert testimony. Contributed to and edited the firm’s treatise on toxic tort litigation including significant work on Daubert hearings and federal pre-emption of state common law claims.

Criminal Bureau, Corruption, Fraud and Computer Crime Division. Researched and drafted internal memoranda regarding the applicability of criminal statutes to pending mortgage fraud, larceny, and false claims investigations. Wrote memoranda of law and motions for trial on unemployment fraud and evidence supression. Generated summary charts for trial, participated in witness preparation, and conducted factual investigations.

Office of Administrative Law Judges, Boston. Researched and drafted decisions in complex medical litigations arising under the Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act. Wrote an advisory memorandum on additions to local rules regarding discovery disputes.

Master Of Science - Ms, Molecular Biology

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Bs, Biology: Molecular Genetics

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