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Professional Experience and Goals: Intellectual property litigator experienced in the litigation of complex pharmaceutical patents, including disputes with substantial antitrust, false advertising and complex regulatory issues. Represents clients in a variety of disputes before the federal courts as well as those involving state causes of action, including those arising under California’s Unfair Competition Law.Specialties: * Experienced in motion practice and oral advocacy before juries, judges and appellate court panels..* Manages litigation from strategy design to settlement and verdict, including fact and expert discovery; coach, take, and defend depositions; appear at hearings and file motions; conduct direct and cross-examination at trial; and supervise associates on litigation tasks. * Extensive background in microbiology and physics, including a study of bacterial pathogenicity factors of Haemophilus influenza (presented at the 39th Annual Meeting of the Infectious Diseases Society of America in 2001).

Listed skills include Intellectual Property, Litigation, Patent Litigation, Legal Writing, and 2 others.