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Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

- Effective communicator with both large scale corporations and small/mid-size law firms.- Facilitated, as the primary Project Manager, migration of all the matters of a Fortune 100 company from a legacy Clearwell database system to a Relativity platform.- Planned and organized e-discovery operations from collections to processing to productions in 100s of matters focusing on client problem solving in a cost-effective manner.

Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

As a team lead and Contract Project Manager supervised a 10-attorney team and conducted first pass review, quality control, and privilege log preparation.

- Intellectual property litigation, with a particular emphasis on pharmaceutical Hatch-Waxman litigation.- Additional intellectual property litigation experience with medical devices and computer technologies. - Assisting with the technical aspects of the case in fact and expert discovery.

- First and second pass review of scientific documents for content, relevance, and privilege in multiple intellectual property litigation cases.

- Supervised and educated laboratory members in molecular biology and cell culture techniques.- Designed and constructed DNA plasmids for downstream developmental biology experiments.

- Researched and drafted memorandums of law including those to compel the Intoxilyzer 5000 source code, to request a downward dispositional departure from the sentencing guidelines, to overturn a vehicle forfeiture, and to identify errors in a notice of alcohol compliance inspections.- Draft and file criminal and civil motions including Affidavits, Motion, Notice of Motion, and Order.- Assist in the preparation of documents relating to a Trial on Stipulated Facts.- Analyze and review discovery documents.

- Researched and drafted applications, office actions, and defensive applications.- Reviewed patents and conducted prior art searches in mechanical, chemical, biochemical, and medical device fields.- Participated in Pro Bono activity advocating on behalf of tenants at Housing Court.

- Researched and drafted memos regarding uninsured motorist coverage, deposition rules for Minnesota, applicability of the “Seat Belt Gag Rule,” a contract to make a will, homestead rights for siblings, and other topics.- Researched and wrote Motions in Limine and Summons and Complaints in civil actions.- Reviewed discovery documents in preparation for client meetings and court appearances.- Researched litigation history of plaintiff at the courthouse.

J.D., Law

Activities and Societies: Dean’s Scholarship (3 year Tuition), Student Intellectual Property Law Society (President), Asian Law Student.

Ph.D., In Molecular, Cellular And Developmental Biology And Genetics

Activities and Societies: First author paper published in the J. of Mol. Therapy (Construction and use of Retroviral Vectors encoding.

B.S., Microbiology W/ Certificate In Biotechnology

Activities and Societies: Ruth Walker Semester Full Tuition Scholarship (Fall 1999), Dean’s List (Fall 1998 through Fall 1999), Phi Kappa.

High School Diploma