· Legal services related to intellectual property management and scientific research management. Independently handle interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary caseloads that includes inventions arising in any or all of the VA Medical Centers and programs.· Responsible for a full range of legal services to multiple VA clients, especially legal advice and representation on all matters related to research and intellectual property including technology transfer, licensing, determination of inventorship rights, and relevant administrative law proceedings. · Conduct legal and administrative research on difficult legal issues, and significant precedent-setting situations involving the interpretation and application of statutes, regulations, decisions, and policies relating to agency intellectual property and other research programs.· Support VA’s technology transfer activities, including review of patent-related aspects of cooperative research and development agreements and other agreements and conduct employee rights determinations and appeals under Executive Order 10096 and 37 CFR Part 501.· Serve as a resource to the agency on the Federal Acquisition Regulations relating to intellectual property.· Provide legal advice on an array of research transactions, research misconduct and health-law matters related to human subject protection, clinical trials, and Institutional Review Boards.· Assist with patent infringement actions in coordination with Department of Justice.

Associate attorney for McBee Moore & Vanik. Protection of large molecules, agrotechnology, biotechnology and mechanical devices. Advise and counsel clients regarding application and prosecution strategy, due diligence, and freedom to operate. Develop and maintain client international patent portfolios.• Draft de novo patent applications.• Prosecute patent applications and respond to USPTO actions.• Freedom to Operate and Patentability analysis and reports.

Jenkins, Wilson, Taylor & Hunt, P.A. is a specialized law practice limited exclusively to providing intellectual property counseling and services to clients with respect to patent, trademark, and copyright law. The firm engages in an extensive domestic and foreign practice serving U.S. and foreign clients in intellectual property matters. The client base is diverse and includes large corporations and research universities as well as small businesses. A primary objective of the firm is to provide high-quality patent legal services in a cost-efficient and expeditious manner.

Independently build patent portfolios, manage existing patent portfolios, related to cutting-edge pharmaceutical products, specifically small-molecule chemicals and HIV antibody-based treatments. Drafting and prosecuting patent applications, including responding to office actions in the U.S., working with patent colleagues in the UK, and working with local agents in non-U.S./non-European jurisdictions. Working with a large team of in-house U.S. and European patent attorneys, paralegals, and support staff. Supporting of the larger R&D organization, including client counseling, invention spotting, freedom-to-operate analysis, due diligence analysis and reporting, and helping to identify non-patent legal or business risks. Working with all major areas of the business including commercial, sales, and marketing groups, audit, compliance, business development, manufacturing and supply, and transactional groups. Supporting U.S. and non-U.S. litigation, oppositions, IPRs, or other global judicial and non-judicial proceedings.

To aid in creating, developing, and maintaining voluntary, long-term collaborations between Florida Hospital and other firms to achieve their objectives.

Prosecution of Patent Applications

Contribute to the protection of novel inventions and the licensing of these technologies to Industry Partners or Start Ups for further development.

Externed with the Intellectual Property Group at Duane Morris in Boston and Atlanta