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Responsible for all phases of strategic litigation, including prosecution and defense of patent infringement claims, antitrust and unfair competition matters, commercial contract and licensing disputes, and mass toxic tort actions. Regularly interacted with all levels of Senior Management. • Successfully defended Monsanto’s ability to sell its core corn seed product against patent infringement claims brought by a German rival who sought $1.8 Billion in damages from Monsanto and a court order stopping sales. • Created and negotiated sophisticated performance standards, dispute resolution procedures, limitations, and guarantees of industry-groundbreaking agreement establishing joint research and marketing collaboration between Monsanto and BASF. Resulted in significant annual savings on R&D expenditures and accelerating by 2-4 years the time within which Monsanto can bring important new products to market, with a substantial projected positive impact on earnings.

• Successfully brought suit on behalf of licensor to terminate royalty-free license worth several hundred million dollars to licensee by winning favorable jury verdict.• Successfully defended major convention hotel from a breach of contract action against a claim for equitable relief including an injunction brought by a trade association by winning judge-tried case.• Successfully brought suit on behalf of licensor to terminate royalty-free license worth over $1 Billion to licensee by winning summary judgment.• Managed defense of multiple antitrust claims brought against client in various courts. Resulted in negotiation of resolution on favorable terms without client having to change any of its business practices and which created new technology licenses worth hundreds of millions of dollars for client.

Jd, Law

B.S., Business Administration