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Responsible for all legal and human resources matters for an early stage science based biotechnology and nutraceutical company, managing a team of five, including lawyers, people operations, an office manager, and assistants. In addition to counseling the business and the founders and managing day to day general business operations, other responsibilities.

New York, NY

Worldwide responsibility for all legal matters from the corporate level to retail operations for a growth stage luxury goods company. Responsible for drafting and negotiating agreements and company policies, resolving internal conflicts and external disputes, advising on business and legal issues with all levels of employees, and managing the company legal.

Upper Saddle River, NJ

Primary support for a variety of domestic and international business units, ranging from technology and intellectual property to publishing and general corporate matters. Representative areas are Pearson Technology, Higher Education, Facilities, Custom Publishing, Operations, Human Resources, Procurement and Finance organizations. Responsibilities include.

Practice focusing on intellectual property and technology transactions for a wide range of clients. Experience includes negotiating and documenting mergers and acquisitions and joint venture transactions (purchaser and seller side), capital market transactions (issuer and underwriter), intellectual property diligence, development, licensing, and transfer.

Gas to liquids (Fischer-Tropsch) intellectual property assessment, screening, and analysis work done for ExxonMobil.

Patent and technical information research and analysis for ExxonMobil attorneys and researchers in areas such as polymers, catalysts, gas to liquids, chemicals, fuels, and lubricants. Conducted freedom to operate, opposition, validity, patentability, and state of the art studies.

Involved in intellectual property issues, business and product development, lab setup and management. Successful upscale of ruthenium metathesis catalysts along with development of new catalysts and small and large scale catalyst preparation (including 10-30kg runs). Developed new method for producing one step composites (glass, carbon, and ceramic fibers).

Jd - Honors, Law

Activities and Societies: Editor in Chief, Rutgers Computer and Technology Law Journal (2006-2007); Order of the Coif; Recipient of the.

Phd, Chemistry

Robert H. Grubbs, 2005 Nobel Laureate, advisor. Thesis: “Easier and More Efficient Methods for the Generation of Metathesis Catalysts.

Sb, Chemistry

Richard R. Schrock, 2005 Nobel Laureate, advisor. Undergraduate research (1992-1994) focused on the generation of group IV and VI.