My time as an in-house patent counsel has given ?me a good perspective on client service and ?communication. I provide full-service counseling ?and comprehensive management for clients' large ?patent portfolios in the fields of immunology, ?oncology, molecular biology, and pharmaceutical ?formulation.?I have a range of pharmaceutical law experience, such as working ?on cases involving monoclonal and bispecific antibodies and fusion ?proteins. My experience also includes biopharmaceutical drug ?product formulations, genetically engineered cells, and medical ?devices.?Prior to joining Schwabe, I spent ten years in the San Francisco Bay ?Area at Townsend and Townsend and Crew LLP and Alston & Bird ?LLP, representing large pharmaceutical and local biotechnology ?companies.?

Bar Admissions

• Oregon State Courts
• Washington State Courts

Education

• University of Arizona, Juris Doctor degree (1999)
• University of Arizona, Bachelor of Science, Chemistry (1994)
• University of Arizona, Master of Science, Molecular and Cellular Biology (2005)

• Fresh From the Bench: Precedential Patent Cases From the Federal Circuit