Our ability to provide superior legal representation to technology companies is greatly enhanced by the academic and industry experience of our lawyers in a wide variety of technical and scientific fields, including:

Electrical and Mechanical Arts

The following lawyers and technical specialists have academic degrees and/or professional experience in fields related to electrical and mechanical arts.

Brittany Amadi, associate

• BS in mechanical engineering, summa cum laude, University of Maryland

Thomas E. Anderson, partner

• MSE in electrical engineering, Syracuse University
• BS in electrical engineering, Rochester Institute of Technology
• Former design engineer at General Electric

Peter W. Baik, counsel

• MS in electrical engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology
• MS in computer science, Worcester Polytechnic Institute
• BE in electrical engineering, pre-med, State University of New York at Stony Brook
• Licensed Professional Engineer (PE) in State of New York for electrical engineering discipline
• Former software engineer with IBM Global Services; developed and tested interactive web application/software for data network management systems. Also worked with AT&T Research Laboratory to design object-oriented application/software for AT&T data communication systems.
• Former electrical engineer with Raytheon Systems Company; developed and tested control software for weapons systems, including: Mk-41, Mk-48 Vertical Missile Launching System (VMLS), Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile (ESSM) Launching System, Relocatable Over The Horizon Radar (ROTHR) System, and Tri-band (T3) Mobile Satellite Communications System; also supported live missile firing tests at sea for Mk-48 VMLS
• Registered to practice before the US Patent and Trademark Office

Steven D. Barrett, partner

• SB in mechanical engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• Registered to practice before the US Patent and Trademark Office

Michael J. Bevilacqua, partner

• MS in computer science, State University of New York at Stony Brook
• BS in computer science and mathematics, cum laude, University of Scranton
• Registered to practice before the US Patent and Trademark Office

Ali-Reza Boloori, associate

• PhD in engineering sciences, Harvard University
• SM in engineering sciences, Harvard University
• BS in mechanical engineering and nuclear engineering, with honors, University of California, Berkeley

Dana O. Burwell, associate

• BSE in biomedical engineering, Duke University

David L. Cavanaugh, partner

• BME in mechanical engineering, Villanova University
• Former senior patent counsel at Boston Scientific Corporation
• Former electro-mechanical arts patent examiner at the US Patent and Trademark Office
• Registered to practice before the US Patent and Trademark Office

Jennifer Chen, senior associate

• BA in computer sciences, University of California, Berkeley
• Former software engineer and technical consultant

Matthew Chen, senior associate

• BS in electrical engineering, cum laude, Princeton University
• Former international fellow at Singapore's Ngee Ann Polytechnic

Tim Cho, technology specialist

• PhD in electrical engineering and computer science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Spence Chubb, special counsel

• BA in mathematics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Arthur W. Coviello, senior associate

• BS in mathematics-physics, with honors, Brown University

Richard Crudo, associate

• MS in physics, Connecticut University
• BS in physics, Arizona University
• Registered to practice before the US Patent and Trademark Office

Chris DeCoro, associate

• PhD in computer science, Princeton University
• BS in computer science, University of California, Irvine

Ronald R. Demsher, counsel

• MS in electrical engineering with a focus on microwave applications, University of Massachusetts
• BS in electrical engineering, Ohio State University
• Former electrical engineer for fourteen years
• Registered to practice before the US Patent and Trademark Office

Peter M. Dichiara, partner

• BS in computer engineering, summa cum laude, Boston University
• Holds a US patent for a circuit design
• Former in-house counsel for Motorola; prepared and prosecuted patent applications relating to asynchronous transfer mode networking, analog modems and multimedia and Internet related software
• Former senior hardware engineer and senior software engineer at Digital Equipment Corporation; designed CPU and I/O related logic and developed firmware
• Registered to practice before the US Patent and Trademark Office

Michael A. Diener, partner

• SB in electrical engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• Registered to practice before the US Patent and Trademark Office

Lauren B. Fletcher, partner

• BS in electrical engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• Registered to practice before the US Patent and Trademark Office

Adele Frankel, senior associate

• MS in computer science, University of Chicago

Arthur J. Gajarsa, senior counsel

• BS in electrical engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
• Former Judge of the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
• Registered to practice before the US Patent and Trademark Office

Joseph Gay, associate

• MSc in economics, London School of Economics and Political Science
• BS in computer science and economics, summa cum laude, University of Virginia
• Former analyst with a global management consulting company

Richard Goldenberg, partner

• MS in systems engineering, Boston University
• BS in electrical engineering, cum laude, University of Maryland
• Registered to practice before the US Patent and Trademark Office

Michael A. Greene, associate

• BS in physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Jason P. Greenhut, associate

• BS in engineering, Duke University

Monica Grewal, partner

• MS in electrical engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
• BS in engineering, Trinity College
• Former engineer at United Technologies Corporation, Hamilton Standard Division; was involved in the advanced testing of the NASA spacesuit and shuttle environmental control systems
• Registered to practice before the US Patent and Trademark Office

Yung-Hoon Ha, senior associate

• PhD in materials science and engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• BSc in materials science and engineering, cum laude, Cornell University
• Former patent agent at Oblon, Spivak, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C. in Virginia
• Was a postdoctoral research scientist/fellow at the Naval Research Laboratory in Washington, DC from 2002 to 2004
• Registered to practice before the US Patent and Trademark Office

Joseph F. Haag, partner

• BS in mechanical engineering, Northwestern University
• Former in-house counsel at Walker Digital Corporation, a business solution invention and development company
• Registered to practice before the US Patent and Trademark Office

Jeffrey T. Hantson, associate

• BS in electrical and computer engineering, cum laude, Cornell University
• Former engineer at Lockheed Martin

Aurelia Hepburn-Briscoe, associate

• BS in chemical engineering, University of Texas

John V. Hobgood, counsel

• BS in chemical engineering, with distinction, Purdue University
• Former process control engineer in the petrochemical industry
• Former environmental engineer with a chemical plant
• Registered to practice before the US Patent and Trademark Office

Jeffrey P. Johnson, partner

• MS in information systems policy, University of Maine
• BS in surveying engineering, highest distinction, University of Maine

Belinda M. Juran, partner

• BS in mathematics, summa cum laude, University of Scranton
• Former software engineer and engineering manager at Honeywell Information Systems/Bull HN Information Systems
• Former software quality specialist at Cadence Design Systems
• Marketing officer for 3D display developer, Eastern Delta (now Actuality Systems) during its prize-winning participation in the 1997 MIT $50K Entrepreneurship Competition
• Co-founded a consulting company providing services to high technology clients

Wayne M. Kennard, partner

• BS in computer science and operations research, US Naval Academy
• Former chief patent counsel for Pacesetter Systems, a medical electronics company
• Registered to practice before the US Patent and Trademark Office

Omar Khan, senior associate

• MS in electrical engineering, with honors, Johns Hopkins University
• BS in biomedical engineering, with honors, Johns Hopkins University

Adit Khorana, partner

• BS in computer sciences and engineering, summa cum laude, Purdue University

Ashley Kirk, senior associate

• BS in electrical and computer engineering, Baylor University
• Former engineering and geophysics analyst with Union Pacific Resources, Co.
• Registered to practice before the US Patent and Trademark Office

Theodoros Konstantakopoulos, associate

• PhD in electrical engineering and computer science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• MS in electrical engineering and Computer Science
• Diploma in electrical engineering and computer engineering, University of Patras
• Intern with Cypress Semiconductor in Nashua, New Hampshire; developed a control network for programmable devices, performed timing and energy analysis and performed a design and feasibility study for differential design logic as part of a team of six engineers
• Research Assistant, MIT Computer Architecture Group
• Research Assistant, MIT Digital Integrated Circuits and Systems Group

Jamin Koo, technology specialist

• SM in computation for design and optimization, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• BS in physics, magna cum laude, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
• Former research specialist and research assistant at the Laboratory for Aviation and the Environment

Tyler Lacey, associate

• BS in software engineering, with distinction, University of Waterloo
• Former software engineer for Google, Sybase and Evertz Microsystems
• Former manufacturing systems support associate at Farris Engineering

Joshua Landau, associate

• BS in electrical engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor - College of Engineering
• Former engineer for Motorola and Continental Automotive

Derek S. Lam, associate

• MEng in electrical engineering and computer science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• BS in computer science and engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• Former software engineer for IBM Corporation; multiple patents and pending applications based on his results at IBM
• Registered to practice before the US Patent and Trademark Office

John A. LeBlanc, senior associate

• MS in information systems technology, George Washington University
• BA in economics, University of Colorado
• Registered to practice before the US Patent and Trademark Office

Teneshia C. Lewis, senior staff attorney

• BS in science and technology studies, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Hilary K. Libka, associate

• BS in biomedical engineering, cum laude, Columbia University

Haixia Lin, senior associate

• MEng in electrical engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2002
• BS in electrical engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2001
• Former research assistant in the Laboratory for Information Decision Systems at MIT
• Former teaching assistant for courses in dynamic programming, discrete stochastic processes and probabilistic systems analysis at MIT
• Registered to practice before the US Patent and Trademark Office

Jason Liss, senior associate

• MS in information systems, Drexel University

Cosmin Maier, senior associate

• MSE in electrical engineering, University of Michigan
• BSE in electrical engineering, summa cum laude, University of Michigan

Evelyn C. Mak, partner

• BS in electrical engineering, cum laude, Cornell University
• Former technical advisor and patent agent with Fish & Neave LLP in New York City
• Registered to practice before the US Patent and Trademark Office

Jeremy T. Marr, counsel

• AB in computer science and psychology, magna cum laude, Dartmouth College
• Former Vice President of Client Services for Orbital Software (now Sopheon PLC)
• Former Vice President of Technical Marketing for Adapt Technology
• Worked as a software engineer/engineering manager and later as Vice President of Product Marketing/Director of International Distributor Operations for Cortex Corporation (now Attunity Ltd.)

Dominic E. Massa, partner

• BS in electrical engineering, Cornell University
• Registered to practice before the US Patent and Trademark Office

Corey McCaffrey, associate

• MEng in electrical engineering and computer sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• BS in computer science and engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• Former software engineer at IBM; IBM Invention Achievement Award winner for multiple patents and pending patent applications
• Former lead developer for StarLogo TNG

Linzy McCartney, senior associate

• BS in electrical engineering, summa cum laude, University of North Dakota
• Former patent examiner with the US Patent and Trademark Office
• Registered to practice before the US Patent and Trademark Office

Erin Greenfield Mehta, senior associate

• BS in electrical engineering, cum laude, Clemson University

Kathryn McLeod, senior associate

• BA in computer science, New York University

Lidiya A. Mishchenko, technology specialist

• PhD in applied physics, Harvard University
• SM in applied physics, Harvard University
• BS in physics, summa cum laude, University of Maryland Baltimore County, Phi Beta Kappa

Proshanto Mukherji, senior associate

• PhD in computer science, University of Rochester
• MS in computer science, University of Rochester
• BS in computer science, New Jersey Institute of Technology

Cory Lamont Myers, senior associate

• BS in electrical engineering, Morgan State University
• Former tester and engineer at IBM Corp: Developed test cases for video content management software, test IBM HTTP and WebSphere Application Server, and developed fixes for network problems in a VMS environment
• Former engineering intern at Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory: Developed computer program to analyze digital signal processing techniques
• Former engineering intern at National Aeronautical Space Administration (NASA): Participated in the development and manufacture of space flight circuitry
• Registered to practice before the US Patent and Trademark Office

Christopher R. O'Brien, associate

• BS in electrical engineering, Texas A&M University

Andrea Pacelli, counsel

• PhD in electrical engineering, Polytechnic Institute of Milan
• MS and BS in electrical engineering, cum laude, Polytechnic Institute
• Senior member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
• Former assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering at Stony Brook University
• Former patent agent and science advisor at King & Spalding, Goodwin Procter and Kenyon & Kenyon
• Registered to practice before the US Patent and Trademark Office

Nandan R. Padmanabhan, associate

• BSE in computer engineering, summa cum laude, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor College of Engineering
• Former technical officer with JPMorgan Chase & Co.

Silena Y. Paik, senior associate

• MEng in applied and engineering physics, Cornell University
• BA in astrophysics and mathematics, University of California, Berkeley
• Former researcher with the Department of Applied & Engineering Physics at Cornell University
• Former researcher with the Cornell Nanoscale Science and Technology Facility
• Former researcher with the Nanobiotechnology Center
• Former researcher with the University of California Department of Physics
• Former researcher with the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory at the Advanced Light Source

Larissa Park, counsel

• BA in physics, Cornell University, 2002
• Former research assistant in Vacuum Lab at the Wilson Lab, Cornell University; created computer programs to monitor ion pump effectiveness in the accelerator chamber and repaired vacuum system malfunctions (1999-2001)
• Former research assistant in the Physical Chemistry Lab at the University of Pittsburgh; group Leader of Research Experiences for Undergraduates Program; researched reaction mechanics of excited helium and carbon monoxide via experimentation with a crossed molecular beam apparatus
• Registered to practice before the US Patent and Trademark Office

Nimit Y. Patel, senior associate

• BA in mechanical engineering, Dartmouth College
• Mechanical Engineer at Trentec in Cincinnati, OH: reviewed calculations and wrote installation and maintenance manuals for instruments used at a nuclear waste plant

John P. Pettit, senior associate

• MS in computer science, Stanford University
• BS in computer engineering, Carnegie Mellon University
• Extensive computer and database programming - has worked for Manhattan Associates (formerly Evant), LogicTier, Electronic Arts and Oracle Corporation
• Registered to practice before the US Patent and Trademark Office

Zachary P. Piccolomini, senior associate

• BS in computer science, with high distinction, Worcester Polytechnic Institute
• Former engineer in the Air and Missile Defense Technology Division of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Lincoln Laboratory
• Registered to practice before the US Patent and Trademark Office

Natalie R. Pous, associate

• BEng in biomedical engineering, Vanderbilt University
• Registered to practice before the US Patent and Trademark Office

Adam Pugh, patent attorney

• BA in physics and mathematics, summa cum laude, Vanderbilt University
• Former engineering intern at the Air Force Institute of Technology

Grant K. Rowan, partner

• BS in electrical engineering, University of Maryland
• Former electrical engineer with NASA, where he designed and simulated a high-speed data-monitoring system and designed software for a portion of the Earth Observation Satellite
• Former engineering assistant with Engineering and Economics Research, Inc. and Westinghouse Electric Corporation
• Registered to practice before the US Patent and Trademark Office

Carolyn M. Rucci, senior associate 

• BS in computer science, with honors, Trinity College

Anant Saraswat, senior associate 

• MEng in electrical engineering and computer science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• BS in electrical engineering and computer science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Heather D. Schafroth, senior associate

• PhD in chemical engineering, Princeton University
• BS in chemical engineering, Iowa State University, Tau Beta Pi Laureate
• Former National Institutes of Health Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award individual postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Chemistry at Cornell University
• Held a National Science Foundation graduate research fellowship at Princeton University
• Member of the American Chemical Society and is a senior fellow of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers

Nancy L. Schroeder, associate

• BS in chemical engineering and biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• Former research assistant with US Genomics

Brandon Scruggs, senior associate

• BS in chemical engineering, summa cum laude, Clemson University
• Former chemical engineer and supply planner at ExxonMobil Chemical Company
• Registered to practice before the US Patent and Trademark Office

Brian M. Seeve, senior associate

• AB in computer science, cum laude, Harvard College
• Former software consultant with Aptify, Inc.; worked in team to design and implement database systems for nonprofit membership organizations

Arthur Shum, associate

• BSE in electrical engineering, summa cum laude, Princeton University

Michael Silhasek, associate

• BS in electrical engineering, University of Notre Dame

Himanshu Singh, senior associate

• BS in biomedical engineering, University of California, Berkeley
• Former senior software engineer at the Los Angeles County Emergency Operations Center
• Registered to practice before the US Patent and Trademark Office

David R. Smith, counsel

• SB in aeronautics and astronautics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• Former contract system administrator and an in-house system manager in the financial and architectural industries

Michael H. Smith, senior associate

• BS in electrical engineering, summa cum laude, University of California, Los Angeles
•  Registered to practice before the US Patent and Trademark Office

Victor F. Souto, special counsel

• BS in electrical engineering, with honors, Rutgers University
• Former senior intellectual property litigation and patent counsel at AT&T Corporation
• Registered to practice before the US Patent and Trademark Office

Donald R. Steinberg, partner

• BSE in electrical engineering and computer science, magna cum laude, Princeton University
• Registered to practice before the US Patent and Trademark Office

Christopher M. Straw, senior associate

• BS in computer science and engineering, University of California, Davis
• Designed and developed Internet application server monitoring software using Java and C++ for IBM WebSphere and BEAWebLogic at Cyanea Systems
• Senior engineer for core architecture consisted of 100+ high availability servers handling hundreds of millions of transactions daily at Excite@Home

Gregory P. Teran, partner

• BS in electrical engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Kyle Turley, counsel

• BS in electrical engineering, University of Pennsylvania
• Former network engineer with The Boeing Company
• Registered to practice before the US Patent and Trademark Office

Ashutosh Upreti, senior associate

• BE in electrical engineering, with first class honors, University of Auckland
• Worked as a patent examiner at the United States Patent and Trademark Office examining patent applications in surveillance systems, medical imaging, digital watermarking, and other image processing technologies
• Worked as a product development engineer for a medical device company in New Zealand designing electronics for a new medical device used in the treatment of obstructive sleep apnea
• Registered to practice before the US Patent and Trademark Office

Wendy Haller Verlander, partner

• SM in mechanical engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• SB in mechanical engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• Registered to practice before the US Patent and Trademark Office

Samuel S. Wakefield, associate

• BS in computer engineering, cum laude with distinction, University of Utah
• Former electrical engineer for a contractor working with the United States Air Force
• Registered to practice before the US Patent and Trademark Office

Dennis Wang, senior associate

• BS in computer science and engineering, University of California, Los Angeles

Michael Wickey, counsel

• MS in mathematics, University of Missouri-Columbia
• BS in mathematics, summa cum laude, University of Missouri-Columbia

Daniel V. Williams, special counsel

• BS in mechanical engineering, with honors, Rochester Institute of Technology
• Former engineer at IBM, Microelectronics Division; designed machinery for production of printed circuit boards
• Registered to practice before the US Patent and Trademark Office

David Yang, counsel

• BS in electrical engineering and computer science, University of California, Berkeley

Joseph Yu, senior associate

• BS in computer science and mathematics, cum laude, Vanderbilt University
• Worked as an applications engineer and business analyst for Sotheby’s

Kathryn Zalewski, special counsel

• BS in computer science, Purdue University

Biological and Chemical Arts

The following attorneys and technical specialists have experience in fields related to the biological and chemical arts.

Owen Allen, senior associate

• BA in chemistry, cum laude, Harvard University
• Former research assistant, Harvard Medical School; performed research in laboratory of Christopher T. Walsh in Department of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology relating to enzymatic mechanisms of an antibiotic polypeptide, using numerous techniques including solid-phase peptide synthesis

Jonathan W. Andron, counsel

• AB in chemistry and physics, cum laude, Harvard University
• Registered to practice before the US Patent and Trademark Office

Corinne Atton, senior associate

• BS in human genetics, with honors, University College London

Barbara A. Barakat, attorney

• BA in chemistry, College of the Holy Cross
• Registered to practice before the US Patent and Trademark Office

Andrej Barbic, counsel

• PhD in biophysical chemistry, Yale University
• BA in chemistry, Lawrence University
• Former graduate researcher and teaching fellow at Yale University; concentrated on DNA research
• Former researcher for a generic pharmaceutical company
• Registered to practice before the US Patent and Trademark Office

Kerry Begley, senior associate

• BS in chemistry, summa cum laude, Loyola College in Maryland

David A. Chavous, counsel

• PhD in molecular biology, Boston College
• BS in cell and molecular biology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
• Registered to practice before the US Patent and Trademark Office

Timothy A. Cook, associate

• MA in chemistry, Columbia University
• AB in chemistry, Harvard College
• Former teaching fellow in Harvard University's Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology

Andrew J. Danford, senior associate

• SB in chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Christine Duh, counsel

• BS in biological sciences, Stanford University
• Registered to practice before the US Patent and Trademark Office

Paula J. Estrada de Martin, senior associate

• PhD in cell biology, Yale University
• MPhil in cell biology, Yale University
• MS in biology, California State University at San Bernardino
• BS in biology, California State University at San Bernardino
• Post-doctoral Fellow at the Department of Ophthalmology at Cornell Weill Medical College; investigated the sorting and targeting of apical membrane proteins in RPE and MDCK cells.
• Former intern with the National Institute of Health in Bethesda, Maryland
• Registered to practice before the US Patent and Trademark Office

Deric X. Geng, senior technology specialist

• PhD in chemistry, SUNY Stony Brook
• BS in chemistry, Peking University
• Researched drug-like molecules that modulate protein targets and pathways implicated in diabetes and metabolic diseases at Novartis Institute for Biomedical Research
• Accomplished the total synthesis of anticancer agent aigialomycin D and work as part of a team to design and accomplish the total synthesis of fully synthetic gp120 glycopeptides as anti-HIV vaccine agents as a postdoctoral fellow at the US Army Breast Cancer Research Foundation

Bilyana P. Georgieva, senior associate

• PhD in genetics and development, Cornell University Medical Center
• BS in biochemistry, summa cum laude, Mount Holyoke College
• Registered to practice before the US Patent and Trademark Office

David A. Giordano, senior associate

• BS in chemistry, Boston College
• Former research intern with Millennium Pharmaceuticals
• Registered to practice before the US Patent and Trademark Office

Christopher Gribble, associate

• MS in chemistry, University of California, Berkeley
• BS in chemistry, The Ohio State University

Andrew B. Grossman, partner

• BA in biological basis of behavior, University of Pennsylvania

Henry H. Gu, counsel

• Candidate for PhD in organic chemistry, University of Pennsylvania
• MS in organic chemistry, Ohio University
• BS in applied chemistry, with high honors, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
• Worked as a patent agent/patent liaison in the patent department of Bristol-MeyersSquibb
• Former pharmaceutical research scientist with Bristol-MeyersSquibb
• Former research chemist at Sanle General Electric Corp. in Nanjing, China
• Holds eight patents/patent pending applications
• Registered to practice before the US Patent and Trademark Office

Bo Han, senior associate

• BS in biology, highest distinction and highest honors, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
• Former research assistant in the Neurology Department at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; investigated the in vitro effects of statins and interferon beta-1a on the inflammatory response in Multiple Sclerosis patients
• Registered to practice before the US Patent and Trademark Office

Matthew J. Hawkinson, counsel

• BA in molecular and cell biology, University of California, Berkeley
• Former genetic engineering research associate with Xenogen Corporation

Ping Hu, senior associate

• MS in physical chemistry, Dartmouth College
• BS in polymer science and engineering, with high honors, Fudan University
• Former software engineer with Polycom, Inc. (formerly PictureTel Corporation)

Andrea Weiss Jeffries, partner

• AB in chemistry, magna cum laude, Duke University

John F. Kane, patent attorney

• BS in biology and chemistry, summa cum laude, Wright State University

Amy P. Kaplan, associate

• BA in human biology, Stanford University

William W. Kim, partner

• PhD in cellular, molecular and biophysical studies, with distinction, Columbia University
• BS in biology, DePaul University
• Former Norman and Rosita Winston Postdoctoral Fellow
• Postdoctoral Fellow in the Laboratory of Molecular Genetics and Immunology at the Rockefeller University
• Registered to practice before the US Patent and Trademark Office

Susan Krumplitsch, senior associate

• SM in immunology and infectious disease, Harvard University, School of Public Health
• BA in psychology, University of California, Los Angeles

Anna T. Lee, counsel

• BS in molecular, cell and developmental biology, magna cum laude, University of California, Los Angeles

Nels T. Lippert, partner

• BS in biology, Bethany College
• Registered to practice before the US Patent and Trademark Office

Leah Litman, associate

• AB in chemistry and chemical biology, cum laude, Harvard College

Jane M. Love, partner

• PhD in biology, concentration in molecular biology, University of Pennsylvania
• BA in biology with a minor in chemistry, University of Pennsylvania
• Postdoctoral fellow in molecular biology and pharmacology, Cornell University Medical College
• Registered to practice before the US Patent and Trademark Office

Anna E. Lumelsky, counsel

• BA in biology, magna cum laude, Harvard University

Laura Macro, technology specialist

• PhD in cellular biophysics, The Rockefeller University
• BSc in cell biology with industrial experience, first class honors, University of Manchester

Amanda Major, counsel

• BA in chemistry, Wake Forest University

David A. Manspeizer, partner

• Former chief intellectual property officer for Wyeth
• BA in biology, University of Pennsylvania
• Registered to practice before the US Patent and Trademark Office

Mark D. McBriar, senior technology specialist

• PhD in organic chemistry, University of Pennsylvania
• MS in organic chemistry, University of California, Los Angeles
• BS in chemistry, cum laude, Dickinson College
• Registered to practice before the US Patent and Trademark Office

Ryann M. Muir, senior associate

• PhD in molecular biology/biotechnology, University of California, Davis
• Postdoctoral researcher at UC Davis in the section of Neurobiology and Behavior: formulated and tested scientific hypotheses relating to obesity and metabolism
• Former graduate research assistant in the Plant Biology Graduate Group at UC Davis: formulated and tested scientific hypotheses relating to enzymology, biochemistry, molecular biology and small molecule biosynthesis

Jacob Steven Oyloe, counsel

• BS in chemistry, University of Florida
• Former development chemist with Millennium Specialty Chemicals in Jacksonville, Florida; co-invented and implemented a new method for the manufacture of l-Carvone, the main component of spearmint oil, and developed production methods for two Sandalwood aroma chemicals
• Presented with the Millennium Specialty Chemicals' Chairman's Award for excellence in research and development, awarded annually to only ten projects worldwide
• Registered to practice before the US Patent and Trademark Office

Barish Ozdamar, senior associate

• PhD in medical genetics, Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute, Mt. Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto
• Post-Doctoral Fellow in biochemistry, Cornell University Weill Medical College; investigated the role of cholesterol metabolism in atherosclerosis and stroke
• Post-Doctoral Fellow in cell biology, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada; research focused on cancer biology and molecular pathways regulating tumor metastasis
• Recipient of Post-Doctoral Fellowships from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research and the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada
• Recipient of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research Doctoral Award
• Publication record includes four authorships in the journal Science

Heather M. Petruzzi, senior associate

• BS in chemistry, summa cum laude, University of Richmond; Phi Beta Kappa

Jonathan B. Roses, senior associate

• BA in chemistry, Connecticut College
• American Chemical Society Certified
• Former senior research associate at Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Inc.; worked as medicinal chemist
• Registered to practice before the US Patent and Trademark Office

Rana Sawaya, associate

• PhD in molecular biology, Cornell University
• MS in microbiology, McGill University
• BS in microbiology and immunology, with Great Distinction, McGill University
• Registered to practice before the US Patent and Trademark Office

Mary Rose Scozzafava, partner

• PhD in inorganic chemistry, Brandeis University
• BS in chemistry, magna cum laude, Lehigh University
• Former research scientist at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Materials Science and Engineering and at Max-Planck-Institute for Radiation Chemistry, Muelheim, Germany
• Registered to practice before the US Patent and Trademark Office

Nishat Shaikh, senior associate

• BS in biological sciences, cum laude with distinction in research, Cornell University
• Former biologist at Applied Molecular Evolution; conducted clinical studies of humanized antibody therapeutics
• Registered to practice before the US Patent and Trademark Office

Peter Shen, counsel

• PhD in anatomy and cell biology, University of California, Los Angeles
• BA in genetics, University of California, Berkeley
• Technical experience integrates molecular biology and animal behavior
• Has published several articles in peer-reviewed journals and presented research at scientific conferences
• Registered to practice before the US Patent and Trademark Office

Colleen Superko, partner

• MS in biochemistry, University of Vermont
• BS in biology, Dickinson College
• Registered to practice before the US Patent and Trademark Office

Leo R. Takaoka, technology specialist

• PhD in organic chemistry, University of California, Irvine
• BS in chemistery, University of California, Irvine
• BS in biology, University of California, Irvine
• Former medicinal chemist with CoMentis, Inc.
• Former scientist with Millennium: The Takeda Oncology Company
• Former senior scientist with the Schering-Plough Research Institute
• Postdoctoral research fellow at The Scripps Research Institute

Russell Tonkovich, counsel

• MD, University of Illinois College of Medicine
• BS in biochemistry, with honors, University of Wisconsin—Madison
• Registered to practice before the US Patent and Trademark Office

Michael J. Twomey, partner

• AB in biology, magna cum laude, Harvard College
• National Science Foundation Graduate Fellow in biology
• Graduate fellow in the Department of Biological Sciences at Stanford University
• Registered to practice before the US Patent and Trademark Office

George Y. Wang, counsel

• BA in biophysics, Johns Hopkins University, Phi Beta Kappa
• Former legal extern for the US Patent and Trademark Office Board of Patent Appeals & Interferences
• Registered to practice before the US Patent and Trademark Office

Emily R. Whelan, partner

• AB in chemistry, summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, Cornell University
• Registered to practice before the US Patent and Trademark Office

Jamie T. Wisz, partner

• AB in biology, magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, Duke University
• Former biological analyst for the Central Intelligence Agency
• Registered to practice before the US Patent and Trademark Office

Anne-Marie C. Yvon, counsel

• PhD, cum laude, University of Massachusetts
• BA in biology and chemistry, Skidmore College
• Postdoctoral research of cystoskeletal organization and dynamics, and centrosome repositioning in motile cells
• Registered to practice before the US Patent and Trademark Office

Last updated May 2013.

• American Lawyer – Named WilmerHale an "IP Litigation Group of the Year" finalist in 2012. They also named WilmerHale its 2008 Intellectual Property Litigation Department of the Year. The magazine also ranked the firm as one of four finalists in this category in its 2004 and 2006 issues, its two biennial contests to date.
• Boston Business Journal – Named WilmerHale as the "Area's Largest IP Law Firm" in the 2013 and 2012 editions of its annual survey, marking the eighth time WilmerHale has placed first in this listing
• Chambers Europe: Leading Lawyers for Business – Ranked 19 WilmerHale lawyers and seven firm practices, including Intellectual Property, to their 2012 edition
• Chambers Global: The World's Leading Lawyers – Praised our IP practice as "an absolutely outstanding team that gives everything you want from a law firm" and ranked WilmerHale in their 2012 and 2013 guides for Intellectual Property: Patent and Intellectual Property: Trade Mark & Unfair Competition. In 2013, Chambers Global recognized Bill Lee as "the guy you'd call up to win a big case for you."
• Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business – Named our intellectual property practice among the 2013 shortlist of leading IP law firms in the United States
• Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business – Ranked our practice number one in Massachusetts for the past nine years (2003-2012). Chambers USA 2011 and 2012 also ranked our national practice number one, noting that our teams "are outstanding at all levels, combining first-rate technical and legal acumen and great trial skills." In addition, Chambers USA 2012 ranked our California, DC and New York intellectual property practices.
• Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business – Ranked Bill Lee since 2003 and has named him a "star performer" for eight consecutive years (2004-2012). In each of these years he was the only Massachusetts IP lawyer to receive this ranking. Chambers 2010 notes that he "casts such a big shadow...he's phenomenal." Peers agree that he commands an "exceptional, well-deserved reputation," while clients assert: "His experience and insights are worth every penny.""
• Daily Journal – Named two of WilmerHale's IP litigation victories to their "Top Verdicts" in 2012 list, calling attention to California's most widely-watched rulings of the year. Recognized for being closely followed and examined across the nation, the cases, Apple v. Samsung and Mformation v. Research in Motion were featured.
• Intellectual Asset Management (IAM) Patent 1000 – Named the firm as "best-in-class" in patent litigation and licensing in California, Massachusetts, New York and Washington DC.
• Intellectual Property Today – Consistently placed among the guide's “Top Patent Firms” and “Top Trademark Firms,” which rank law firms based on the number of US patent and trademark registrations they filed in the previous year.
• Law360 – WilmerHale was named "IP Group of the Year" in 2011 and was selected as one of only five "IP Groups of the Year" in 2010
• Law360 – WilmerHale received an Honorable Mention by Law360 in its " IP Firms of the Year" 2009 list for its nearly $400 million victory on behalf of client TiVo Inc. in a patent infringement suit against Dish Network Corp.
• Managing IP Magazine (MIP) – Selected WilmerHale as the "Patent Contentious Firm of the Year" in 2013, 2012 and 2011, and also recognized the firm as the "Pharmaceutical IP Litigation Firm of the Year" in 2013. MIP also honored Bill Lee (2013 and 2012) and Seth Waxman (2012), naming them among the list of "Outstanding US IP Practitioners of the Year."
• PLC Cross-border Life Sciences Handbook – WilmerHale is listed in the2011/2012 edition as a leading law firm in the US for life sciences in patent litigation; highly recommended for patent counseling. The 2009/10 edition lists our Intellectual Property and Patent Counseling practices as "highly recommended" in the US.
• Practical Law Company (PLC) – WilmerHale earned a place among the top ten law firms in the 2012 Life Sciences Industry Super League and is noted as boasting "a strong transatlantic life sciences practice with substantial offerings"
• The Best Lawyers in America – Listed Jim Lampert and Bill Lee as two of the best intellectual property lawyers in 2009
• The Legal 500 Europe, Middle East and Africa – Recognized the firm in 10 various practice areas, including intellectual property in 2012
• The Legal 500 United States – Ranked WilmerHale's intellectual property practice in the "Top Tier" in the 2011 edition of its annual guidebook
• The National Law Journal – WilmerHale was one of 20 elite law firms named to 2012 and 2013 Intellectual Property Hot List
• US News Media Group and Best Lawyers – Our intellectual property practice is ranked in the first tier nationally and in Boston in the inaugural 2010 Best Law Firm rankings

Our Intellectual Property Department had a busy year as the technical, scientific and IP law hub of the firm. In addition to playing a critical role in some of the most high-profile patent litigation matters to unfold in the United States and internationally—including cases for Facebook, GE and Intel—our intellectual property lawyers helped clients navigate the far-reaching changes ushered in by the passage of the America Invents Act. Our patent prosecution practice continued to grow, as our attorneys filed 13% more patent applications and obtained 34% more patents than in 2011, and represented multiple clients in inter partes review proceedings before the newly constituted Patent Trial and Appeal Board. Our US and EU trademark practices handled a high volume of applications, opposition and cancellation proceedings, infringement litigation, and other contested matters. Below is a selection of our 2012 highlights:

• Making use of the USPTO’s Track 1 prioritized examination procedure, we obtained 35 patents for green technology innovator Heliae as the company continued on its path to grow algae on a sustainable, industrial scale, and to fraction the algae biomass into sources of biofuels, nutrition and agricultural inputs.
• We successfully prosecuted US and European patent applications for clients in a wide range of industries and technologies. We represented ZIOPHARM Oncology, resulting in the grant of claims directed to a lead candidate for the treatment of soft-tissue sarcomas, and leading game development studio Harmonix Music Systems, creator of the blockbuster “Rock Band” and “Dance Central” franchises, among many others.
• Our lawyers achieved the successful resolution of three patent interferences for Harvard University, involving two different parties in interference with a single Harvard application. We have prosecuted more than 1,000 materials and chemistry patents for Harvard over the past decade.
• Our IP lawyers joined forces with the firm’s Emerging Company Practice to provide critical IP guidance and legal advice to startups through its Quick Start Program, and became part of WilmerHale’s FinTech Group, a cross-functional team of industry-leading practitioners dedicated to addressing technology issues facing our financial services industry clients.
• Our US trademark practice continued to handle the trademark portfolios of more than 400 clients in industries ranging from automotive and industrial products to cosmetics, software, pharmaceuticals, medical devices and toys.
• Our European trademark practice is representing the largest German bank in two pending actions before the EU General Court, challenging two decisions rendered by the Office of Harmonization in the Internal Market, which held that two trademark applications for slogans lack distinctive character.
• Also in Europe, we are representing a Swiss chocolate maker in a notable trademark infringement case involving the question of whether there is likelihood of confusion between a word mark and a product shape. So far, neither the German High Court nor the European courts have rendered a decision.
• Our global IP presence grew as we increased our representation of clients in patent prosecution and patent infringement actions in Asia. We secured significant victories, including two wins for Bristol-Myers Squibb in patent invalidation proceedings before the Patent Reexamination Board of China’s State Intellectual Property Office, involving the hepatitis B drug product Baraclude, as well as Orencia, a soluble fusion protein indicated for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis.