Technical and Scientific Experience

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 April 2013.