Management Associate

LEGAL EXPERIENCE

Patton Boggs L.L.P., Washington, D.C. and McLean, Virginia

Associate, Intellectual Property Group, June 2003 - February 2009

Patent litigation and litigation support at trial and appellate

levels, including: acted as second chair in patent litigation from

pre-complaint investigation through trial; deposed witnesses; examined

expert witness at trial; prepared witnesses for trial and for

deposition; drafted motions and memoranda; drafted and responded to

discovery requests; reviewed and analyzed documents, including

technical laboratory notebooks; performed legal and fact research;

participated in mediation; drafted opposition to petition for

rehearing and rehearing en banc in appeal; assisted in drafting and

editing appellate opening and reply briefs in appeals; drafted

opposition to petition for certiorari; supervised document review; and

assisted with client management.

Patent opinion work and client counseling, including: drafted opinion

letters regarding scope, validity, infringement, and enforceability of

patents; evaluated strength of patent opinions; performed

patentability analyses; and performed freedom-to-operate and patent

landscape analyses.

Patent prosecution, including: drafted patent applications;

prosecuted United States patent applications; directed and coordinated

prosecution of foreign patent applications by foreign attorneys; and

supervised drafting and prosecution of patent applications.

Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner L.L.P., Washington, D.C.

Associate, April 2002 -May 2003

Counseled clients and drafted opinion letters and memoranda regarding

scope, validity, infringement, and enforceability of patents and

assisted in counseling clients regarding strategy for potential patent

litigation.

Kenyon & Kenyon L.L.P., Washington, D.C.

Associate, June 2000 - April 2002

Drafted and prosecuted patent applications; performed freedom-to-

operate and patent landscape studies; and assisted in counseling

clients regarding patent prosecution strategy, scope and validity of

patents, and business strategy relating to intellectual property.

Baker Botts L.L.P., Washington, D.C.

Summer Associate, summer 1998; Law Clerk, 1998-1999 academic year;

Associate, June 1999-May 2000

Drafted and prosecuted domestic patent applications; prosecuted patent

applications in the International Phase under the Patent Cooperation

Treaty; and directed and coordinated prosecution of foreign patent

applications by foreign attorneys.

EDUCATION

Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, D.C.

Juris Doctor, cum laude, May 1999

G.P.A.: 10.469 / 12.000

Law Review: The Tax Lawyer

Honors: De Crane Scholarship

Honors in Legal Research and Writing

Tutorial Program Award

Head Tutor, First Year Evening Section, 1998 fall semester.

The George Washington University, Washington, D.C.

Genetics Ph.D. Program: course and laboratory work, academic years 1994 -

1996

G.P.A.: 3.71 / 4.00

Honors: George Washington University / American Red

Cross Fellowship

Passed with Distinction: Ph.D. level cumulative

examination in

Gene Regulation

Areas of Emphasis: Genetics, Molecular Biology, Biochemistry,

Transgenics, and Immunology

Bachelor of Science, magna cum laude, Biology, May 1994

G.P.A.: 3.71 / 4.00

Honors: Member, Golden Key National Honor Society

Presidential Honor Scholarship

BAR, COURT, and AGENCY ADMISSIONS

District of Columbia Bar, 1999

Registered to Practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, 2000;

Registration No. 46,828

United States District Court for the District of Columbia, 2007

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, 2007

Accredited to Practice before the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, 2008

PUBLICATION

J. King and T. Herbert, "Seagate and Opinions of Counsel: Still A Sound

Business Practice," Intellectual Asset Management Magazine: Patents in the

USA 2008: 40-43.

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