STEPHEN M. G. KNIGHT

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Registered in Colorado, Registration # 42407

Registered Patent Attorney, USPTO Registration # 65035 EDUCATION

Indiana University Maurer School of Law, Bloomington, IN Juris Doctor, May 2010 Activities: Certified Legal Intern; Competitor, 2010 AAJ Student Trial Advocacy Competition, Chicago Regionals; Intellectual Property Association; Moot Court: Competitor (2L), Bailiff (1L); USD Study Abroad Program, Florence, Italy Summer 2008 (Courses in International Intellectual Property and Art Law)

University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI Master of Science, 2002 Major: Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology

Activities: Conducted Research on Cancer Drug Discovery; Teaching Assistant, Pharmaceutical Biochemistry, 1997–1998

Publications: Primary author: Analytical Biochemistry, 300, 230-236, 2002 Co-Author: Screening phage-displayed combinatorial peptide libraries for ligands to protein targets, in Cloning and Expression Technologies, Eaton Publishing (2002). FEBS Letters, 480, 55- 62 (2000)

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY Bachelor of Science, 1992 Major: Biomedical Engineering (Concentration in Materials); Minor: Management PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Special Counsel, Denver, CO March 2015-present

Worked on a mortgage-backed security review involving review of individual mortgages for compliance with securities sales contracts. Gained knowledge of mortgage underwriting guidelines and procedures. Received substantial bonuses as most productive member of project.

Most recently worked in a compliance position reviewing commercial mortgages for compliance with flood insurance laws.

Legal Document Review February 2013-February 2015

● Worked on a variety of legal document review projects, including product liability, false advertising, patent infringement litigation, natural gas, and government contract compliance. Gained proficiency with Relativity, Summation, Kroll, and CV5 platforms and privilege logging. Robert Half Legal, Denver, CO July 2011-January 2013 Senior Reviewer

● Long term assignment with Promontory Financial Group as an analyst reviewing mortgage servicing files for compliance with state foreclosure laws as part of Federally ordered project.

● Promoted to senior reviewer responsible for reviewing a team of analysts’ work for accuracy and compliance with procedures. Team management duties included providing guidance, communicating new policies, and reporting on work quality to aid in assessing analysts’ potential for promotion Student Legal Services, Bloomington, IN January 2009–May 2010 Legal Intern

● Provided legal assistance to the IU student body, including conducting intake interviews, performing research, preparing court filings, and representing students at trial.

● Successfully defended students with noise ordinance citations, settled disputes between roommates as well as landlord/tenant disputes, and obtained protective orders. Colorado Public Defenders Office, Fort Collins, CO July 2008 Legal Intern

● Conducted legal research on case law and statutes, and observed trials. eMetagen Corporation, Madison, WI November 2005–March 2006 Research Associate

● Conducted antibiotic drug discovery research for bioterrorism defense, constructed vectors for generating metagenomic libraries, and screened libraries for antibiotic activities. Atrix Laboratories, Inc., Fort Collins, CO June 1992–December 1995 Scientist, Drug Delivery Group

● Co-invented biodegradable bone wax (US Patent #5,681,873)-responsibilities included formulation development, developing testing processes, supervising in vivo studies, and developing pilot scale production and packaging procedures.

● Conducted in vitro development of drug delivery formulations for treatment of a variety of diseases, including cancer, multiple sclerosis, and bacterial infection.