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LEGAL EXPERIENCE
Duane Morris LLP, Boston, MA August 2014 – September 2016 Intellectual Property Law Clerk:
• Hatch-Waxman Litigation Experience – Drafting Responses to Discovery Requests, Drafting Letters to opposing counsel, Performing research for client matters and ongoing litigation, Document Review, Assisting in Deposition Preparation, Drafting motions and related filings for PTAB Proceedings, Assisting with Responses to Office Actions from the USPTO, and other tasks as needed;
• Patent Prosecution Experience – Patentability Prior Art Review, Freedom-to-Operate Assessments, and other tasks as needed;
• Copyright Litigation Experience – Drafting demand letters, Drafting complaints, Drafting letters to the court regarding discovery disputes, Drafting motions, and other tasks as needed. U.S. Attorney’s Office, Civil Division, District of Massachusetts, Boston, MA April 2014 – June 2014 Legal Intern (Affirmative Civil Enforcement Unit):
• Performing Legal Research;
• Drafting Memoranda;
• Drafting Motions.
Professor Deborah Ramirez, Boston, MA December 2013 – February 2014 Research Assistant: Assisting in developing the legal incubator Justice Bridge through grant applications, helping to set up board meetings, and other tasks as needed. Professor Hope Lewis, Boston, MA September 2013 – November 2013 Research Assistant: Researching developments in regard to minority issues within the legal education system from 2007 to the present.
The Martinez Group, LLC, Brooklyn, NY May 2013 – August 2013 Intellectual Property Legal Assistant:
• Drafting and Filing Complaints and Motions;
• Drafting and Filing Responses to Office Actions from the USPTO;
• Processing and Filing Trademark, Copyright and Patent Applications and Renewals;
• Performing Research for Client Matters.
EDUCATION
Northeastern University School of Law, Boston, MA
Juris Doctorate, May 2015
Activities: Staff Member, Northeastern University Law Journal (2014-2015); Events Coordinator, Intellectual Property Society (Fall 2013)
Publications: 3D Printing and Design Patents, available at http://www.northeastern.edu/tip/ Hofstra University School of Law, Hempstead, NY
Juris Doctorate, August 2012 – May 2013
Activities: Hofstra Intellectual Property Law Association; Latin American Law Student Association Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, NY
Bachelors of Science, Biology, May 2009
Activities: Research Initiative for Scientific Enhancement Program (2005 - 2008); Minority Access to Research Careers Program (2008 – 2009); Presenter at Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students (2007, 2008); Presenter at The Leadership Alliance National Symposium (2008) PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Abcam, Inc. Cambridge, MA October 2010 – August 2012 Logistics Technician: Received stock from various suppliers, Processed and allocated stock, Performed quality assurance on processed stock.
MC Communications, Boston, MA September 2010 – October 2010 Temporary Receptionist: Greeted clients, Answered phones, Delivered mail within the office. Journal of Visualized Experiment, Somerville, MA April 2010 – July 2010 Editorial Assistant: E-mailed and called potential publishers, Entered information into the database. Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA September 2009 – January 2010 Graduate Research Assistant: Measurements of Chimeric Voltage-Gated Ca2+ Channels in HeLa Cells - Running experiments independently and as part of a team, maintaining equipment and necessary materials, collecting and interpreting data, presenting collected data
Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, NY September 2007 – August 2009 Research Assistant: High-Throughput Screens for Defective Cell Walls in S. cerevisiae - Running experiments independently and as part of a team, maintaining equipment and necessary materials, collecting and interpreting data, presenting collected data
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA June 2008 – August 2008 Summer Research Assistant: Viability of Recombinant La Crosse Virus Mutants - Running experiments independently and as part of a team, maintaining equipment and necessary materials, collecting and interpreting data, presenting collected data
Columbia University, New York, NY June 2007 – August 2007 Summer Research Assistant: Crystallization of two Voltage-Gated Na+ Channel Fragments - Running experiments independently and as part of a team, maintaining equipment and necessary materials, collecting and interpreting data, presenting collected data