Licensed to Practice Law in Texas and California
- VA Accredited Attorney
- Certified Guardian Ad Litem Attorney (State Bar of Texas)
- Member, National Association of Elder Law Attorneys (NAELA)
- Member, Elder Counsel
- Registered Patent Attorney (U.S. Patent and Trademark Office)
Legal Experience:
- OriGen Biomedical, Inc., General Counsel
- Life Technologies Corporation, Senior Director Legal Operations/Contracts
- Ambion, Inc., Director Ambion Legal
- Applied Biosystems, Senior Patent Attorney
- Advanced Tissue Sciences, General Counsel
- Finnegan Henderson LLP, Patent Associate – Biotechnology and Pharma Group
- Fenwick & West LLP, Associate – Corporate Group
Education/Experience:
- JD with honors (Order of the Coif), U.C. Davis School of Law
- PhD, Virology & Epidemiology, Baylor College of Medicine
- Post-Doctoral Fellow, Research Institute of Scripps Clinic, La Jolla
- Research Health Scientist, Center for Molecular Biology in Medicine (joint Stanford Med School/ Palo Alto V.A. Med. Ctr. facility)
- MS, Microbiology, San Diego State University
- BS, Microbiology, The Ohio State University
- 25 scientific publications
Military Experience:
Retired Commander, USNR
- Five years active duty – Surface Warfare Officer
- Seventeen years reserve duty – Naval Intelligence Office; Top Secret Security Clearance
