Experience

U.S. International Trade Commission

• United States
• International Trade and Development
• 200 - 300 Employee

• General Attorney - General Counsel's Office

  • Oct 2015 - Present

  Advise the Commission in its adjudication of Section 337 (unfair practices in import trade) disputes. Typical disputes involve patent infringement. Advise the Commission in its adjudication of Section 337 (unfair practices in import trade) disputes. Typical disputes involve patent infringement.



Dentons

• United Kingdom
• Law Practice
• 700 & Above Employee

• Associate Attorney

  • Aug 2014 - Oct 2015

  Patent Prosecution. Respond to office actions; Conduct Patent Examiner interviews; Prepare Rule 1.132 Declarations Technical areas: Liquid crystal displays; Optical films; Organic light emitting diodes; Photovoltaic cells; Glass; Pressure-sensitive adhesives; Polymers; Fuel cells; Lithium ion batteries; Nanoparticles Patent Prosecution. Respond to office actions; Conduct Patent Examiner interviews; Prepare Rule 1.132 Declarations Technical areas: Liquid crystal displays; Optical films; Organic light emitting diodes; Photovoltaic cells; Glass; Pressure-sensitive adhesives; Polymers; Fuel cells; Lithium ion batteries; Nanoparticles



Patterson + Sheridan, LLP

• United States
• Law Practice
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Associate Patent Attorney

  • 2013 - 2014

  Prepare provisional and non-provisional patent applications; Respond to foreign and domestic office actions; Conduct Examiner interviews; Perform legal research and analysis regarding post-grant practice; Advise clients on contractual rights related to intellectual property; Prepare and present continuing legal education seminar; Assist with brief to the United States Supreme Court Technical Areas: Semiconductor, solar cell, and display fabrication processes, including lithography, deposition, doping, etching, and thermal processing; Semiconductor, solar cell, and display devices; Semiconductor, display, and solar cell processing equipment; Memory devices; Coatings; Polymers; Organic synthesis; Radiology; Image analysis; Wind turbines Show less



Supreme Court of North Carolina

• Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area

• Law Clerk for the Honorable Chief Justice Sarah Parker

  • Oct 2011 - Aug 2013

  Perform legal memoranda, including memoranda related to trade secret and trademark disputes; Prepare draft judicial opinions; Perform critical analysis of opinions circulating within the Court; Perform legal memoranda, including memoranda related to trade secret and trademark disputes; Prepare draft judicial opinions; Perform critical analysis of opinions circulating within the Court;



GSK

• United Kingdom
• Pharmaceutical Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Legal Extern

  • Sep 2010 - Dec 2010

  Perform legal research and analysis related to the Affordable Care Act and other legislation affecting pharmaceutical companies; Perform legal research and policy analysis related to health care payment and delivery reform; Perform legal research and analysis related to the Affordable Care Act and other legislation affecting pharmaceutical companies; Perform legal research and policy analysis related to health care payment and delivery reform;



North Carolina Institute for Constitutional Law

• Legal Services

• Law Clerk

  • May 2010 - Aug 2010

  Prepare legal research and memoranda related to constitutional, administrative, education, and informational access law; Assist with brief to the North Carolina Court of Appeals; Prepare draft statutory language ultimately adopted by the North Carolina General Assembly; Conduct pre-litigation fact-finding; Prepare legal research and memoranda related to constitutional, administrative, education, and informational access law; Assist with brief to the North Carolina Court of Appeals; Prepare draft statutory language ultimately adopted by the North Carolina General Assembly; Conduct pre-litigation fact-finding;



North Carolina Court of Appeals

• Raleigh, North Carolina

• Legal Research Assistant for the Honorable Robert C. Hunter

  • May 2009 - Aug 2009

  Prepare legal memoranda; Assist with judicial opinions; Substantially contributed to a published judicial opinion; Prepare legal memoranda; Assist with judicial opinions; Substantially contributed to a published judicial opinion;



University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Research Assistant, DeSimone Group

  • Sep 2006 - May 2008

  Research Assistant in a multi-disciplinary, highly-collaborative, and intellectual property-focused research group; Performed independent research of proton exchange membrane fuel cells. Research and develop proton exchange membranes prepared from cured perfluoropolyether precursors; Synthesize novel small molecule monomers; Participant in a collaborative Advanced Materials research group, which applied nanotechnology to fuel cells, photovoltaic cells, supercapacitors, lithium ion batteries, anti-fouling coatings, and self-assembling nanoparticles; Research funded by the Department of Energy and the National Science Foundation Show less



University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Teaching Assistant

  • 2005 - 2006

  Instructed synthetic organic laboratory course: Taught students how to synthesize and characterize small organic molecules. Characterization techniques included 1H and 13C NMR, FTIR, melting point, and others. Instructed synthetic inorganic chemistry laboratory course: Taught students how to synthesize and characterize inorganic molecules. Characterization techniques included 1H and 13C NMR, UV-Vis, FTIR, melting point, and others. Instructed synthetic organic laboratory course: Taught students how to synthesize and characterize small organic molecules. Characterization techniques included 1H and 13C NMR, FTIR, melting point, and others. Instructed synthetic inorganic chemistry laboratory course: Taught students how to synthesize and characterize inorganic molecules. Characterization techniques included 1H and 13C NMR, UV-Vis, FTIR, melting point, and others.



North Carolina State University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Research Assistant-Depatment of Chemistry, Gorman Group

  • 2003 - 2005

  Researched the use of conjugated ladder polymers to be used as a Dip-Pen Nanolithography ink to form interconnects in molecular electronics; Dip-pen nanolithography provides an alternative to conventional multi-step photolithography techniques; Performed small molecule synthesis and characterization of multiply substituted aromatic compounds;

• Analytical Chemist-Department of Marine, Earth, and Atmospheric Sciences, DeMaster Group

  • 2003 - 2005

  Worked in a marine geochemistry lab measuring bioturbation in sea sediment. Performed chromatography, alpha spectrometry, elemental analysis, and UV-Vis spectroscopy.