For over 20 years, Lisa has advised clients on IP litigation, counseling, patent portfolio development, and IP transactions. Her depth and breadth of industry experience in IP, in addition to her chemistry background, enables her to maintain a versatile practice to help clients succeed by providing counsel that directly impacts their business needs.
Lisa has worked with a number of clients around the world in various industries, including financial institutions, automotive, pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, medical devices, agriculture, and blockchain.
Clients rely on Lisa as a trusted strategic advisor whose interdisciplinary background provides unmatched vision. Lisa manages and leads strategies in bet-the-company IP litigation for her clients, including patent infringement, trade secret misappropriation, and breach of collaboration agreement actions in district court, the ITC, and arbitration. She is undefeated in litigating patent validity issues at the PTAB.
Lisa also offers tactical guidance in developing patent strategies during major decision points along the life cycle of a product, from proof-of-concept to launch. Her expertise includes patent landscape analyses and identification of white space, freedom-to-operate studies, and patent portfolio development.
Lisa’s expertise extends to counseling clients and drafting strategic IP agreements, including licenses, technology procurement agreements, and the IP aspects of M&A agreements and other transactions. Her depth of knowledge spans worldwide, and she has been successful working with companies in Asia by evaluating their intellectual property, patent portfolios, and licensing agreements to become listed on the Hong Kong exchange.
