Baker Botts L.L.P.

Intellectual Property

Partner

Practice Group Co-Chair - Patent Prosecution (Firmwide)

Sandra Lee is a partner in the Intellectual Property Practice in the firm’s New York office. Ms. Lee’s work is focused in the pharmaceutical, chemical, medical device and consumer products areas.

Ms. Lee has a full spectrum practice that includes a broad range of client counseling and strategic portfolio development and management. She has been involved in supporting numerous post-grant proceedings, and she counsels clients in Orange Book and Hatch-Waxman related issues. Ms. Lee has also supported litigation matters from pre-suit investigation and continuing through trial.

Ms. Lee has vast experience with due diligence investigations on proposed transactions across a broad range of technologies, and assists her clients with IP-related agreements associated with technology transfers through acquisition or licensing opportunities. Ms. Lee also conducts freedom to operate and clearance investigations, validity/infringement assessments, and investigates inventorship disputes.

Prior to her legal career, Ms. Lee spent six years in biomedical research in the Department of Anesthesia at the Brigham & Women’s Hospital in Boston, investigating the interaction of opioids and benzodiazepines.

New York State Bar

United States Patent and Trademark Office

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

United States District Court for the Southern District of New York

American Intellectual Property Law Association, Quarterly Journal, Editorial Board Member, 2016-2018

New York Intellectual Property Law Association

J.D., American University, Washington College of Law 2001

M.L.A., Biology, Harvard University 1999

B.S., Biology, University of Michigan 1993