Baker Botts L.L.P.

Intellectual Property

Partner

Sector Chair - Life Sciences (Firmwide)

As Chair of Baker Botts' Life Sciences IP Practice group, Steve advises clients on a wide range of biotechnology-related intellectual property issues. Whether evaluating third party patents ahead of product launches for a multinational biopharma enterprise, developing patent filing strategies around new therapeutic approaches for a leading cancer research institution, or advocating for an industry-transforming sequencing company before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board, Steve's value-add is providing technically-informed and commercially-relevant legal advice that the scientists, the in-house legal team, and the C-suite can all understand.

Before attending law school, Steve performed his graduate school research on the protein-nucleic acid interactions underlying pre-messenger RNA splicing. Prior to graduate school, he was an assistant process development scientist at a large pharmaceutical company working on the production of recombinant blood clotting factors.

New York State Bar

District of Columbia Bar

State Bar of California

United States Patent and Trademark Office

United States District Court for the Southern District of New York

United States Court of Appeals For The Federal Circuit

J.D., University of California, Hastings College of the Law 2001

M.A., Molecular Biology, University of California, Santa Cruz 1998

B.S., Biology, University of California, San Diego 1993