Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP
Lawyers

Leslie A. McDonell
Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP, United States
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Work Department
Intellectual Property
Position
Managing Partner- Boston
Career
Leslie McDonell provides strategic counseling to both startups and larger companies on the procurement and protection of intellectual property in the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries. She coordinates worldwide patent portfolio strategies, evaluates and analyzes competitors' patent positions around the world, and advises and renders opinions on issues of patentability, inventorship, validity, claim scope, infringement, and freedom-to-operate. Ms. McDonell has extensive experience in conducting due diligence investigations and preparing companies to be the target of a due diligence, pre-litigation analyses, and offensive and defensive post-grant proceedings.
Memberships
BIO Intellectual Property Counsels’ Committee
American Intellectual Property Law Association
American Bar Association
(Subcommittee chair, Intellectual Property Law Committee -present)
Boston Bar Association
(Subcommittee chair, Intellectual Property Section -present)
Boston Patent Law Association
(Co-chair, Amicus Committee -present)
Massachusetts Biotechnology Council
Education
University of San Diego School of Law
J.D., 1988
Eastern Virginia Medical School
Biomedical Sciences Program, 1983-1984
Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University
B.S., Microbiology, 1981
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