San Diego Biotech Lawyer
Scott McPherson Joins Hull McGuire as Special Counsel
PITTSBURGH-SAN
DIEGO-WASHINGTON, DC, June 23, 2010 - Scott E. McPherson, a respected San
Diego biotech specialist and patent attorney, has joined Hull McGuire PC
as Special Counsel, effective June 1, 2010. He will work with shareholder
Julie McGuire on IP management and transactions in North America and
Europe.
Scott McPherson has a B.A. in Biology from the
University of California-San Diego, and an M.S.P.H. in Toxicology from the
San Diego State Graduate School of Public Health. Between 1990 and 1999,
he worked as a pharmacologist and toxicologist in the biotechnology
industry.
In 2002, after graduating from the University of
San Diego College of Law, he worked as in-house counsel for Nanogen Inc.
He then spent six years with the San Diego office of DLA Piper, and the IP
firm Townsend Townsend & Crew.
Scott's work for Hull McGuire clients will
include (a) searches and opinions on freedom to operate, (b) opinions on
invalidity, (c) management and evaluation (including due diligence), and
(d) some patent prosecution.
He is also expected to assist Dan Hull with
Lanham Act claims, clean water and solid waste issues in the U.S. and the
European Union, and environmental law legislative projects in Washington,
D.C.
"We met Scott McPherson in 2003 when we
first opened up a California office--and we just kept talking to
him," Hull said. "His dual training and careers in applied
biotech and now IP law are unique, even in California and Washington
D.C.'s biotech communities."
"Scott went from a daily regimen of applied
science to one of solving legal problems for the same industry," Hull
continued. "In that second career, he's served as both inside and
outside counsel at very good shops. He knows how clients see and weigh IP
issues."
S McPherson IP Law
Scott McPherson will continue to operate his San
Diego-based firm, S McPherson IP Law, where his practice focuses on IP
management, advocacy and procurement for start-up and established
companies.
Hull McGuire PC
Established
in 1992, Hull McGuire (www.hullmcguire.com) solves problems in the areas
of U.S. and international corporate tax, corporate transactions (including
securities), complex federal litigation, ADR, IP, employment practices,
environment, energy and natural resources, SOX, SEC, and EPA criminal and
civil compliance and defense, and federal legislative affairs. The firm is
based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and has offices in Washington, D.C. and
San Diego, California.