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Education

Austin College (B.A., Chemistry, 1994); University of Arkansas for Medical Science (Ph.D., Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 2001); University of San Diego School of Law (J.D., 2004).

Admissions & Courts

California.

Memberships

State Bar of California; San Diego Venture Group; BIOCOM; CONNECT; Licensing Executives Society; San Diego Intellectual Property Law Association.

Attorney Biography

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Brett Atkins joined Heller Ehrman in 2007 and has a corporate and intellectual property transactions practice.

Experience

Dr. Atkins focuses on corporate and intellectual property transactions involving life science and high tech companies, especially with regard to financing, corporate formation and governance, strategic partnerships and collaborations, mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, spin-out transactions, licensing agreements, manufacturing agreements and clinical research agreements.  Prior to his legal career, Dr. Atkins conducted academic biomedical research in the field of molecular genetics and worked as a research scientist in a biotechnology company.

Education

Austin College (B.A., Chemistry, 1994); University of Arkansas for Medical Science (Ph.D., Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 2001); University of San Diego School of Law (J.D., 2004).

Admissions & Courts

California.

Memberships

State Bar of California; San Diego Venture Group; BIOCOM; CONNECT; Licensing Executives Society; San Diego Intellectual Property Law Association.