As Deputy General Counsel for Sanford Burnham Prebys, Dave heads the intellectual property department and is responsible for its global patent strategy. Dave also oversees all litigation matters and provides general legal advice to the Institute.
Dave has worked at Sanford Burnham Prebys for five years. Prior to joining Sanford Burnham Prebys, he was general counsel at Cutwater Spirits and before that, an associate at the Knobbe Martens law firm in San Deigo.
Dave graduated cum laude from Loyola Law School (Los Angeles) in 2010. He also graduated cum laude from UC San Diego, majoring in bioengineering, and worked in the lab of Richard Lerner, MD, a pioneering physician-scientist and former president of Scripps Research, before attending law school.