Cheryl Babo

Cheryl has more than 13 years of legal experience that range from complex commercial litigation to corporate transactional law in the life sciences and high technology sectors. In addition to her work with LSL, Cheryl currently serves as Assistant General Counsel to the Translational Genomics Research Institute in Phoenix, Arizona. Cheryl also advises internal clients on various issues relevant to non-profit entities, as well as other general liability and risk concerns.

Prior to her work in the life sciences field, Cheryl worked in-house at Intel Corporation drafting, negotiating and managing compliance with and enforcement of enterprise-wide hardware and software purchasing agreements, licensing agreements, confidentiality agreements and related consulting and services agreements. Before going in-house, Cheryl gained extensive litigation experience counseling and defending clients ranging in size from Fortune 500 companies to small business owners and individuals on matters involving intellectual property, product liability, corporate fraud and professional malpractice claims, among others. Cheryl worked as an associate for Brown & Bain, P.A. (which has since merged with Perkins Coie, LLP) and Bowman & Brooke, LLP, both in Phoenix, Arizona, and was a senior partner with the Grasso Law Firm, P.C. in Tempe, Arizona.

From Arizona State University, Cheryl received a J.D., joint M.B.A. and M.S. Information Management degrees, and a B.A. in Philosophy. Cheryl is admitted to the Arizona bar.