Mary specializes in patent law and licensing and worked for Bayer HealthCare, LLC, as a patent attorney for 21 years. Her experience includes diagnostics, consumer care, biotechnology, citric acid fermentation, food ingredients, central technology, chemical synthesis of pharmaceuticals and allergy products.
Mary's practice includes the structuring, negotiation and drafting of research and development and licensing agreements. She has also substituted in an Ombudsman position (Ethics and Privacy Officer) for Bayer.
Prior to joining LSL, she was Senior Patent Counsel for the Bayer's Biological Products division, for both the North Carolina (plasma products) and California (recombinant FVIII) sites. She handled the contracting needs of the research and development group, as well as licensing transactions for Bayer's plasma products business.
Mary received her B.S. in Pharmacy from the University of Michigan; her Ph.D. in Pharmaceutical Chemistry from the University of California, San Francisco Medical Center; and her J.D. from the University of Notre Dame. She is a member of the patent bar and is licensed in Indiana.