Fish & Richardson Adds 4 New Associates in San Diego

Fish & Richardson has announced the addition of 38 associates across the firm’s 12 offices. Joining the Southern California office, based in San Diego, are Dr. Crystal Culhane, Dr. Veronica Sandoval, Jared Smith and Nicole Williams.

Dr. Crystal Culhane focuses her practice on patent prosecution work in the areas of chemistry, pharmaceuticals, and biotechnology, as well as patent litigation matters. Prior to joining Fish, she was an associate at a general practice law firm where she handled patent prosecution matters and also assisted in Hatch-Waxman litigation matters. She received her J.D., cum laude, from California Western School of Law in 2014, her Ph.D. in chemistry from Johns Hopkins University in 2008 and her B.S. in chemistry from the University of St. Thomas (St. Paul, MN) in 2001. She is admitted to practice in California and before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

Dr. Veronica Sandoval previously served as a judicial extern to the Honorable Charles K. Wiggins of the Washington Supreme Court and as an extern at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Prior to her legal career, Dr. Sandoval was s a medical liaison for two different pharmaceutical companies and an adjunct professor at the University of Utah in the Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology. She received her J.D., cum laude, from Seattle University School of Law in 2013, her Ph.D. in pharmacology & toxicology from the University of Utah in 2002, and her B.S. in molecular and cell biology from the University of California in 1997.

Jared Smith previously was a senior systems engineer on classified projects for Raytheon and Northrop Grumman. He received his J.D., cum laude, from the University of California, Hastings College of Law in 2015, where he was staff editor of the Hastings Science & Technology Law Journal, his M.S. in systems architecture and engineering from the University of Southern California, and both a B.S., magna cum laude, in industrial and systems engineering and a B.A., magna cum laude, in liberal arts from the University of San Diego. He is admitted to practice in California, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, the U.S. District Courts for the Central, Northern and Southern Districts of California, and before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

Nicole Williams focuses her practice on patent litigation and has experience with various technologies, including DNA sequencing and stem cell technology. Previously, she served as a judicial extern for the Honorable Sharon Johnson Coleman of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. Williams received her J.D., cum laude, from Northwestern University School of Law in 2013, where she was the Supervising Note and Comment Editor for the Northwestern Journal of Technology and Intellectual Property, and her B.S. in Bioengineering from the University of California, Berkeley in 2010. She is admitted to practice in California and the U.S. District Courts for the Northern and Central Districts of California.

The associates joining Fish’s Intellectual Property (IP) Litigation Group in the firm’s other offices include: Rachel Bandli (Twin Cities), Ashley Bolt (Atlanta), William B. Collier, Jr. (Dallas), Dr. Sarah Cork (Washington, D.C.), Andrew Goldberg (Silicon Valley), Jared Hartzman (Washington, D.C.), Lawrence Jarvis (Atlanta), Erin Leach (Washington, D.C.), April Sunyoung Park (Washington, D.C.), Liz Ranks (Boston), Dr. Grant Rice (Boston), Jeremy Saks (New York), James Sebel (Boston), Maria Stiteler (Twin Cities), Ryan Teel (Washington, D.C.), Dr. Noorossadat Torabi (Silicon Valley), Holly Victorson (Silicon Valley), Dr. Karrie Wheatley (Houston) and Sabrina Wilson (Atlanta).

Associates joining Fish’s Patent Group outside of Southern California include Patrick Darno (Washington, D.C.), Craig A. Deutsch (Twin Cities), Brian J. Goldberg (Washington, D.C.), Moses A. Heyward (Boston), Christopher Hoff (Twin Cities), Dr. Annie King (Boston), Dr. Peng Lin (Boston), Dr. Cameron Luitjens (Twin Cities), Steven J. Petkovsek (Boston), Andrew Rejent (Boston), Dr. Thomas J. Styslinger (Twin Cities), and Scott Tobias (Austin).

Vivian Cheng (New York), John P. McCormick (Boston), and Michelle Parsons (Silicon Valley) have joined the Trademark and Copyright Group.