Lynn M. Russo

Lynn M. Russo, Ph.D., is an associate in Hughes Hubbard & Reed's Intellectual Property practice. She has extensive experience in preparation and prosecution of patent applications, as well as in litigation and arbitration.

Lynn also has experience in invalidity and non-infringement opinions, due diligence, portfolio management and client counseling in areas including:

• antibodies/proteins
• medical devices
• next-generation sequencing technologies
• cancer biology/immunology/vaccine/stem cell research
• microbiology/biofuel production
• industrial processes and plants/foods and food supplements
• pharmaceuticals/small molecules
• biologically implantable microchip devices
• diagnostics/microarray technologies/biological assay multiwell cartridges

Prior to joining Hughes Hubbard, Lynn worked at both large general practice and intellectual property boutique law firms. During Lynn's graduate studies, she identified and characterized novel genes involved in nervous system development and neurodegeneration.