Areas of Practice
Life Sciences; Patents; Trademarks
Representative Experience
Registered Patent Attorney with experience in domestic and international intellectual property matters including patent clearance, prosecution, and licensing, as well as all aspects of trademark practice including selection, clearance, registration, maintenance, licensing and policing
Prior law firm experience includes management and counseling of intellectual property portfolios for Skechers, Inc., Skype Ltd, and Charlotte Russe Merchandising Inc.
Prior Experience
Associate, Buchalter Nemer, Los Angeles, CA
General Counsel, Fancy Foods Inc., San Clemente, CA
Associate, Kleinberg & Lerner, LLP, Century City, CA
Compliance Director & Lead Internal Auditor, YouBet.com, Woodland Hills, CA
Judicial Extern, Honorable Terry J. Hatter, Jr., Chief Judge of the U.S. District Court, Los Angeles, CA
Patent and Trademark Assistant, Lyon & Lyon LLP, Los Angeles, CA
Memberships and Activities
State Bar of California
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
U.S. District Court, Central District of California
Education
J.D., Pepperdine University School of Law, Malibu, CA, 2002
- Top 20 percentile
- Vice President, Armenian Student Association
Brooklyn Law School, Brooklyn, NY
- Top 10 percentile
- Scholarship recipient
- Moot court finalist
B.A. in Bio-Chemistry, University of California at Santa Barbara,
Santa Barbara, CA, 1999
Languages
Fluent in Armenian
Conversant in French and Farsi
