Welcome to the second edition of the

Wolf Greenfield Alumni Newsletter!

Maintaining relationships with former colleagues is important to us, so we decided to create a platform that is dedicated to you – our valued alumni. Once a Wolfie, always a Wolfie. We hope you’ll find the information within interesting and useful. We also hope you’ll share information with us to include in future editions!

ALUMNI SPOTLIGHT

Cristin Berkey

Senior Director of Intellectual Property and Contracts, Abata Therapeutics

We’re pleased to feature Cristin Berkey in this episode of the Alumni Spotlight. Cristin was an associate at Wolf Greenfield from 2017-2019.

Cristin currently serves as Senior Director of Intellectual Property and Contracts at Abata Therapeutics. Abata translates the biology of regulatory T cells (Tregs) into transformational medicines for patients with progressive multiple sclerosis and other serious autoimmune and inflammatory diseases.

• Nathaniel Choe is an incoming Law Student at Harvard Law School.
• Gabe McCool has joined an MPM Capital Portfolio Company as Vice President, Legal. 
• Dhara Patel has joined BlueRock Therapeutics as Director, IP Counsel. 
• Nathaniel Schafheimer has joined Tessera Therapeutics as Patent Counsel.
• Shirley Tan has joined Sanofi as a Patent Attorney.
• Robin Weatherhead has joined Ventus Therapeutics as VP of Intellectual Property and Legal.

JOB OPPORTUNITIES

• Are you hiring for a position you'd like to promote in an upcoming newsletter or on the LinkedIn Wolf Greenfield Alumni Group? Let us know! 
• Current Wolf Greenfield job opportunities: 
  • Lateral Attorneys
  • Technology Specialists
  • Summer Associates
  • Business Professionals

STAY CONNECTED

👉 Did you recently switch jobs, receive a promotion, publish an article, or have an important life event you’d like to share with others? Let us know and we’ll incorporate it into the next newsletter!

👉 There's a way to interact with fellow alumni in real-time! To communicate with other alumni, share job openings, and see firm news, be sure to join the Wolf Greenfield Alumni Group on LinkedIn!

• Wolf Greenfield was ranked among the top 10 law firms on The National Law Journal's 2022 LGBTQ Scorecard. Read more. 
• An article authored by Christina Licursi titled “Creating a Diverse, Equitable, and Inclusive Law Firm: One Firm’s Reckoning Post-Pandemic” was published in Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly. Read more.
• A column authored by Jason Balich titled “Patent Update: Don’t Patent That!” was published in the American Institute of Chemical Engineers’ Chemical Engineering Progress (CEP) Magazine. Read more. 
• An article authored by Jason Balich and Brandon Blackwell titled “Top Tips to Protect a Company’s Confidential Information When Sharing with Others” was published in the Intellectual Property & Technology Law Journal. Read more. 
• An article authored by Marie McKiernan titled "An Exercise in Restraint: Seeking and Combatting Injunctive Relief" was published in IPWatchdog. Read more.
• Big changes are coming for patent litigation in the Western District of Texas. Read our litigation alert. 

Do you have any questions, comments, or suggestions for the next edition? Feel free to contact Cassie Najjar at cassie.najjar@wolfgreenfield.com.