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Nye, Debra D.
Foley & Lardner LLP
11250 El Camino Real
Suite 200
San Diego, CA 92130
Phone: (858) 847-6730
Fax: (858) 792-6773
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Websites associated with this firm:http://www.foley.comSummary
Current Employment Position(s)
Partner
Lawyer Overview
Debra Nye is a partner in the San Diego office of Foley & Lardner LLP. She is a member of the firm's Intellectual Property Litigation; Biotechnology & Pharmaceutical; and Privacy, Security & Information Management Practices, as well its Life Sciences Industry Team. She focuses her practice on all aspects of intellectual property counseling and litigation. Ms. Nye has broad experience in intellectual property litigation including trademark, copyright, trade secret and unfair competition disputes, with a focus on patent disputes. Ms. Nye has successfully prevailed in patent cases at jury trials and in summary judgment rulings. Ms. Nye's patent litigation experience includes disputes involving many different technologies such as medical devices, pharmaceuticals, chemical manufacture, genetics, computer software, and electronics. Ms. Nye also advises clients on issues of intellectual property protection and management. Before joining Foley, Ms. Nye was an associate at the intellectual property firm of Senniger, Powers, Leavitt & Roedel in St. Louis, Missouri. Her practice included patent preparation and prosecution, intellectual property litigation and dispute resolution, and patent and intellectual property counseling. Prior to beginning her legal career, Ms. Nye was a senior nuclear medicine technologist with The Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland. Ms. Nye graduated, magna cum laude, from Medical College of Georgia in 1990 with a B.S. in nuclear medicine technology. She earned her J.D. from Washington University School of Law in St. Louis in 1998, where she received the Clifford W. Gaylord Foundation Scholar in Law Award. Ms. Nye is admitted to practice in California, Missouri, Illinois, and before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Ms. Nye is also admitted to practice before numerous United States District Courts and the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. She is a member of the American Intellectual Property Law Association, the San Diego Intellectual Property Law Association, the San Diego County Bar Association, and the Society of Nuclear Medicine.
Areas of Practice
- Biotechnology & Pharmaceutical
- IP Litigation
- Political Law
- Life Sciences
Qualifications
Bar Admissions
- California
- Missouri
- Illinois
- U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
- U.S. Court of Appeals Federal Circuit
Professional Associations and Memberships
- American Intellectual Property Law Association (Member)
- San Diego Intellectual Property Law Association (Member)
- San Diego County Bar Association (Member)
- Society of Nuclear Medicine (Member)
Past Employment Positions
- Senniger, Powers, Leavitt & Roedel, Associate
- The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Senior Nuclear Medicine Technologist
Education
- Washington University School of Law, St. Louis, Missouri,
1998
J.D.
Honors: Clifford W. Gaylord Foundation Scholar in Law Award - Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, Georgia,
1990
B.S.
Honors: magna cum laude
Major: Nuclear Medicine Technology
Office Information
Address
11250 El Camino Real
Suite 200
San Diego, CA 92130
Phones
(858) 847-6730
Faxes
(858) 792-6773