Dr. Lavoie is a Principal in the Southern California* and Twin Cities offices of Fish & Richardson. She represents a range of clients, from industry to academia, with an emphasis on early to mid-stage companies. Her practice focuses on client counseling and strategic portfolio development, patent opinions, due diligence and freedom-to-operate studies, and patent prosecution in the chemical arts. She has extensive experience in the areas of pharmaceuticals (including life cycle management), drug formulation and drug delivery technologies, biopharmaceuticals, small molecules, nanotechnologies, plant biotechnology and genomics, and green/environmental chemistries. Dr. Lavoie also has significant transactional experience in licensing, feasibility, and development and supply agreements.

Dr. Lavoie was previously a Summer Associate with Fish & Richardson (2001). She also worked as an Intellectual Property Specialist for Epix Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (1996-2000); as a Special Projects Coordinator for Environmental Waste Management Associates, Inc. (1995-1996); and as a Research Assistant at Princeton University (1990-1995).

*Not admitted to practice in California – practice in California limited to federal courts and agencies listed below or otherwise authorized by law.