Kristel Schorr is a partner and intellectual property lawyer with Foley & Lardner LLP. She is chair of the firm’s national Chemical, Biotechnology & Pharmaceutical Practice.

Experience:

Dr. Schorr counsels life science clients regarding all aspects of intellectual property, including due diligence analyses, invalidity, non-infringement and freedom to operate opinions, IP portfolio management, patent prosecution, post-grant and interference proceedings. Her legal practice spans a number of technical areas, including immunology, molecular and cell biology, protein chemistry, gene therapy, oncology, small molecule pharmaceutical compositions and drug delivery systems, but her work often involves cell based therapeutics, and biologics such as antibodies and other large molecule receptor agonists and antagonists.