Michelle Rhyu

Partner

I work with our clients to understand their business objectives and litigation needs. I use my scientific training to understand deeply the technology and arguments, then break down complex technology and facts to craft the client’s story, one that resonates with judges and jurors.

rhyums@cooley.com

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Dr. Michelle Rhyu has over twenty years of experience representing life sciences companies, with a primary focus on high-stakes patent, contract and trade secrets disputes in the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries. She has extensive experience leading litigation and trial teams. Her cases have involved small molecule drug compounds, pharmaceutical formulations, monoclonal antibodies, immunotherapy platform technologies, biofuels, hormone receptors, gene expression technology and medical devices. She has experience with Hatch-Waxman litigation and the abbreviated regulatory pathway for biosimilars (BPCIA).

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Experience

Global cross-license achieved for Gevo in long-running biofuels patent case
Cooley and ACLU File Discrimination Suit Against City of Escondido
Complete win for Gilead Sciences in dispute involving breakthrough SOVALDI treatment
Pretrial Win for Gevo in Patent Suit

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In a bet-the-company litigation, the Cooley team came through. The team's combination of deep trial experience and scientific expertise was critical to the success of the case. – Brett Pletcher, General Counsel, Gilead Sciences

Education

Stanford Law School
JD, with distinction, 2000
University of California, San Francisco
PhD, Biochemistry and Biophysics
National Science Foundation Graduate Fellow, 1994
University of California, Berkeley
BA, Molecular Biology
with honors, 1988