Michelle Rhyu

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Michelle Rhyu is a life sciences litigator. She has represented life sciences companies at Cooley for more than 25 years, litigating high-impact patent, contract and trade secrets disputes. She advises biotechnology, pharmaceutical and medical devices clients as they navigate complex patent landscapes and competitor incursions. She has litigated and advised companies in Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act-related matters involving numerous different biologic products, and she has achieved significant wins in trade secret misappropriation and breach of contract cases.

Michelle has a PhD in biochemistry and biophysics from the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). She served as a law clerk for Judge James Ware of the US District Court for the Northern District of California and as an intern for Judge Paul Michel of the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.