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Debora Plehn
Debora Plehn

Debora Plehn focuses her practice on biotechnology, biochemistry, chemistry and pharma. Debora has extensive experience in the preparation and prosecution of patent applications, as well as in due diligence. Debora has also participated in interferences, reexaminations and in litigation support for corporate clients, universities, research institutes and startups. Debora is the Chair of the Biotechnology Committee of the American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA). Debora was selected as a winner for the Lawyer Monthly Magazine, “Women in Law Awards 2015 Publication,” for her outstanding legal expertise and contribution within the practice area of Biotechnology.


Debora is licensed to practice in Pennsylvania and New Jersey and before the United States Patent Office. Debora's practice in the District of Columbia is limited to matters and proceedings before the federal courts and agencies.


Debora received her J.D. from Temple University Beasley School of Law, where she made Dean's List. She completed her B.S. in biochemistry at Geneva University in Switzerland, where she was also awarded an M.S. in biochemistry. Debora obtained her M.S. in life sciences from the Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovot, Israel, where she focused on award-winning hormone and cancer research, focusing on ovarian cancer. She earned her Ph.D. in biology at Yale University under the supervision of Professor Sidney Altman, who won the Nobel Prize in chemistry for his research on RNAse P.


Debora conducted research applying novel ribozyme technology to inhibit influenza infection in cells. She was also a post-doctoral research fellow at the Wistar Institute in Philadelphia, where she worked on confocal microscopy studies of virus-infected cells under a grant from the NIH. Following her post-doctorate, Debora was also an assistant professor of biology and chemistry at Northampton Community College in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, where she won grants from the NSF and awards for developing new courses such as biology for education majors and history of science. Debora has several publications in scientific journals, including the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature.


Debora is fluent in English, French and Spanish, and also speaks some German and Hebrew.

  
 

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