Hunter Baker Joins Wolf Greenfield as Counsel

Baker, MD, PhD, Moves From Choate to Expand IP Law Firm's Pharmaceutical Practice


BOSTON, MA--(Marketwire - May 5, 2009) - C. Hunter Baker, MD, PhD, has joined the Boston intellectual property firm Wolf, Greenfield & Sacks, P.C. as counsel in the firm's pharmaceutical group. Baker will focus his practice on patent prosecution and strategic counseling in the areas of pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, chemistry, materials, and medical devices.

"Hunter has worked at the cutting edge of pharmaceutical research and will be an invaluable addition to our expanding pharmaceutical practice," said Timothy Oyer, Wolf Greenfield's Managing Partner.

Baker was previously a partner with Choate Hall & Stewart, LLP in Boston where he represented major universities, research centers, startups and medium-sized companies in developing intellectual property strategies, conducting patentability searches and freedom-to-operate studies, prosecuting patent applications, drafting opinions, and counseling clients on licensing.

Baker completed his medical training at Harvard Medical School where he was an MD-PhD student in the Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology. His graduate work in Professor E.J. Corey's laboratory at Harvard University focused on an important enzyme in the biosynthesis of cholesterol and other steroids. He received his undergraduate degree in chemistry from MIT, a master's degree in chemistry from Harvard, and his law degree, cum laude, from Boston College Law School.

Baker has published numerous articles in scholarly journals and is a member of the American Chemical Society, Boston Patent Law Association, and Sigma Xi.

Wolf Greenfield, the largest law firm in New England devoted exclusively to intellectual property law, serves companies that make everything from pharmaceuticals to software to electronics to snowboards, as well as representing academic research centers. The firm counsels clients in the areas of patents, trademarks, copyrights, designs, trade secrets, and related licensing and litigation. Web: www.wolfgreenfield.com.

Contact Information: Contact: Henry Stimpson Stimpson Communications 508-647-0705 HStimpson@StimpsonCommunications.com Sara Crocker Wolf Greenfield 617-646-8231 scrocker@wolfgreenfield.com

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