Nicholas Herrel

Nicholas Herrel, Ph.D., Esq. concentrates his practice in domestic and foreign patent preparation, prosecution, and counseling in the life science and chemical arts. Nick regularly prepares freedom-to-operate and patentability searches, analysis, and opinions, as well as drafts patent applications and prosecute domestic and foreign patent applications. Prior to his outside counsel experience, he was in-house Patent Counsel at a Fortune 100 global technology company.

Prior to the start of Nick’s legal career, he performed biomedical research for over 7 years, where he focused on viral and cancer biology. During his scientific career, he has examined viral tropism, performed epidemiological studies examining microbial infections and cancer, and taught graduate and medical students in numerous areas, including virology, bacteriology, immunology, parasitology, chemistry, biochemistry, and advanced cell biology, and laboratory theory and techniques.