Tamara Kale

Tamara’s scientific journey began with excellent and engaging chemistry teachers in high school and college, leading her to graduate school at the University of Minnesota. During an internship at 3M the summer before classes began, she learned about patent law as a career. With this option and the eventual decision to move away from the lab, the prospect of patent law allowed her to use her organic chemistry training, appreciation of writing, and practical problem-solving skills in pursuit of patient benefit and led her next to law school where she graduated from the University of Washington School of Law.

As an Associate in various law firms, Tamara encountered a wide variety of chemistry-related inventions, but always gravitated toward pharmaceutical discoveries. Moving in-house allowed her to focus on therapeutics and work with drug hunters bringing medicines to market. At Genentech, she gained valuable legal experience in a dynamic environment on a global scale where she was the Small Molecule IP Lead in the legal department for several years.

Tamara was drawn to join RevMed in the spring of 2019 in part because her graduate work was in the field of RAS proteins. She enjoys collaborating with business leaders and scientists as she helps preserve the value of the company’s IP assets, from research and development towards commercialization. She is a member of the Texas and California bars and is a registered patent attorney with the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office.