Farah focuses on the representation of pharmaceutical, biotechnology, medical device, and diagnostic companies in complex collaboration and partnering transactions.

Matt is primary outside IP counsel to more than 50 life sciences companies in Southern California.

Jess M. Krannich is a litigation partner in the Salt Lake City office of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati. Jess is a seasoned trial lawyer who leads significant intellectual property, unfair competition, patent, and general commercial matters for a wide range of clients in the technology, life sciences, medical device, consumer products, and financial services sectors. Many of his clients are major industry leaders in the Rocky Mountain West.

Alison G. Johnson is a corporate partner at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, where she focuses on the representation of emerging companies at all stages of growth, advising them on venture capital and other financings, mergers and acquisitions, private equity, and corporate governance matters. She also represents venture capital firms and angel investors.

Marc Porter is a corporate partner in the Salt Lake City office of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, where he represents innovative emerging technology, life sciences, consumer product, and other venture and private equity backed companies. He represents companies in their financings and liquidity events, as well as their day-to-day legal matters. He also has extensive experience representing companies in strategic acquisitions. Marc represents many venture capital and private equity funds in Utah and across the country. He is a trusted advisor to executives, boards of directors, entrepreneurs, and venture capital and private equity fund managers.

Sara L. Patak is a partner in the Boulder office of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati. Her practice focuses on patent prosecution and intellectual property counseling, serving clients in a wide range of technology fields, including the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries.

Rex is an experienced patent professional who has assisted life science companies, from start-ups to public companies, for more than a decade.

Dr. Danya J. Martell Smart is a patent agent in the Boston office of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, where her work focuses on patents and innovations primarily in the life sciences, biotechnology, and related industries. Danya has experience in molecular biology, genomics, gene editing, next-generation sequencing, bioinformatics, protein engineering, protein biochemistry, and fluorescence microscopy.

Meredith L. Krannich is an advisor in the Executive Advisory Program of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati. Resident in the firm’s Salt Lake City office, she focuses on leveraging her nearly 20 years of experience in the life sciences sector as a lawyer and business executive to advise clients on a variety of legal operational and business matters.

Matthew J. Meyer is chief business advisor for life sciences at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati. Based in San Francisco, Matthew leads the firm's life science business advisory practice—a newly formed, innovative resource aimed at providing start-up and emerging life sciences companies with business insights, capabilities, and strategies to help them thrive and address some of their most challenging issues.