Dr. Reaney is an associate in the Intellectual Property practice group of Morrison & Foerster’s Palo Alto office. Her practice encompasses a wide range of technologies in organic and inorganic chemistry, biochemistry and materials science, with a focus on small molecule pharmaceuticals, materials, bio-polymers and conjugate chemistry. She has extensive experience in patent prosecution and in providing patent portfolio strategic counseling and management. Dr. Reaney also has significant experience in conducting due diligence evaluations and is a member of Morrison & Foerster’s Venture Intellectual Property (VIP) Group.

Dr. Reaney received her J.D. from Santa Clara University and her Ph.D. in chemistry from the University of California, Santa Cruz, where her doctoral research concentrated on synthetic organic methodology and the use of lithium aminoborohydrides in novel hydride and amine transfer reactions. She has published several first-author papers in peer-reviewed journals and has presented her research at numerous conferences, including those sponsored by the American Chemical Society and the IUPAC World Chemistry Congress. She received a B.A. degree in biochemistry from Occidental College, where she conducted undergraduate research investigating psoralen-DNA intercalation.