Lea’s practice focuses on patent preparation, prosecution, and counseling for a variety of technologies and medical devices.

Prior to joining the firm as an associate, Lea was a summer associate in the Boston office for the Two-Summer Patent Program in the summers of 2021 and 2022.

She received her J.D. from the University of New Hampshire, Franklin Pierce School of Law with an intellectual property law certificate. As a student, she served as the Vol. 63 editor-in-chief of IDEA: The Law Review of the Franklin Pierce Center of Intellectual Property. While in law school, Lea also worked as a legal writing teaching and research assistant, where she conducted legal research, developed writing case files, and drafted example memorandums.

Lea earned her B.S. in biomedical engineering from the Honors College at Rutgers University. While completing her degree, Lea worked as a research assistant. There, she formulated transdermal patches for the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease and conducted skin permeation studies using Franz diffusion cells. Additionally, she was a formulation sciences intern where she continued her work using Franz diffusion cells and quantified drug retention in skin for different animal health products. Lea was subsequently recognized for her engineering senior design project, which focused on programming a smart walking cane with a load cell and mobile application to monitor cyclic load applied to the cane for patient recovery.