Deanna Baxam, the firm's principal, is licensed to practice law in:
Maryland
Pennsylvania
Georgia
She has been admitted to practice before:
The United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
The U.S. District Court, Northern District of Georgia
The U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York (pro hac vice)
The Court of Appeals, Georgia
The Supreme Court of Georgia
The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Deanna is also registered to practice before the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
Deanna offers clients the benefit of over 26 years of science and technology experience, and 16 years of law experience in government, private legal practice and as in-house counsel in the pharmaceutical and other industries. In these contexts she has worked on issues affecting compliance with federal requirements, interactions with pharmaceutical manufacturers and business operations typical to a healthcare practice.
As Assistant General Counsel at a specialty pharmaceutical and cosmetics company and in other positions of responsibility at Fortune 100 companies, Deanna provided practical, business-oriented advice in a fast-paced creative environment to clients who were all-business, all-science, or somewhere in between. Today, she is available to handle your complex technical matters in healthcare, FDA, compliance and intellectual property law, and to take care of your contracts and other business law matters as well.
Deanna received a Juris Doctorate degree from Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, D.C. She additionally holds a Master of Science degree in Food Science and a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemistry, and has completed a short course in Healthcare Law Compliance at Seton Hall University.