Vi Tran is an associate in the IP Litigation Group at Morrison Foerster in New York.
Dr. Vi Tran has comprehensive experience in litigation, encompassing pre-suit investigation, drafting of legal documents, discovery, and collaboration with both expert and fact witnesses, as well as advising clients on litigation preparation, strategic patent lifecycle management, and due diligence. She leverages her extensive experience to support life science clients in navigating complex patent issues, including those related to Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA) and Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act (BPCIA) litigations. She also represents clients in parallel patent proceedings such as Inter Partes Reviews (IPRs) and Post Grant Reviews (PGRs) before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB).
Dr. Tran earned her Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry from the University of California, Irvine, where she was part of the inaugural class of the Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmacology Gateway Program. Under the guidance of Dr. Keith Woerpel, her doctoral research focused on the stereoelectronic control of nucleophilic addition to five-membered ring oxocarbenium ions, with implications for developing anti-viral and anti-bacterial agents. She completed her B.S. in Chemistry at the California Institute of Technology where she engaged in research under Dr. Jacqueline K. Barton, evaluating modified carbon electrodes for biosensors detecting DNA mismatches, and under Dr. Brian M. Stoltz, where she developed methodologies for palladium-catalyzed formation of carbon-carbon bonds in methylindoles.
Prior to law school, Dr. Tran worked as a research associate in pharmaceutical R&D for a pharmaceutical giant. There, she synthesized and analyzed small molecules for treating neurological dysfunctions and was involved in drafting patent applications for new compounds aimed at treating depression.
Vi is a Speaker for the The Gentle and the Assertive: What New Motherhood Teaches About Advocacy program.