Industry & Services >> CEO Interviews >> June 7, 2001

Richard Edlin – Greenberg Traurig, Llp

RICHARD A. EDLIN is co-Chairman of the Biotechnology Practice and is a Shareholder in the Corporate & Securities Department of Greenberg Traurig's New York Office. He focuses his practice on the representation of various companies, predominately in the biotechnology sector, in connection with all aspects of corporate and venture capital matters. He is a Member, Judiciary Committee of the Federation Internationale du Sport Universitaire; Bar Association of the City of New York; Lecturer to the New York City High School for Leadership and Public Service's program on Sexual Harassment; Member, Board of Directors, Youth Education Through Sports, Inc.; Member, Board of Directors, Firebrand Financial Group, Inc. Mr. Edlin is the author of numerous articles and publications. He was a Law Clerk for the Honorable Lee P. Gagliardi, US District Court, Southern District of NY, 1985-1986. Mr. Edlin received his JD, Columbia University School of Law, 1985 and a BA, Magna Cum Laude, History, Tufts University, 1982 and was the winner of the 1982 New Jersey State Rhodes Scholarship Competition. He was also a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar, Teaching Fellow (Contracts and Property) and Notes and Comments Editor, Columbia Journal of Environmental Law. He is admitted to practice law in New York, New Jersey and numerous federal courts including the US Supreme Court. Profile
TWST: How do you define the national biotech practice within Greenberg

Traurig?

Mr. Jacobs (co-Chair): Greenberg Traurig's practice is really a cross

departmental group that combines, in