Pamela Cox

Partner and Chair, IP Transactions

Pamela L. Cox, partner and chair of IP Transactions at Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP, is talented at unraveling complex deal structures and devising creative agreement solutions. Starting her career in-house, Pam focuses her practice on intellectual property transactions, protection, and dispute resolution for clients ranging from multinational corporations to non-profit institutions. She is a patent attorney who understands her clients’ intellectual property and agreement needs and remains passionately engaged until their strategic objectives are achieved. Clients consider her an invaluable member of their team.

Pam is also committed to developing legal professionals and future licensing leaders. Pam is currently President Elect and past Vice President of Licensing Executive Society International (LESI), Co-Founder and past Chair of Women in Licensing Alliance (WILA), past corporate secretary and member of the Board of LESI, founder of LESI Life Science Advisory Board and former Vice-Chair of External Relations Committee, Chair of LESI Life Science Committee, International Delegate for LES USA-Canada and Chair of the LES USA/Canada Chicago Chapter. She is a Certified Licensing Professional (CLP) and past President and Chair of CLP. Pam is frequently invited to speak on licensing, dispute resolution and non-profit technology transfer, including at AUTM. Pam is an adjunct professor at Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law. Pam is a Board member and Executive Committee Advisor of the HCS Family Services.

Licensing Executive Society International (LESI) President Elect Past Vice President Past Corporate Secretary and Member, Board of LESI Founder, LESI Life Science Advisory Board Past Vice-Chair, External Relations Committee Past Chair, LESI Life Science Committee Past International Delegate, LES USA-Canada Past Chair, LES USA/Canada Chicago Chapter Women In Licensing Alliance (WILA) Co-Founder Past Chair Certified Licensing Professional (CLP) Past President Past Chair HCS Family Services Board Member Executive Committee Advisor Global Healthcare Innovation Alliance Accelerator (GHIAA) Board of Directors World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Signatory of the WIPO Mediation Pledge for IP and Technology Disputes Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO) Co-founder / past Chair, Licensing Committee American Bar Association (ABA) American Bar Foundation (ABF) American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA) AUTM Illinois State Bar Association (ISBA) Women in Bio (WIB)  

• University of Notre Dame Law School (J.D.)
• Indiana University, Bloomington (B.S.)
  • Biology