Jeff Morton is a founding partner of our San Diego office, and currently co-chairs Snell & Wilmer’s Life Sciences and Medical Technology Industry Group. He has over 15 years of experience representing both start-up and large enterprises for their intellectual property and commercial law needs. Jeff is retained on a regular basis to serve as external IP/technology counsel to companies around the world, and also represents numerous leading international law firms to protect their clients’ intellectual property rights in the United States.
Jeff has significant patent prosecution and strategic patent counseling experience in a wide range of technologies, including genomics and immunology. He also maintains an active trademark and transactional practice, and has represented clients in numerous intellectual property-related transactions. Due to his bar admissions in the United States and Canada, Jeff's practice includes providing cross-border advice to Canadian clients operating in the U.S., and vice versa.
In addition to his normal areas of practice, Jeff is a member of the firm’s Coronavirus (COVID-19) Response Team, an interdisciplinary team of lawyers, formed quickly after recognizing the complex legal issues that businesses would confront as a result of the coronavirus. This group has issued legal alerts and newsletters on the topic and has hosted multiple webinars to address a range of concerns. The group remains committed to monitoring the issues and bringing as much clarity and guidance to clients as possible. More information is available in the COVID-19 Resource Center.
