Thomas A. Briggs
Work in Jones Day
Top Rated Family Law Attorney in San Diego, CA
Intellectual Property, Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Law, Science & Technology Law, Consumer Law, Medical Malpractice
12265 El Camino Real, Suite 200, San Diego, CA 92130
About Thomas A. Briggs
Practice Areas
- Intellectual Property
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Corporate Law
- Science & Technology Law
- Consumer Law
- Medical Malpractice
Education
- John Marshall Law School, 1994J.D.
- Honors: summa cum laude
- Honors: Order of John Marshall
- Honors: Moot Court
- University of Akron, 1987B.S.Ch.E.
Representative Cases
- Abbott acquires Facet Biotech for $722 million (2010)
- Albertson's acquired by consortium of investors for $17.4 billion (2009)
- Alcatel-Lucent sells Genesys business to Permira for US$1.5 billion (2011)
- American Greetings acquires Papyrus trademark and wholesale business (2009)
- Athersys and Pfizer join forces to use stem cells to treat IBD (2010)
- Athersys completes registered direct offering of Common Stock
- Athersys forms strategic alliance with 3-D Pharma over certain drug targets (2009)
- Athersys licenses stem cell technology to RTI for orthopedic applications (2010)
- Athersys merges with MCL and acquires stem cell technology (2009)
- Attachmate acquires Novell for $2.2 billion (2010)
- Avanir licenses D-DM from Concert for neurological disorders
- Bayer AG forms strategic alliance with Schering-Plough (2009)
- Bayer CropScience acquires U.S. agricultural biotech company Athenix for $400 million (2009)
- Bayer CropScience to acquire biological pest management company AgraQuest for $425 million (€340 million) (2012)
- BenefitMall completes sale to Austin Ventures and merger with CompuPay (2012)
- BioMarin acquires LEAD Therapeutics (2010)
- Blue Point Capital sells controlling interest in TREK Diagnostic Systems (2009)
- Bunge and Solazyme establish framework for joint venture in Brazil to make oil from sugar cane juice and algae
- Bunge and Solazyme to jointly develop process for making oil from sugar cane juice and algae
- Bunge forms JV in Brazil to make oil from sugar cane (2012)
- Bunge purchases assets of MCN BioProducts (2012)
- Celgene licenses patents to Teva for marketing generic version of Focalin capsules and tablets (2010)
- Celgene licenses to Cambrex certain chiral intermediate chemistries (2010)
- Clearlight Cream sells Bocchi Laboratories (2009)
- Clearlight Cream sells Medicia Corporation (2009)
- Cleveland-Cliffs forms joint venture to develop new ironmaking technology (2009)
- Cleveland-Cliffs forms strategic alliance with Kobe Steel (2009)
- Court Square Capital completes sale of Mosaic Sales Solutions to Acosta (2012)
- Dana Corp forms Bendix Spicer Foundation Brake, a joint venture with Bendix (2009)
- Dana Corp forms strategic alliance with Permo-Drive (2009)
- Dow Corning acquires semiconductor technologies (2009)
- Federated Department Stores acquires Liberty House
- Federated sells Lord & Taylor division to NRDC Equity Partners (2009)
- GeoSynFuels strikes joint venture with Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, establishes Agrius BioForms, LLC (2009)
- Harris Corp acquires Encoda Systems for $340 million (2009)
- Harris Corporation acquires Carefx for $155 million (2011)
- Harris Corporation acquires Tyco Electronics Wireless Systems (2009)
- IBM divests printer business to Ricoh (2009)
- J.M. Smucker acquires International Multifoods Corp. (2009)
- J.M. Smucker Co. acquires Jif and Crisco product lines from Procter & Gamble (2009)
- Kirtland Capital portfolio company acquires Hardee Equipment Company (2009)
- Kirtland Capital sells TruSeal Technologies to Quanex Corp. (2009)
- Lacquer Craft Manufacturing acquires Universal Furniture
- LLR Partners and Wellpoint jointly acquire substantially all assets of Physicians Immediate Care (2012)
- LSI Logic develops strategic alliance with StorageTek (2009)
- MedImmune licenses in IP on antibodies that target IL-5 receptor (2009)
- Metering Technology Corp. negotiates strategic alliance for electronic utility meters
- Micron Technology enters into joint venture with Nanya Technology relating to Inotera Memories (2009)
- Micron Technology forms IM Flash Singapore, a joint venture with Intel Corporation in Singapore (2009)
- Micron Technology forms IM Flash Technologies, a $5.2 billion joint venture with Intel Corporation (2009)
- Micron Technology forms MeiYa Technology Corporation, a joint venture with Nanya Technology Corporation (2009)
- Morgenthaler acquires Flow Solutions (2009)
- Nonprofit organizations form spinoff companies (2009)
- Nonprofit research hospital develops licensing and IP management programs (2009)
- OfficeMax establishes strategic alliances for selling technology products and services
- OM Group acquires EaglePicher Technologies from EaglePicher Corporation for $171.9 million (2009)
- OM Group acquires electronics business of Rockwood Holdings for $315 million (2009)
- OncoHoldings negotiates exclusive license for family of cancer compounds from TGen
- Parallel portfolio company Moosejaw Mountaineering and Backcountry Travel completes additional recapitalization
- Parker Hannifin acquires Denison International (2009)
- PolyOne acquires GLS (2009)
- PolyOne to acquire ColorMatrix Group for $486 million (2011)
- Premier Farnell sells Kent Automotive and Premier Industrial to Lawson Products
- Procter & Gamble divests its Pringles snacks business to The Kellogg Company for $2.7 billion (2012)
- Procter & Gamble and Teva Pharmaceutical form consumer health care partnership (2011)
- Procter & Gamble sells perpetual licensing of Braun brand for use in household small appliances to De' Longhi (2012)
- Resilience Capital acquires business unit of Andrew Corporation (2009)
- Resilience Capital sells business unit of ASC Signal Corporation (2009)
- Riverside acquires ActivStyle (2009)
- Riverside acquires assets of LocalTel Yellow Pages (2009)
- Riverside acquires Crisis Prevention Institute
- Riverside acquires L-com (2009)
- Riverside sells Delta Petroleum to Grief (2009)
- Soin International acquires Sundance Products (2009)
- Stallergenes licenses allergy medicine for house dust mites immunotherapy to Shionogi (2010)
- Stallergenes licenses allergy medicine for Japanese cedar immunotherapy to Shionogi (2010)
- Sumitomo Bakelite acquires Vyncolit (2009)
- SupportSoft sells its enterprise business to Consona
- Texas Instruments acquires National Semiconductor for $6.5 billion (2011)
- Thales sells consumer navigation business to Shah Capital-led investor group (2009)
- Timken Company acquires Torrington Division of Ingersoll-Rand Company (2009)
- Timken sells Latrobe Steel (2009)
- Timken sells needle roller bearings business to JTEKT (2009)
- Tokyo Electron to acquire FSI International, a leading provider of cleaning and surface preparation equipment, for $252.5 million (2012)
- TSRC acquires Dexco Polymers for US$168 million (2011)
- Uncle Waffles, Ltd. sells assets to J.M. Smucker LLC
- University Hospitals Health System performs clinical trials for pharma and medical device companies (2009)
- Verity Instruments acquires IP for semiconductor manufacturing (2010)
- Zoran to merge with CSR for $679 million (2011)
Qualifications
Bar Admissions
- California
- U.S. District Court Northern District of Ohio
- U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
Past Positions
- M.A. Hanna Company (now PolyOne Corporation), Chief Iintellectual Property Officer and Assistant General Counsel
- Union Carbide/Praxair, Chemical Engineer and Plant Supervisor
Office Info
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