Julie M. Watson is special counsel at Marshall Gerstein & Borun, where she concentrates her practice on counseling related to intellectual property transactions, with a particular emphasis in technology startups and university technology transfer. A licensing professional with years of in-house transaction experience, Julie has a real-world appreciation of client needs and knows how to structure complex intellectual property transactions to deliver strategic solutions. She has been recognized by IAM Patent 1000 as one of the “World’s Leading Patent Practitioners” with deep knowledge of university licensing and tech transfer. Julie received her law degree from Wake Forest University Law School and holds a master’s degree from Johns Hopkins University and is admitted to practice law in Illinois, North Carolina and before the USPTO. She is a Certified Licensing Professional TM (CLP) and serves as chair of the CLP Board of Governors. Julie is a long time LES member and frequent speaker at LES and AUTM meetings, as well as a lecturer for a number of academic programs including at Wake Forest University School of Medicine and Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law.
