LEO G. LENNA, B.S., Hunter College, 1988; M.S., The Graduate Center at Hunter College, 1991, J.D., The School of Law at Queens College, 1995 (Phi Delta Phi). Admitted to the Courts of the States of New York and New Jersey, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit and registered to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. 1986-1989 Molecular Biology Research Associate, The Institute For Molecular Structure and Function; 1988-1992 Lecturer, Department of Molecular Biology- Hunter College;1995-1997 associated with Meltzer, Lippe, Goldstein, Wolf, & Sclissel, P.C.; 1997-2002 associated with Bryan Cave LLP, an international 100 year- old Park Avenue Law firm; 2002-2005 Partner, Checksix, LLC, a holding company that owns a majority interest in several intellectually property based environmental/energy conservation companies. At Checksix, LLC, Mr. Lenna was responsible for developing the patent portfolio covering the products, methods, and compositions behind each of the companies owned by Checksix, LLC. Mr. Lenna was also responsible for overseeing the research and development functions at the company’s research laboratories in New York and North Carolina. Memberships include New York Intellectual Property Law Association and American Intellectual Property Law Association (Member, Biotechnology Committee, 1996 to present); New York Biotechnology Association and the Suffolk County Bar association (1997-present). Mr. Lenna focuses his practice on patent procurement in the biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, semi-conductor, materials, complex catalysts, and related fields as well as counseling clients in the areas of patent validity and enforceability. Mr. Lenna has provided numerous validity, infringement and enforceability opinions to his clients and has conducted numerous due diligence projects.