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Mr. Abbott has over 30 years of experience serving as Director, Chief Executive Officer and company officer of numerous biotech companies including Synergen and Darwin Molecular. He has also worked as a corporate and finance attorney and been a partner with the Silicon Valley law firm of Cooley LLP, for which he co-founded and managed a branch office in Kirkland, Washington. Previously, as a partner with Holme Roberts & Owen in Colorado, he led the firm’s technology practice and co-founded a branch office in Boulder, Colorado. Mr. Abbott has worked for many years as a biotech industry consultant, company advisor, and expert witness in biotech and technology licensing litigation. Today he is an Emeritus Attorney in the State of Washington, where he has volunteered on numerous cases for Northwest Immigrant Rights Project and served on its Board of Directors. He has also volunteered as an advisor to college-bound, low income, first generation students for College Access Now, and served on that organization’s Board of Directors. Mr. Abbott holds a B.A. from Yale, a J.D. with honors from the University of Denver Sturm College of Law, and has been a Fulbright Scholar in law in Moscow, Russia.