Amir Naini is an associate in the Los Angeles office of Irell & Manella LLP, who specializes in representing bioscience and high technology companies in litigation, transactions, and strategic counseling involving intellectual property rights, with an emphasis on patent-related matters. Mr. Naini is a member of the State Bar of California, and is a registered patent attorney, admitted to practice before the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

Mr. Naini received his B.A. in biochemistry from Swarthmore College, and his Ph.D. in biochemistry from Brandeis University. His doctoral research focused on the structure and function of ion channels, the proteins that mediate cellular electrical properties. After his doctoral studies, the NIH awarded Mr. Naini an Individual National Research Service Award for a postdoctoral research fellowship at Stanford University School of Medicine. His research at Stanford involved studying the detailed molecular mechanisms by which protein kinases transduce and record nerve cell activity. Prior to law school, Mr. Naini gained industry experience with a genomics company.

Bar & Court Admissions

• 2003, California
• Registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office