Terry Stanek Rea is a partner in Crowell & Moring's Washington, DC office. She focuses on complex patent litigation and inter partes matters, as well as patent procurement and portfolio management, including patent preparation and prosecution. She has experience in drafting infringement and validity opinions, as well as interference, and licensing matters. In October 2008, Terry was elected president of the American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA).

Terry is recognized throughout the professional community for the depth and breadth of her knowledge in the area of intellectual property. In a career spanning more than 25 years, she often has been on the leading edge of emerging trends and developments. In recognition, she was named to the Best Lawyers in America 2007 for Biotechnology Law.

Terry has handled many patent term extensions under 35 U.S.C. §156, and, through her foreign filing experience, she has handled many oppositions in Europe, Australia and Japan.

She represents emerging companies, corporations and universities and focuses her practice on biotechnology, pharmaceutical chemistry, medical devices, immunology, specialty chemicals, including polymers, and nanotechnology. She also has experience in export control. Terry is a registered pharmacist in the State of Michigan and worked for years as a hospital pharmacist. This experience, along with her experience as a corporate patent attorney and her work with various venture capital organizations, provides a solid foundation for seeking patent protection for her clients.

Terry is also a member of many technical and legal associations and is a frequent lecturer and publisher on patent topics including biotechnology, nanotechnology, licensing, technology transfer, patent practice, export control and interferences. She speaks annually on Hatch-Waxman issues for the Food and Drug Law Institute. She is also on the Advisory Board of BNA's Pharmaceutical Law and Industry Report as well as BNA's Life Sciences Report.

In addition to her degrees, Terry completed coursework toward an M.B.A. at Louisiana State University.

Education
University of Michigan, B.S., 1976 - Rho Chi Honor Society
Wayne State University Law School, J.D., 1980

Affiliations
Admitted to practice: District of Columbia, Virginia (practice limited to patents, trademarks, copyrights and unfair competition causes), Michigan, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, United States Patent and Trademark Office 

Other Affiliations

• President, American Intellectual Property Law Association
• Past member, Board of Directors, American Intellectual Property Law Education Fund
• Former liason to Bioethics and the Law, past member of Council, Intellectual Property Law Section, past chair, Biotechnology Committee, American Bar Association
• Past council member, past chair of Biotechnology Committee, Academy of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Basic Pharmaceutical Sciences Section, American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists
• American Pharmacists Association
• American Society for Pharmacy Law
• Past president, board member, National Inventor's Hall of Fame 
• Past chair, Patent Trademark and Copyright Section, The Bar Association of the District of Columbia
• Past treasurer, National Council of Intellectual Property Law Associations
• Intellectual Property Law Section, State Bar of Michigan
• Franklin Pierce University Law Center: External IP Advisory Board 2007 to present