Vivian Y. Tian

Vivian has a S.B. degree in Chemical Engineering with a minor in Biology from MIT. This scientific training makes her exceptionally conversant in the underlying science and technology of the cases she works on, particularly those on behalf of the firm’s many pharmaceutical clients. 

At Rothwell Figg, Vivian is a kind of legal pinch-hitter, working on a wide range of discrete assignments. With respect to litigation matters, her work ranges from researching key legal and factual issues, to assisting with preparing pleadings and other filings, to working on due diligence matters. She also handles some prosecution matters, including drafting analysis letters and Office Action responses. 

A careful, thorough, and diligent researcher and writer, Vivian excels at distilling complex technical and legal issues down into meaningful, concise summaries. She is, unsurprisingly, particularly skilled at working with complex scientific topics, translating them into pleadings, filings, and other court submissions that simultaneously frame issues in ways that fact-finders can easily grasp, and clients find useful and accurate.

Thanks to her extensive scientific background, Vivian is often able to discern innovative approaches to the matters she helps handle. By integrating this capability with a diligent, thorough approach to research – the raw material of patent law – she is an associate both senior attorneys and clients have come to rely on to help handle the most sensitive, complex matters.