Jeff is a shareholder with Casimir Jones, S.C., and has more than twenty years of experience preparing and prosecuting U.S. and foreign patent applications in pharmaceuticals, specialty chemicals, molecular diagnostics, biosensors, textiles, material sciences, medical devices, and related areas. He also provides clients with due diligence analyses, including patentability, freedom-to-operate, and infringement/non-infringement opinions; provides guidance and counseling on the intellectual property aspects of licensing and business transactions; and provides strategic advice and management of patent portfolios. 

Dr. Childers also has significant experience with university technology transfer, including serving as in-house patent counsel with Johns Hopkins Technology Transfer and completing an externship with the University of North Carolina Office of Technology Development. He has a Ph.D. in chemistry from Duke University and graduated with honors from the University of North Carolina School of Law.