Neal R. Roach

Prior to joining Taft, Neal spent 14 years with Roche Diagnostics, the world leader in in-vitro diagnostics, in both legal and business development roles. He served as head of global licensing, heading a transnational organization with responsibility for the worldwide intellectual property asset management strategy of the company. He also served as vice president of ethics and compliance, with overall responsibility for the company’s corporate compliance program, and as associate general counsel.

Neal is a member of the first group of professionals to earn the designation of Certified Licensing Professional™, a program of the Licensing Executives Society that recognizes intellectual property professionals who have demonstrated dedication to higher standards of practice within the licensing industry.

He frequently speaks and writes on legal issues facing technology companies, and is a regular contributor to Taft's Technology Insights and Privacy & Data Security Insights blogs.

Neal served as law clerk to Judge Gilbert S. Merritt of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. He received his law degree from Yale Law School, where he was managing editor of the Yale Law & Policy Review. Neal received his undergraduate degree, magna cum laude, from Carson-Newman College.