Bioscience Business Innovation Program

When you think of Mitch, think: Energized and energizing, innovative and creative, forward-thinking and inspirational, doable and accountable.

Count on Mitch to meet any marketing challenge with intelligent, sensible, and valuable strategies that will make your business thrive.

Mitch’s broad range of experience includes international work with the New York State Department of Economic Development GEMS (Global Export Marketing Services) Program, assisting local companies to establish international distribution and representation.

Mitch’s marketing/advertising expertise is matched by his insatiable desire to learn and teach. He has taught a wide range of courses in local colleges, including in the Hofstra University Certificate in Entrepreneurship Program, at C.W. Post, and Long Island University. He is also a dynamic speaker who is called upon for topics such as branding, the new marketing paradigm, and LinkedIn.

Mitch has been acknowledged in Long Island Business News 2002, Who’s Who in Graphic Communications, and received the 2003 Long Island Ad Club Marketing Award for corporations under $5,000,000.

When you speak to Mitch, we know you’ll think: Smart and clever, practical and profitable–where do I sign up?

Jessica provides clients with legal and regulatory support to life sciences companies, focusing on pharmaceuticals, medical devices, cosmetics, food products and dietary supplements. With an advanced scientific degree in toxicology and experience as an in-house counsel at a global biotechnology company, Jessica provides unique insight into pharmaceutical and medical device matters.

She works with clients to design and implement strategies to advance through the premarket approval regimen of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Jessica also provides advice on the planning and conduct of clinical trials, as well as the preclinical phase of drug and medical device development. In the post-market setting,

Jessica has advised on responses to FDA information requests, Warning Letters, Form 483 observations and recalls. She has worked with both large global companies as well as small startups, and her experience in-house allows her to provide advice that is practical and focused to the specific needs of her clients.

Jessica has supported the planning and drafting of applications to support the approval of pharmaceuticals including investigational new drug applications and new drug applications, and medical devices including De Novo requests and 510(k) applications. She has also drafted and advised on the creation of GRAS notices and requests for designation for human cell and tissue products. Jessica has also requested and participated in numerous meetings with the FDA and other governmental agencies, developing strategies to ensure clients obtain the valuable advice needed to support both product development and fundraising.

In addition to the regulatory aspects of drug and medical device development, Jessica has advised on and conducted FDA-related due diligence on transactions, including mergers and acquisitions and initial public offerings for food, medical device and pharmaceutical products. Her advanced degree and experience as a clinical information manager in the emergency department in an academic medical center allows her to critically assess scientific and clinical data, including preclinical and clinical study reports and adverse event reports.

Joe is a co-leader of the firm’s Intellectual Property Practice. He focuses his practice on intellectual property disputes, including patents, unfair competition, and misappropriation of trade secrets.

Joe has litigated more than 75 IP cases representing clients in district courts throughout the United States, as well as at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. He has also represented clients in more than 100 post-grant proceedings at the United States Patent and Trademark Office, including Inter Partes Review and Post-Grant Review proceedings. Joe has extensive experience representing clients in ex parte reexaminations and reissue proceedings, as well as assisting clients with various other post-issuance procedures, such as certificates of correction. Joe also frequently works with clients on patent portfolio development and management strategies to maximize the protection and value of their IP assets. 

Joe represents clients across a broad range of technologies, including: wireless communication systems (such as Bluetooth, WiFi, and RFID), smart phone technology, touch screen devices, MEMS devices, paging and cellular systems, modems, computer networks, internet-related technologies (such as E-commerce, websites, authentication systems and online advertising), computer hardware and software (such as microprocessors, flash and non-volatile memory, operating systems and mobile-phone applications), remote and virtual back-up systems, gaming, linear and digital integrated circuits, semiconductor technology, pre-paid cards, avionics equipment, HD Radio, GPS-related technology, car stereos,  electric motors, electronics, finance/fintech, blockchain technologies, computer vision systems, machine learning, artificial intelligence, optical systems, vehicular components (such as water pumps, oil filters, braking systems), SaaS platforms, automotive (such as spark plugs, wipers, air filters), high porosity bedding, automatic call distribution, physical perimeter security (bollards), and virtual/augmented reality.

Joe's undergraduate degree is in electrical engineering.

Erick Hunt is the Director of the Institute of Innovation and Entrepreneurship at Hofstra University, where he oversees the dynamic programs aimed at fostering entrepreneurial spirit and innovation. The Institute's flagship, the ideaHUb incubator, serves as a collaborative workspace, promoting networking opportunities and prototype development at the Maker Space. 

Prior to his current role, Erick served as the Director of Research Partnerships and Technology Transfer at Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL). In this capacity, he played a key role in integrating industry engagement, technology licensing, and economic development functions to enhance collaborative research and technology commercialization. Erick's strategic efforts involved identifying, pursuing, and managing partnerships with private-sector companies, federal agencies, and non-federal entities to advance BNL's scientific mission.

During his tenure as a detailee in Washington, D.C., at the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Technology Transitions (OTT), Erick served as Commercialization Executive. In this role, he led OTT's Innovation Workforce Team, focusing on STEM outreach, university partnerships, and workforce development. Erick was instrumental in developing the COVID-19 Technical Assistance Program (CTAP), showcasing his commitment to addressing contemporary challenges through innovation.

With a diverse professional background, Erick coordinated legal operations at Oerlikon and administered contracts at BAE Systems. His career commenced as a Contracting Officer at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.

Erick holds a bachelor's degree in political science from Boston College, a master's degree in work and labor policy from Empire State University, and a Juris Doctor from Stetson University.