Nicole Valdivieso has been the head of Legal Affairs since August 2019. Prior to joining our company, Ms. Valdivieso was an attorney at Kain Spielman, P.A. from 2014 to 2019; of counsel attorney at Lott & Fischer, P.L. from 2011 to 2014 and an attorney at Lott & Friedland, P.A. from 2003 to 2009. She served as in-house contract patent attorney at Conoco Inc. from 2001 to 2002 and in-house counsel to Kos Pharmaceuticals Inc. from 2000 to 2001. Ms. Valdivieso is Board Certified by the Florida Bar in Intellectual Property. She is a registered patent attorney with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and is admitted to the State Bars of Florida and Texas. She has a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Miami School of Law and Bachelor of Science degree in biotechnology from Ferris State University.