I was born in Argentina, and raised in a family of European émigrés. I came to the U.S. to study, received my Ph.D. in chemistry from Harvard and then my law degree from George Washington University. It is my diverse mix of cultures, languages, and education that has defined my life as a scientist-attorney and my work as a writer. In the early 1980s I co-founded an intellectual property law firm in Washington DC, where, for forty years, I practiced law in the area of biotechnology patents. Many consider me one of the pioneers in the field, having won important law precedents, and written several articles at the edge of science and law. I am the author of U.S. Biotechnology Patent Law, a book on the legal fundamentals of the field, now in its 9th edition. I have taught and lectured all over the world, and received multiple awards. My personal writings include memoirs, blogs, short stories, novels, and non-fiction narratives.