Brett Atkins, JD, PhD
General Counsel
Brett Atkins is the General Counsel of PacBio and has close to two decades of corporate legal experience with companies in the life sciences industry. He is responsible for all legal matters at PacBio and he advises on every aspect of the company’s business, including corporate securities and governance, SEC reporting, mergers and acquisitions, IP transactions, commercial sales and operations, manufacturing and supply arrangements, executive and employee compensation, human resources, compliance and facilities issues.
Prior to PacBio, he served as a senior level corporate attorney at leading publicly traded biotech and pharma companies and, before that, at large international law firms with a focus on the life sciences industry.
He earned a Juris Doctorate Degree from the University of San Diego School of Law, a PhD in Biochemistry from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, and a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Chemistry from Austin College.