Debra Parrish

Ms. Parrish provides clients with representation and counseling on reimbursement, research-related, intellectual property, and additional regulatory matters. She has more than 20 years of experience, both in law firms and in government, working with life sciences and additional technology companies; academic medical centers; and research institutions. She has specialized in representing companies on reimbursement matters and on additional regulatory areas of health care law; in representing companies and research organizations regarding compliance with research regulations, and regarding investigations and scientific misconduct; and in representing companies and academic institutions on intellectual property matters, including patent and trademark prosecution, licensing, contracts and employee agreements. She has litigated extensively before multiple federal and state agencies, as well as both trial and appellate courts.

Ms. Parrish founded Parrish Law Offices after working with a national Washington DC law firm and as a government attorney with the Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Research Integrity. She is a frequent speaker and author on intellectual property and research integrity issues with publications in scientific and legal journals and presentations at national and regional meetings, and individual university and research institutions.