Geoff’s practice focuses on complex commercial litigation, with a particular emphasis on serving clients in the life sciences industry. He advises clients at all stages of dispute resolution, from pre-litigation case analysis, fact investigation and discovery, to dispositive motion practice, evidentiary hearings, trials and appeals. His experience includes examining witnesses at domestic and international arbitration proceedings, taking depositions and serving as second-chair during trial.

Geoff has significant experience in disputes involving collaboration agreements, patent licenses and earn-out obligations. He also has substantial experience defending clients against alleged violations of the False Claims Act and federal securities laws, and he regularly provides strategic advice on motion and briefing practice across a wide-range of disputes. His recent pro bono work includes a successful amicus brief before the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court in support of indigent parents’ constitutional right to counsel when their parental rights are threatened in guardianship proceedings.

Before joining Mintz, Geoff served as a law clerk for judges on U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California. During law school, Geoff was a member of Harvard Law School’s Board of Student Advisors and a teaching assistant for the first-year legal research and writing course.

Geoff’s advocacy for clients in the life sciences industry draws on his background in genetics, including his work at a biotechnology company, where he researched novel gene modification techniques and contributed to several published papers.