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Mr. Hooper joined Halozyme in 2007 and brings to Halozyme nearly 25 years of legal experience. Most recently, he was Assistant General Counsel at Johnson & Johnson (J&J), where he served in a dual role as member of J&J's Law Department, and Vice President of Law for Scios, Inc., a wholly-owned J&J subsidiary focused on cardiovascular therapeutics, from 2005 to 2006. He also assumed responsibility for commercial legal affairs for Nitinol Devices & Components (J&J subsidiary specializing in cardiovascular medical device components). From 2003 to 2005, Mr. Hooper served as Senior Counsel at J&J, where he handled all commercial legal affairs related to Scios' integration into J&J following completion of the $2.5 billion merger in April 2003. From 2001 to 2003, he served as Vice President, General Counsel of Scios, where he oversaw all legal aspects of the Company's operations. Mr. Hooper joined Scios in 2000 as Senior Patent Counsel, with responsibility for all intellectual property matters for the Company. From 1999 to 2000, Mr. Hooper was senior counsel in the litigation group of Jones Day Reavis and Pogue in Chicago. From 1994 to 1999, he held the position of Patent Counsel at Abbott Laboratories in its patent and trademark department, where he was responsible for U.S. and foreign patent preparation and prosecution, litigation support, legal opinions and contract preparation supporting Abbott's diagnostics businesses. In this role, he also delivered comprehensive analysis and legal opinions on competitor patent portfolios to evaluate business risk and guide Abbott's product and business development strategies. Before joining Abbott, Mr. Hooper served as a patent attorney at Amoco Corporation from 1985 to 1994, and was an associate attorney in private practice in Chicago from 1982 to 1985. He received his JD degree from Northwestern University Law School and his BS degree in Chemistry from LaSalle University.
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