Mr. Townsend joined Critical Therapeutics as Vice President of Legal Affairs in August 2004. Mr. Townsend has served as Secretary since September 2004 and as General Counsel since June 2006. From August 2000 to August 2004, Mr. Townsend was employed by the law firm Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP (formerly known as Hale and Dorr LLP) as a junior partner from May 2002 to August 2004 and as an associate from August 2000 to May 2002. Mr. Townsend was an associate with the law firm Kilpatrick Stockton LLP in Charlotte, NC from July 1999 to July 2000 and an associate with the law firm Goodwin Procter LLP in Boston, MA from September 1997 to July 1999. Mr. Townsend received his A.B. in Economics and Government magna cum laude from Bowdoin College and his J.D. from the University of Virginia School of Law. |