Taneashia Morrell

Bio

Taneashia R. Morrell, J.D., LLM., works as a Sr. Contracts and Licensing Associate at the Salk Institute. Her job comprises of contract management, licensing negotiation, patent protection, and other intellectual property matters, such as managing Salk’s trademarks.

Previously, Taneashia was a Staff Attorney at the Legal Services of South Central Michigan, where her primary focuses were Family Law and Civil Litigation. Prior to becoming a Staff Attorney, she was a Judicial Law Clerk to the Hons. Rosemarie Aquilina and Hugh B. Clarke Jr., at the 30th Circuit Court and the 54-A District Court, respectively.

Taneashia earned her LLM in Intellectual Property from Michigan State University and her JD (cum laude) in Litigation from Western Michigan University. She is currently a Board of Director for the San Diego County Bar Association, Vice Chair of the Intellectual Property Section for the San Diego County Bar Association, Immediate-Past President of Earl B. Gilliam Bar Association, and Chair of the Unauthorized Practice of Law for State Bar of Michigan. Taneashia is a Registered In-House Counsel (California), admitted to practice in the State Bar of Michigan, the District of Columbia Bar, and before the U.S. Supreme Court.