Laurie A. Burlingame
Part-Time Lecturer
Education
Harvard University, AM 2002
Clark University, MBA 2003
Harvard University, JD 2006
Bio
Laurie A. Burlingame is a member of the Corporate Practice Group at Morse Barnes-Brown Pendelton. Her practice is focused on counseling clients across the life sciences and technology industries in a wide range of transactional matters, including venture capital and debt financings, mergers and acquisitions, licensing and strategic collaborations, supply and manufacturing arrangements and capital market transactions. Professor Burlingame also serves as trusted outside general counsel to emerging and established private and public companies. In such role, she advises management teams and boards of directors on numerous matters across the corporate lifecycle, including formation and founder issues, corporate governance, structuring matters, research and commercial contracting, and disclosure obligations. Her clients include pharmaceutical, medical device, diagnostics, biological materials and tools, AI and other technology companies. She also represents venture capital firms and hedge funds in connection with their portfolio investments.
Prior to joining Morse, Professor Burlingame was a partner in the corporate business and transactions group at Morgan Lewis & Bockius. Before Morgan Lewis, she was a partner in the technology and life sciences group at Goodwin Procter, where she began her legal career.
Active in the community, Professor Burlingame serves as a lecturer of law at Boston University School of Law and serves on the board of directors of Girls Inc. of Boston and Lynn. She is also a frequent mentor and speaker for university and incubator programs and maintains active membership in local technology and medical associations, including Women in Bio. Professor Burlingame has been recognized by Chambers as a leading life sciences lawyer in Massachusetts and by Massachusetts Lawyers as a leading healthcare and life sciences lawyer in Massachusetts, and has also received several awards for dedication to pro bono service.
At Northeastern, she teaches Secured Transactions.
