Alan Mendelson is a partner in the Silicon Valley office of Latham & Watkins, a major international law firm with presence in the U.S., Europe and Asia. He specializes in corporate and securities law and primarily represents emerging and public growth companies. Prior, he was a partner at Cooley Godward LLP, one of the pre-eminent law firms in the representation of healthcare and technology companies in Silicon Valley.

He serves as the corporate secretary for many public and private companies and currently serves on the board of directors of Isis Pharmaceuticals, Axys Pharmaceuticals, Aviron, iScribe and US SEARCH.com .

From November 1995 through June 1996, Alan served as Acting General Counsel of Cadence Design Systems Inc., a leading EDA software and services company. Previously he served as secretary and acting general counsel of Amgen Inc., a leading biopharmaceuticals company.

From 1991 through 1994, Alan served as the President of the Board of Directors of the National Kidney Foundation of Northern California Inc. and is currently a member of the Major Gifts Council for the Foundation for Lucile Packard Children's Health. From 1995 to 1998, he served as a member of the Board of Visitors of the College of Medicine at the University of California, Irvine.

Since 1993, Alan has been listed in editions of "The Best Lawyers in America". He was recognized as one of America's 100 most influential lawyers in the 1994, 1997 and 2000 editions of the National Law Journal and as one of California's 100 most influential lawyers in 1998 and 1999 editions of California Law Business.

Mr. Mendelson received his JD, cum laude, from Harvard University and his AB in political science from the University of California, Berkeley.