Timothy J. Douros J.D. — VP, Deputy General Counsel & Chief IP Counsel at bluebird bio

Mr. Timothy J. Douros, J.D., also known as Tim, serves as Vice President, Deputy General Counsel and Chief IP Counsel at Bluebird Bio, Inc. Mr. Douros served as the Chief Intellectual Property Counsel at Cubist Pharmaceuticals Inc. since May 2002 and also served as its Head of Litigation and Vice President since January 2009 until April, 2014. Mr. Douros began his legal career in New York as a patent litigator, first with Morgan & Finnegan and later with Rogers & Wells (now Clifford Chance). Later, he was associated with two smaller IP boutique law firms in Boston, where he developed expertise in a variety of intellectual property matters. Before attending law school, Mr. Douros worked as a Research Associate in the Infectious Disease group of a medical diagnostics company. He is admitted to practice law in Massachusetts and New York, as well as before the United States Patent & Trademark Office. He has served as a member of the Advisory Committee to the Commonwealth's Emerging Technology Fund since 2006. Mr. Douros earned an A.B. in Chemistry from Dartmouth College and a J.D. from Boston College Law School.