Practice Areas
Education
- J.D., magna cum laude, December 2006, Widener University School of Law
- Manuscript Editor, Staff Member 2004-2006, Widener Law Review
- M.S.Ed., Psychology, 1998, University of Pennsylvania
- B.A., 1997, University of Pennsylvania
Clerkships
- Extern to the Honorable Thomas L. Ambro, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, 2005
- Josiah O. Wolcott Fellowship - Extern to the Honorable Jack B. Jacobs, Delaware Supreme Court, 2005-2006
Admissions to Practice
- New Jersey, 2008
- Pennsylvania, 2008
- U.S. District Court of New Jersey, 2008
Darlene is an associate with the Intellectual Property Litigation group. Her practice focuses on patent, copyright and trademark cases encompassing many different areas of technology.
Noteworthy
2nd Place Winner, Epstein, Becker and Green, P.C. Eighth Annual Health Law Writing Competition (2006)
News
- Morris Nichols 2nd in the Nation for Number of Patent Cases Filed
According to national legal publisher IP Law & Business, Morris Nichols ranked second nationally in the number of patent cases filed in 2005, improving its score from the previous year’s fifth-place finish.
Publications
- Orange J.S., Chehimi J., Ghavimi D., Campbell D., Sullivan K.E., Decreased natural killer (NK) cell function in chronic NK cell lymphocytosis associated with decreased surface expression of CD11b, Clinical Immunology. 2001. 99(1):53-64.
- Jameson B., Baribaud F., Pohlman S., Ghavimi D., Mortari F., Doms R.W., Iwasaki A., Expression of DC-SIGN by dendritic cells of intestinal and genital mucosae in humans and rhesus macaques, Journal of Virology. 2002. 76(4):1866-75.
- Haritunians T., Chow T., De Lange R., Nichols J., Ghavimi D., Dorrani N., St. Clair D., Weinmaster G., Schanen C., Functional analysis of a recurrent missense mutation in Notch 3 in CADASIL, Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Psychiatry. 2005. 76 (9): 1242-1248.
- Sullivan K.E., Cutilli J., Piliero L., Ghavimi D., Starr S., Campbell D., Douglas S., Measurement of cytokine secretion, intracellular protein expression and mRNA in resting and stimulated peripheral blood mononuclear cells, Clinical and Diagnostic Laboratory Immunology. 2000. 7(6):920-4.
- Ghavimi, Darlene, Cosmetic Surgery in the Doctor's Office: Is State Regulation Improving Patient Safety?, 12 Widener Law Review 249 (2005)
Professional and Community Activities
- Pro Bono Inn of Court