Ed Ergenzinger, JD, PhD, is a patent attorney and mental health advocate who lives in Raleigh, NC. He has worked in BigLaw, medium- and small-sized firms, and as a solo practitioner. Ed also has substantial in-house experience, including serving as Director of IP & Legal Affairs at the Duke Human Vaccine Institute and as fractional IP counsel to Wyeth (now Pfizer) and Catalent. His clients have included every ACC school in North Carolina, and he has served as an adjunct professor at Wake Forest Law, UNC Law, and Campbell Law.
Ed’s interest in mental health issues stems from his doctoral training in neuroscience and his personal experience living with … Read more »
Ed Ergenzinger, JD, PhD, is a patent attorney and mental health advocate who lives in Raleigh, NC. He has worked in BigLaw, medium- and small-sized firms, and as a solo practitioner. Ed also has substantial in-house experience, including serving as Director of IP & Legal Affairs at the Duke Human Vaccine Institute and as fractional IP counsel to Wyeth (now Pfizer) and Catalent. His clients have included every ACC school in North Carolina, and he has served as an adjunct professor at Wake Forest Law, UNC Law, and Campbell Law.
Ed’s interest in mental health issues stems from his doctoral training in neuroscience and his personal experience living with bipolar I disorder, an anxiety disorder, and complex PTSD. After a severe cycle of mania and depression left him unemployed, uninsured, bankrupt, and collecting Social Security Disability, he was able to return to practicing law with the help of medicine and therapy. Ed is a contributor and blogger on topics relating to bipolar disorder, mental health, and neuroscience for Psychology Today, the National Alliance on Mental Illness, The Good Men Project, the North Carolina Bar Association (NCBA), and the Wake County Bar Association (WCBA).
Ed serves as a VP on the Board of Directors for BarCARES, a short-term counseling and intervention program for lawyers, paralegals, and students experiencing a mental health crisis. He is also on the Leadership Council for NCBA’s IP Section and chairs their Mental Health Committee. Ed is also an active member of NCBA’s Professional Vitality Committee and WCBA’s Wellness Committee.
Ed is lead author or a co-author on over 100 scientific and legal publications, including articles that have appeared in Nature Neuroscience, Nature Biotechnology, Nature Reviews Neuroscience, The Scientist, Business Insider, Legal Times, and Stanford Technology Law Review. He has also been an invited speaker for programs sponsored by the NCBA, the WCBA, the American Health Law Association, the Biotechnology Industry Organization, the Association of University Technology Managers, Duke Law, Vanderbilt University, Wake Forest Law, North Carolina Central University Law, University of California at San Francisco, Yale University, and Stanford University.
