Morton Chirnomas joined USC Stevens in September 2007 as a licensing associate and handles the licensing of innovations in the life sciences, primarily at USC Steven's Health Sciences Campus office. Morton's background includes international IP management and consulting, in positions as a patent attorney with law firms and companies in California, New York, Boston and Israel, where he lived and worked for 5 years. He is admitted to the Bar in New Jersey, Massachusetts, Israel, the US Patent and Trademark Office and the Israel Patent Office. He earned his BA in Zoology from Rutgers University and his JD from Yeshiva University's Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law.