Dr. Jayashree Mitra
Shareholder
Carlton Fields, P.A.
Dr. Jayashree Mitra has represented clients in high-stakes litigation across a wide range of intellectual property, antitrust, and commercial disputes. Her clients span diverse industries, with a particular focus on the pharmaceutical sector. She has extensive experience in Hatch-Waxman litigation and has represented both brand-name and generic pharmaceutical companies in complex litigation before federal courts. She also has substantial experience litigating complex antitrust matters for clients in the pharmaceutical industry, including class actions and competitor lawsuits involving various federal, state, and common law claims.
In addition to her litigation work, Jayashree advises clients on transactional matters, especially where technology is a key component of the deal. She has assisted clients with drafting and negotiating technology agreements and provided deal support in complex mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, and private equity matters. She also assists clients in building global patent and trademark portfolios and implementing innovative strategies to protect their intellectual property rights.
Jayashree is deeply engaged with emerging technologies. She has helped clients in the cannabis and psychedelic industries navigate the challenges of obtaining intellectual property rights from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, litigated cannabis-related patents in federal courts, and helped ensure compliance with FDA and DEA regulations. Jayashree is also a certified information privacy professional (CIPP) and advises clients on issues arising from the emergence of artificial intelligence.
Jayashree is committed to pro bono service and has handled criminal appeals and death penalty cases.
Prior to law school, Jayashree pursued a career in neuroscience and obtained her Ph.D. in pharmacology from Yale University. Her dissertation focused on the effect of prenatal cocaine exposure on the developing brain. Jayashree also worked as a medical writer, preparing scientific materials for major pharmaceutical companies.