Alec Wong
Professional Experience
Alec is an associate with Kinney & Lange. He primarily focuses his practice on patent law, including drafting and prosecuting patent applications and conducting patentability and freedom-to-operate studies.
Alec received his Juris Doctor from Mitchell Hamline School of Law. During law school, Alec clerked at local firms in Minnesota and clerked in-house at a medical technology company. At Mitchell Hamline, Alec served as a secretary for the Asian Pacific Asian Law Student Association, building community between law students and professionals. Alec was also engaged with the Intellectual Property Law – Patent Clinic where he assisted professors and other clinic members with matters regarding patent prosecution and client engagement.
Alec holds a Bachelor of Science in Biochemistry from University of Minnesota Twin Cities – College of Biological Sciences (CBS). While completing his degree, Alec was a CBS Dean’s Scholar, worked as an undergraduate research assistant focusing on neurocognitive diseases and aging, and competed as an intercollegiate athlete for the University of Minnesota Table Tennis Team. After graduating, Alec worked as a Researcher at the Robbins Laboratory where he furthered his research on aging and cellular senescence.
In his free time, Alec enjoys spending time with friends and family, playing board games, and playing table tennis.
Education
- Mitchell Hamline School of Law, St. Paul, Minnesota
- Juris Doctor, with high distinction
- Summa Cum Laude
- Secretary of Asian Pacific Asian Law Student Association
- Member of Student’s Intellectual Property Law Society
- Juris Doctor, with high distinction
- University of Minnesota College of Biological Sciences, Minneapolis, Minnesota
- Bachelor of Science, Biochemistry
- Dean’s List
- Dean’s Scholar
- CBS Circle Leader
- Bachelor of Science, Biochemistry
Bar Admissions
- Supreme Court of the State of Minnesota
Publications
- Wong A, Kieu T, Robbins PD. The Ercc1-/Δ mouse model of accelerated senescence and aging for identification and testing of novel senotherapeutic interventions. Aging (Albany NY). 2020 Dec 22;12(24):24481-24483. doi: 10.18632/aging.202321. Epub 2020 Dec 22. PMID: 33353886; PMCID: PMC7803498.
- Pitcher LE, Wong AK, Robbins PD. Targeting ATM to mitigate intervertebral disc degeneration. Aging (Albany NY). 2021 Apr 22; 13:10814-10815 . https://doi.org/10.18632/aging.203015