Cole, James

James Cole is Director of Intellectual Property and Senior Legal Counsel at AVITA Medical, a dual-listed Class III medical device company headquartered in Valencia, California. AVITA Medical’s flagship product, the RECELL System, is a medical device used to treat thermal burn wounds and full-thickness skin defects that shortens length of stay in the hospital by 36%.  

Prior to this role, James was Associate General Counsel - Intellectual Property at Proviera, a biotechnology company in Kansas City, Missouri that harnesses beneficial microorganisms to produce chemicals used in industry and environmental remediation products. Before that, he was in private practice at a boutique IP firm in Los Angeles.