Intellectual PropertyLegal Transactional Group

cabremon@utmb.edu, (409) 747-8735

Carolanda Bremond Woodgett joined the University of Texas Medical Branch in January of 2011. She is an attorney specializing in employment law and litigation management, and she currently serves as the Senior Vice President and Chief Legal Officer for the Office of Legal and Regulatory Affairs.  Prior to joining UTMB, Carolanda worked in the Labor and Employment Section in the Houston office of Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P., where her practice focused on a variety of labor and employment issues, including Title VII, ADA, ADEA, FMLA, FLSA, workers' compensation, and other employment-related tort and contract issues. Carolanda received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science and minor in Africana Studies from Wellesley College and a Juris Doctorate degree from the University of California at Berkeley, Boalt Hall School of Law. She is licensed to practice law in the State of Texas.

Assistant Vice President
frstreet@utmb.edu, (409) 772-0376

Frances Streeter is a licensed attorney for the States of Texas, Tennessee and Arkansas, and is a registered patent attorney. Frances is responsible for handling UTMB's intellectual property issues regarding sponsored research related agreements, technology transfer agreements, and IP related agreements. For over a decade, she has served as the university's export control representative. Additionally, Frances teaches classes and conducts regular trainings and presentations on intellectual property and export controls. Frances is also the Chair of UTMB's Export Control Compliance Committee. Frances received her bachelor of science degree from the University of Central Arkansas at Conway and her juris doctor degree from the William H. Bowen School of Law at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock.

Legal Officer,
gwjordan@utmb.edu (409) 772-0369

George Jordan III is an intellectual property attorney responsible for handling material transfer agreements involving UTMB’s Office of Technology Transfer. George has practiced intellectual property law for over two decades, including as a registered patent attorney, and he is a past chair of the American Bar Association Section of Intellectual Property Law. George received a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from Duke University and received a law degree from the University of Texas School of Law.  

Associate Legal Officer

dmhaynes@utmb.edu(409) 266-0925

Donna is an Intellectual Property Attorney and supports the growth and strategic management of UTMB's IP portfolio, particularly in relation to sponsored research agreements, technology transfer, and other IP-related agreements. She has extensive experience in patent preparation and prosecution, legal counseling, and post-grant proceedings before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, with a strong emphasis on global portfolio management.

Donna earned her J.D., magna cum laude, from the University of Houston Law Center, where she served as Chief Articles Editor for The Houston Journal of Health Law & Policy and as a Board Member for the Blakely Advocacy Institute Moot Court team. She was honored with the University of Houston Institute for Intellectual Property & Information Law Award for Distinguished Accomplishment and was inducted into the Order of the Coif. Donna also holds a B.S. in Biology, with university honors, from the University of Texas at Austin, where she specialized in Cellular and Molecular Biology.

Donna was admitted to practice in Texas and before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas, and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.