Ms. Gayani Weerasinghe is a business law and intellectual property (IP) attorney with both law firm and in-house experience.  Her practice focuses on helping businesses with general counsel services, including their business partnership agreements, setting up entities, confidentiality, strategic alliance agreements, licenses, patent strategies, and procurement of trademarks and copyrights. Gayani is active with many local bar organizations and business communities. She was recently recognized as a Super Lawyer Rising Stars for 2020 – 2024.  She was also recognized by the San Diego Business Journal Women of Influence in Life Sciences in 2021, Leaders of Influence in Life Science Top 50 in 2022,  and Leaders of Influence in  Life Science Honorees in 2023 .  

Gayani is also the host of YouTube Channel, Inventive Mind, a channel for creatives, entrepreneurs, and startups. 

Before becoming an attorney, Gayani was actively involved in biomedical research at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland for nine years. Gayani has published twelve peer-reviewed articles on cell signaling processes related to diabetes, inflammatory response related to Alzheimer’s disease and Bipolar Disorder, and developmental cancer.