Mike Palladino has 25 years of progressive experience in leading, advising, representing, and developing high-performing, global legal, human resources, and other organizations. Mike recently joined BlueRock Therapeutics, an international cell and gene therapy biotechnology company, where he leads the Legal, HR, Corporate Communications, IT, Facilities, and Program Management functions. From 2017-2020, Mike was Founder and Principal of Palladino Law LLC, a firm focused on employment law, litigation, and strategic human resources consulting and primarily advising area life sciences companies. Prior to founding Palladino Law, between 2009 to 2017, Mike held roles with increasing scope and responsibility at Vertex Pharmaceuticals, including Vice President & Head of Global Litigation and Senior Vice President & Head of Global Human Resources. From 2002-2009, Mike was an Employment and Labor Attorney in private practice. From 1995-2002, Mike served in organizational development and human resources training, education, public policy and government services roles at the University of Massachusetts Donahue Institute. Mike received his J.D. cum laude from Suffolk University Law School and his B.A. in Political Science from Yale University. He is admitted to law practice in Massachusetts, and in the U.S. Federal District Court (MA), First Circuit Court of Appeals and U.S. Supreme Court.