Leigh Costain

Leigh Costain is a senior corporate counsel at Riverbed Technology since May 2012, providing legal advice and support to various business units and managing the vendor risk management program. Prior experience includes serving as managing director and corporate counsel at Schwab, where Leigh counseled on business contracts and intellectual property matters. In earlier roles, Leigh worked as an associate at Gunderson Dettmer, focusing on technology transactions and intellectual property strategies, and as a research assistant for J. Thomas McCarthy. Leigh began a career in drug development as a formulation chemist at Cellegy Pharmaceuticals. Educational qualifications include a JD in Intellectual Property from the University of San Francisco School of Law and a Bachelor of Science in Biochemistry from the University of California, Davis.