Donald Saltmarsh joined Ropes & Gray's litigation and enforcement practice group in 2021. During law school, Donald served as the senior articles editor of the American University Law Review, competed in securities and evidence moot court competitions as a member of the Moot Court Honor Society, and was a teaching assistant and fellow for the legal rhetoric department. He also interned at the Federal Trade Commission's Bureau of Competition and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's Office of Enforcement. At graduation, Donald received the Mussey Prize for achieving the highest scholastic average in his class during his last year of law school. Before law school, Donald worked as a case manager at a law firm representing veterans in disability claims relating to their military service.

Experience

  • Represented Exact Sciences Corporation, a leading provider of cancer screening and diagnostic tests - including Cologuard, a stool-based sDNA colorectal cancer screening test - on the antitrust aspects of its collaboration and license agreement with Freenome to acquire exclusive rights in the United States to Freenome’s blood-based colorectal cancer screening test. Exact Sciences successfully expanded its leadership in cancer screening by adding Freenome’s blood-based screening test to its portfolio, subject to FDA approval.

Areas of Practice