DAVID PAULING, J.D., M.A.
Chief Administrative Officer and General Counsel
“I am delighted to lead our legal and administrative teams in supporting our mission to deliver novel medicines to patients based on our groundbreaking cell-free protein synthesis technology.”
David Pauling, J.D., M.A., has served as Chief Administrative Officer and General Counsel of Sutro since April 2025. He joined Sutro in 2011 and, prior to his appointment to his current role, held positions of increasing responsibility across the Company, including Intellectual Property Counsel, Associate General Counsel and Senior Intellectual Property Counsel, and Executive Director of Legal Affairs, and General Counsel.
Prior to Sutro, David practiced law at Jones Day and at Pennie & Edmonds, LLP. He received his J.D. from Santa Clara University School of Law (magna cum laude), and an M.A. in Molecular Biology and a B.S. in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology from the University of California, Santa Cruz.