Shareholder and Chair, Pharmaceutical, Medical Device & Health Care Litigation Practice
Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Lori G. Cohen
Chief Legal Counsel & Vice President of Health Policy & Government Affairs
Avanir Pharmaceuticals
Elona Kogan
Terumo Cardiovascular Group Vice President of Legal Affairs
Terumo Americas Vice President of Intellectual Property
Terumo Corporation
Gael Diane Tisack
Where’s your favorite place? Where do you get the best cup of coffee? And most importantly, favorite joke?
Elona: My favorite place to live happens to be wherever I am living at the moment although NYC high rise living watching the Empire State Building light up at night is pretty high up on my list. My best cup of coffee is from La Campinas Brazil. My favorite joke is ….. you have to come to hear me tell it!
Gael: My favorite place depends on the company (or lack of). Had wonderful days with my daughter and grandson in the Boston Public Gardens, amazing trip to Maine with my husband and very peaceful and rejuvenating trip to Dove Mountain in Tucson by myself (an executive suite at the Ritz Carlton helped that). My favorite joke is one about a boy playing with his train in the backyard and his mother overhearing his mimicking of the conductor.
Lori: My husband and I moved to a high-rise in Atlanta last year and we love it – living on 47th floor feels like we are living in the clouds and amongst the stars at night; sometimes we can see helicopters flying below us and recently watched fireworks which were all around our balcony. The best coffee is any kind of Mexican coffee while on vacation in Mexico full of great liqueurs.
First concert and best concert?
Elona: First concert was Ozzie. Best concert I’ve been to is Lady Gaga.
Gael: First concert was Andy Gibb. Best concert is David Bowie because I’ve had to miss Foo Fighters the last two times I had tickets, but I will see them in August.
Lori: First concert was Styx in Boston when I was a teenager. Best concert would be Rolling Stones of course, but very hard to pick the best out of the 80 plus of them I have seen. The best was probably last summer in Rome in the Circus Maximus surrounded by mostly Italians among the antiquities in the front section, the Tongue Pit.Bios:
Lori G. Cohen has a national litigation practice focusing on product liability litigation and specifically, medical device and pharmaceutical litigation. Lori is National Counsel for a medical device manufacturer, handling its litigation including class actions, multidistrict litigation, and trials nationally. She has served as both National Counsel and Regional Counsel for pharmaceutical and medical device companies and has expertise in mass tort, multidistrict and class action litigation. She also has vast experience in other products liability litigation and jury trials of all kinds. She has defended numerous health care providers, including physicians, hospitals and managed care entities nationwide. [ Read More ] Elona Kogan, Esq. joined Avanir Pharmaceuticals as vice president legal affairs in May 2011. Ms. Kogan has over 17 years of experience covering areas of commercial and regulatory compliance, patient assistance programs, privacy issues, contracting, litigation and corporate governance. [ Read More ] Gael Diane Tisack is a highly accomplished executive with 20+ years’ expertise serving as a corporate leader for multinational corporations. She offers a unique background in business management, general counsel, strategy and technology planning, transaction leadership and senior advisor roles for international businesses. Gael manages significant litigation, especially intellectual property.
When: Thursday, July 23rd (Workshop July 24th)
Where: The Omni Parker House, Boston, MA
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