2025 Faculty

Co-Chairs

Kurt R. Karst

Director
Hyman, Phelps & McNamara, P.C.

Maarika L. Kimbrell

Partner
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Former FDA Director, OND and CDER

Distinguised Faculty

Naomi Birbach

Partner
Goodwin Procter LLP

Cathy L. Burgess

Partner, Leader of FDA, Food, Drug & Device Team
Alston & Bird LLP

Timothy A. Cook

Partner
Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP

Torrey Cope

Partner
Sidley Austin LLP

Thomas J. Cosgrove

Partner
Covington & Burling LLP

Bryan C. Diner

Partner
Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

Joanne S. Hawana

Member
Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.

Michael Hinckle

Partner
K&L Gates LLP

Heidi F. Gertner

Partner | Global Regulatory
Hogan Lovells

Bryant M. Godfrey

Partner
Foley Hoag LLP

Perham Gorji

Partner
DLA Piper LLP (US)

Seth A. Mailhot

Partner, Leader of FDA Group
Husch Blackwell LLP

Mercedes K. Meyer, Ph.D.

Partner
Banner Witcoff

Jennifer D. Newberger

Director
Hyman, Phelps, & McNamara, P.C.

George O’Brien

FDA Partner
Mayer Brown LLP

Jonathan B. Roses

Shareholder
Wolf, Greenfield & Sacks, P.C.

Melissa Runsten

Counsel
Debevoise & Plimpton LLP

Rachel Turow

Of Counsel, FDA Regulatory
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP and Affiliates

Shashank Upadhye

Partner
Upadhye Tang LLP