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Co-Chairs
Guy Donatiello
Senior Vice President, Intellectual Property at Endo Pharmaceuticals
Pearl T.L. Siew
Senior Vice President and Head, Intellectual Property at Eagle Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Members of the Judiciary
Honorable Michelle N. Ankenbrand
Lead Administrative Patent Judge at Patent Trial and Appeal Board US Patent and Trademark Office
Honorable Tonianne J. Bongiovanni
Magistrate Judge at District of New Jersey (Trenton, NJ)
Honorable Jacqueline Wright Bonilla
Vice Chief, Administrative at Patent Judge
Honorable Christopher J. Burke
Magistrate Judge at District of Delaware
Honorable Renee M. Bumb
United States District Judge at District of New Jersey
Honorable Ruben Castillo
United States District Court at Norther District of Illinois (Chicago, IL)
Honorable Stanley R. Chesler
United States District Judge at District of New Jersey (Newark, NJ)
Honorable Rama G. Elluru
Administrative Patent Judge at
Honorable Kathleen M. O’Malley
United States Circuit Judge at United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (Washington, DC)
Honorable Roy Payne
Magistrate Judge at Eastern District of Texas (Marshall, TX)
Honorable Mary Pat Thynge
Chief Magistrate Judge at District of Delaware (Wilmington, DE)
Government Representatives
Markus H. Meier
Acting Director, Bureau of Competition at Federal Trade Commission (Washington, DC)
Grail Sipes
Deputy Center Director, Regulatory Policy at CDER
Maryll Toufanian
Director Office of Generic Drug Policy, CDER at U.S. Food & Drug Administration (Silver Spring, MD)
In-House Counsel
Andrew Allen
Director, Legal Counsel, IP at Dr. Reddy’s Labs
Tashica Williams Amirgholizadeh
Patent Litigation Counsel at Gilead Sciences
Brian Anderson
VP & Assistant General Counsel, IP Litigation at Allergan
Phil Carey
Senior Counsel, Patent Litigation at Sandoz
Karen Day
Senior Counsel at Pfizer (New York, NY)
Stephanie L. Donahue
Senior Director, Patent Litigation at Sanofi (Bridgewater, NJ)
Rekha Hanu, Ph.D, J.D
Executive Director, Chief IP Counsel at Akorn Pharmaceuticals (Lake Forest, IL)
Brian Hirsch
Vice President Global IP and Legal Head North America at Glenmark Pharmaceuticals (Mahwah, NJ)
Serge Ilin-Schneider
General Counsel at Wockhardt USA & Morton Grove Pharmaceuticals (Troy Hills, NJ)
Lisa Jakob
Managing Counsel, Trademark Group at Merck (Rahway, NJ)
Staci Julie
SVP and Chief IP Counsel at Teva Pharmaceuticals (Horsham, PA)
Bruce J. Koch
Associate General Counsel, Head of Patent Litigation at Purdue Pharma L.P. (Stamford, CT)
Josephine Liu, Ph.D., J.D.
Head, US IP Litigation at Sandoz Inc. (Princeton, NJ)
Brian McCormick
Vice President – Chief Regulatory Counsel at Teva Pharmaceuticals (Horsham, PA)
Jennifer Grant Moitoso
VP, IP at Shire
Sam Park
U.S. General Counsel and Global Head of IP at Hikma Pharmaceuticals
Marck Rachlin
Senior Patent Counsel at GSK (King of Prussia, PA)
Colman Ragan
VP & General Counsel, North America IP Litigation at Teva Pharmaceuticals
Lars Taavola
Senior Patent Counsel – Global IP, Head of Patent Litigation at Amneal Pharmaceuticals
Laura A. Vogel
Senior Dir., Assoc. General Counsel of IP at Tesaro, Inc.
Kevin Zive
VP, Global IP at Apotex (Toronto, ON)
Law Firm Attorneys
David B. Abramowitz
Partner at Locke Lord LLP (Chicago, IL)
Richard J. Berman
Partner at Arent Fox LLP (Washington, DC)
Aziz Burgy
Partner at Axinn, Veltrop & Harkrider LLP (Washington, DC)
Kathleen B. Carr
Partner at Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.
Alan B. Clement
Partner at Locke Lord LLP (New York, NY)
David G. Conlin
Member at Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. (Boston, MA)
Steven M. Coyle
Partner at Cantor Colburn LLP (Hartford, CT)
Carol Pitzel Cruz
Partner at Knobbe Martens (Seattle, WA)
Bo Davis
Founding Partner at The Davis Firm (Longview, TX)
Daniel P. DiNapoli
Partner at Arnold & Porter LLP (New York, NY)
Michael Dougherty
Partner at DLA Piper (New York, NY)
Laura Fairneny
Partner at Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP (New York, NY)
Gerald J. Flattmann Jr.
Partner at King & Spalding (New York, NY)
Christine I. Gannon
Partner at Walsh Pizzi O’Reilly Falanga LLP (Newark, NJ)
Jeffrey R. Gargano
Partner at Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP (Chicago, IL)
Anne Shea Gaza
Partner at Young Conaway Stargartt & Taylor, LLP (Wilmington, DE)
Barry P. Golob
Co-Chair, Intellectual Property Litigation at Cozen O’Connor
Taras A. Gracey
Shareholder at Polsinelli PC (Chicago, IL)
Vishal C. Gupta
Partner at Steptoe & Johnson LLP (New York, NY)
John T. Gutkoski
Partner at McCarter & English, LLP (Boston, MA)
Sheldon Hamilton
Partner at Smart & Biggar Fetherstonhaugh (Toronto, ON)
Gary E. Hood
Shareholder, IP Division Chair at Polsinelli PC (Chicago, IL)
Benjamin C. Hsing
Partner at McGuire Woods (New York, NY)
Charlotte Jacobsen
Partner at Ropes & Gray LLP (New York, NY)
Michael P. Kahn
Partner at Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP (New York, NY)
Scott E. Kamholz
Of Counsel at Covington & Burling LLP (Washington, DC)
Kurt R. Karst
Director at Hyman, Phelps & McNamara PC (Washington, DC)
Ben Katzenellenbogen
Partner at Knobbe Martens (Irvine, CA)
Nathaniel Lipkus
Partner at Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
Aaron Lukas
Member at Cozen O’Connor (Washington, DC)
Emily Marden
Counsel at Sidley Austin LLP
Christie Matthaei
Partner at Knobbe Martens (Seattle, WA)
Daniel J. Minion
Partner at Fitzpatrick, Cella, Harper & Scinto
John Molenda
Partner at Steptoe & Johnson LLP (New York, NY)
Gregory A. Morris
Partner at Honigman LLP (Chicago, IL)
Deepro R. Mukerjee
Partner at KattenMuchinRosenman LLP (New York, NY)
Huong Nguyen
Partner at Litwin Law LLC (Oakland, CA)
Kevin E. Noonan
Partner at McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP (Chicago, IL)
Joseph O’Malley
Partner at Paul Hastings LLP (New York, NY)
Sapna W. Palla
Partner at Wiggin and Dana (New York, NY)
Matthew A. Pearson
Partner at Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP (Philadelphia, PA)
Lisa B. Pensabene
Partner at O’Melveny & Myers LLP (New York, NY)
Liane M. Peterson
Partner at Foley & Lardner LLP (Washington, DC)
Filko Prugo
Partner at Ropes & Gray LLP (New York, NY)
Stephen S. Rabinowitz
Partner at Dechert LLP (New York, NY)
Hon. Teresa Rea
Partner at Crowell & Moring LLP
(Former Acting Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Former Acting Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office) (Washington, DC)
Robert Rhoad
Partner at Dechert LLP
Hassen A. Sayeed M.D.
Partner at O’Melveny & Myers LLP (New York, NY)
Christina Schwarz
Partner at Venable LLP (New York, NY)
David Silverstein
Partner at Axinn, Veltrop & Harkrider LLP (New York, NY)
Steven H. Sklar
Shareholder at Leydig, Voit & Mayer Ltd. (Chicago, IL)
Dennies Varughese
Director at Sterne Kessler Goldstein & Fox (Washington, DC)
Jeanna M. Wacker
Partner at Kirkland & Ellis LLP (New York, NY)
Mark E. Waddell
Co-Chair, Life Sciences at Loeb & Loeb LLP (New York, NY)
