Speakers
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Co-Chairs

Guy Donatiello
Senior Vice President, Intellectual Property
Endo Pharmaceuticals

Pearl T.L. Siew
Senior Vice President and Head, Intellectual Property
Eagle Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Members of the Judiciary

Honorable Michelle N. Ankenbrand
Lead Administrative Patent Judge
Patent Trial and Appeal Board US Patent and Trademark Office

Honorable Tonianne J. Bongiovanni
Magistrate Judge
District of New Jersey (Trenton, NJ)

Honorable Jacqueline Wright Bonilla
Vice Chief, Administrative
Patent Judge

Honorable Christopher J. Burke
Magistrate Judge
District of Delaware

Honorable Renee M. Bumb
United States District Judge
District of New Jersey

Honorable Ruben Castillo
United States District Court
Norther District of Illinois (Chicago, IL)

Honorable Stanley R. Chesler
United States District Judge
District of New Jersey (Newark, NJ)

Honorable Rama G. Elluru
Administrative Patent Judge

Honorable Kathleen M. O’Malley
United States Circuit Judge
United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (Washington, DC)

Honorable Roy Payne
Magistrate Judge
Eastern District of Texas (Marshall, TX)

Honorable Mary Pat Thynge
Chief Magistrate Judge
District of Delaware (Wilmington, DE)
Government Representatives

Markus H. Meier
Acting Director, Bureau of Competition
Federal Trade Commission (Washington, DC)

Grail Sipes
Deputy Center Director, Regulatory Policy
CDER

Maryll Toufanian
Director Office of Generic Drug Policy, CDER
U.S. Food & Drug Administration (Silver Spring, MD)
In-House Counsel
Andrew Allen
Director, Legal Counsel, IP
Dr. Reddy’s Labs
Tashica Williams Amirgholizadeh
Patent Litigation Counsel
Gilead Sciences

Brian Anderson
VP & Assistant General Counsel, IP Litigation
Allergan
Phil Carey
Senior Counsel, Patent Litigation
Sandoz
Karen Day
Senior Counsel
Pfizer (New York, NY)

Stephanie L. Donahue
Senior Director, Patent Litigation
Sanofi (Bridgewater, NJ)
Rekha Hanu, Ph.D, J.D
Executive Director, Chief IP Counsel
Akorn Pharmaceuticals (Lake Forest, IL)
Brian Hirsch
Vice President Global IP and Legal Head North America
Glenmark Pharmaceuticals (Mahwah, NJ)

Serge Ilin-Schneider
General Counsel
Wockhardt USA & Morton Grove Pharmaceuticals (Troy Hills, NJ)
Lisa Jakob
Managing Counsel, Trademark Group
Merck (Rahway, NJ)
Staci Julie
SVP and Chief IP Counsel
Teva Pharmaceuticals (Horsham, PA)

Bruce J. Koch
Associate General Counsel, Head of Patent Litigation
Purdue Pharma L.P. (Stamford, CT)
Josephine Liu, Ph.D., J.D.
Head, US IP Litigation
Sandoz Inc. (Princeton, NJ)
Brian McCormick
Vice President – Chief Regulatory Counsel
Teva Pharmaceuticals (Horsham, PA)

Jennifer Grant Moitoso
VP, IP
Shire
Sam Park
U.S. General Counsel and Global Head of IP
Hikma Pharmaceuticals
Marck Rachlin
Senior Patent Counsel
GSK (King of Prussia, PA)
Colman Ragan
VP & General Counsel, North America IP Litigation
Teva Pharmaceuticals

Lars Taavola
Senior Patent Counsel – Global IP, Head of Patent Litigation
Amneal Pharmaceuticals
Laura A. Vogel
Senior Dir., Assoc. General Counsel of IP
Tesaro, Inc.
Kevin Zive
VP, Global IP
Apotex (Toronto, ON)
Law Firm Attorneys
David B. Abramowitz
Partner
Locke Lord LLP (Chicago, IL)

Richard J. Berman
Partner
Arent Fox LLP (Washington, DC)

Aziz Burgy
Partner
Axinn, Veltrop & Harkrider LLP (Washington, DC)

Kathleen B. Carr
Partner
Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.

Alan B. Clement
Partner
Locke Lord LLP (New York, NY)

David G. Conlin
Member
Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. (Boston, MA)

Steven M. Coyle
Partner
Cantor Colburn LLP (Hartford, CT)
Carol Pitzel Cruz
Partner
Knobbe Martens (Seattle, WA)

Bo Davis
Founding Partner
The Davis Firm (Longview, TX)

Daniel P. DiNapoli
Partner
Arnold & Porter LLP (New York, NY)

Michael Dougherty
Partner
DLA Piper (New York, NY)
Laura Fairneny
Partner
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP (New York, NY)
Gerald J. Flattmann Jr.
Partner
King & Spalding (New York, NY)
Christine I. Gannon
Partner
Walsh Pizzi O’Reilly Falanga LLP (Newark, NJ)
Jeffrey R. Gargano
Partner
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP (Chicago, IL)

Anne Shea Gaza
Partner
Young Conaway Stargartt & Taylor, LLP (Wilmington, DE)

Barry P. Golob
Co-Chair, Intellectual Property Litigation
Cozen O’Connor
Taras A. Gracey
Shareholder
Polsinelli PC (Chicago, IL)

Vishal C. Gupta
Partner
Steptoe & Johnson LLP (New York, NY)

John T. Gutkoski
Partner
McCarter & English, LLP (Boston, MA)

Sheldon Hamilton
Partner
Smart & Biggar Fetherstonhaugh (Toronto, ON)
Gary E. Hood
Shareholder, IP Division Chair
Polsinelli PC (Chicago, IL)
Benjamin C. Hsing
Partner
McGuire Woods (New York, NY)
Charlotte Jacobsen
Partner
Ropes & Gray LLP (New York, NY)
Michael P. Kahn
Partner
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP (New York, NY)
Scott E. Kamholz
Of Counsel
Covington & Burling LLP (Washington, DC)
Kurt R. Karst
Director
Hyman, Phelps & McNamara PC (Washington, DC)

Ben Katzenellenbogen
Partner
Knobbe Martens (Irvine, CA)

Nathaniel Lipkus
Partner
Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
Aaron Lukas
Member
Cozen O’Connor (Washington, DC)

Emily Marden
Counsel
Sidley Austin LLP
Christie Matthaei
Partner
Knobbe Martens (Seattle, WA)
Daniel J. Minion
Partner
Fitzpatrick, Cella, Harper & Scinto

John Molenda
Partner
Steptoe & Johnson LLP (New York, NY)

Gregory A. Morris
Partner
Honigman LLP (Chicago, IL)
Deepro R. Mukerjee
Partner
KattenMuchinRosenman LLP (New York, NY)
Huong Nguyen
Partner
Litwin Law LLC (Oakland, CA)
Kevin E. Noonan
Partner
McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP (Chicago, IL)

Joseph O’Malley
Partner
Paul Hastings LLP (New York, NY)
Sapna W. Palla
Partner
Wiggin and Dana (New York, NY)
Matthew A. Pearson
Partner
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP (Philadelphia, PA)

Lisa B. Pensabene
Partner
O’Melveny & Myers LLP (New York, NY)

Liane M. Peterson
Partner
Foley & Lardner LLP (Washington, DC)

Filko Prugo
Partner
Ropes & Gray LLP (New York, NY)
Stephen S. Rabinowitz
Partner
Dechert LLP (New York, NY)

Hon. Teresa Rea
Partner
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
Dechert LLP
Hassen A. Sayeed M.D.
Partner
O’Melveny & Myers LLP (New York, NY)
Christina Schwarz
Partner
Venable LLP (New York, NY)

David Silverstein
Partner
Axinn, Veltrop & Harkrider LLP (New York, NY)
Steven H. Sklar
Shareholder
Leydig, Voit & Mayer Ltd. (Chicago, IL)

Dennies Varughese
Director
Sterne Kessler Goldstein & Fox (Washington, DC)

Jeanna M. Wacker
Partner
Kirkland & Ellis LLP (New York, NY)

Mark E. Waddell
Co-Chair, Life Sciences
Loeb & Loeb LLP (New York, NY)
