2024 Speakers
Distinguished Co-Chairs
Aaron F. Barkoff
Associate Vice President – General Patent Counsel, IP Litigation Eli Lilly, and Company
April E. Weisbruch
Partner McDermott Will & Emery LLPMembers of the Judiciary
Honorable Tonianne J. Bongiovanni
Magistrate Judge United States District Court, District of New Jersey
Honorable Christopher J. Burke
Magistrate Judge United States District Court, District of Delaware
Honorable Sherry R. Fallon
Magistrate Judge United States District Court, District of DelawareUSPTO Patent Trial and Appeal Board
Honorable Jacqueline Bonilla
Deputy Chief Administrative Patent Judge; Senior Legal Advisor, Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director USPTOGovernment Representatives
Tim Kamal-Grayson
Attorney Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
Brad Watts
Vice President, Global Innovation Policy Center US Chamber of CommerceTrade Associations
David Korn
Vice President, IP and Law PhRMA (Washington, DC)
Hans Sauer, Ph.D., J.D.
Deputy General Counsel, Vice President, Intellectual Property Biotechnology Innovation OrganizationIn-House Counsel
James Cekola
Corporate Counsel, IP Jazz Pharmaceuticals
Ryan M. Daniel
VP, Associate General Counsel, Corporate and Business TransactionsBiopharmaceuticals Fresenius Kabi LLC
Laura DeMoor
Senior Counsel Baxter Healthcare
Guy Donatiello
Principal Odyssey Pharmaceuticals Consulting (Former SVP, IP, Endo Pharmaceuticals)
Melissa El Menaouar
Senior IP Counsel Sumitomo Pharma
Linda Friedlieb
Division Counsel AbbVie
Mary J. Morry
Counsel, IP Litigation Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC Roy Issac
Senior IP Counsel Bristol Myers Squibb
Vijay Nasare
Vice President, Intellectual Property and Portfolio Management Hetero Cynthia Sun
Director, Legal Counsel Meitheal Pharmaceuticals Inc.Law Firm Counsel
John Abramic
Partner Steptoe & Johnson LLP
John T. Bennett
Partner A&O Shearman
Jeremy Cobb
Partner Arnold & Porter LLP
Jenna Rea Deneault
Partner Groombridge, Wu, Baughman & Stone LLP
Tasha Francis Gerasimow
Partner Kirkland & Ellis LLP
Bradley C. Graveline
Partner Sheppard Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Colleen Tracy James
Partner Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP
Kurt R. Karst
Director Hyman, Phelps & McNamara PC (IP) and Law
Josephine Kim
Director Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.
Maarika L Kimbrell
Partner Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Ha Kung Wong
Partner Venable LLP
Chad A. Landmon
Partner Polsinelli
Michael E. McCabe, Jr.
Managing Partner McCabe Ali LLP
Alejandro Menchaca
Shareholder McAndrews, Held & Malloy, Ltd
Mercedes Meyer
Partner Banner Witcoff
Don Mizerk
Partner Husch Blackwell LLP
Gregory A. Morris
Partner O’Melveny & Myers LLP
Brian Nolan
Partner Mayer Brown
Kevin E. Noonan
Partner McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP
Kevin Prussia
Partner WilmerHale
Rich Ruzich
Partner Taft Ellen Scordino
Partner DLA Piper
Emer Simic
Partner Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP
Steven Sklar
Partner Leydig, Voit & Mayer, Ltd.
Shashank Upadhye
Partner Upadhye Tang LLP Former Vice President – Global Intellectual Property, Apotex, Inc.
Jason Winchester
Partner Jones Day