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 LLP

Kevin Zive

Vice President, General Counsel, and Head of Global Intellectual Property
Apotex Inc.

Members 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 Delaware

USPTO 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
USPTO

Government Representatives

Tim Kamal-Grayson

Attorney
Federal Trade Commission (FTC)

Brad Watts

Vice President, Global Innovation Policy Center
US Chamber of Commerce

Trade Associations

David Korn

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 Organization

In-House Counsel

James Cekola

Corporate Counsel, IP
Jazz Pharmaceuticals

Ryan M. Daniel

VP, Associate General Counsel, Corporate and Business Transactions
Biopharmaceuticals
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

Bradley C. Graveline

Partner
Sheppard Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP

Colleen Tracy James

Partner
Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP
Kurt Karst

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

Vanessa Yen

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