2023 Speakers
2023 Chairs
Honorable Kathleen M. O’Malley (Ret.)
Of Counsel
Irell & Manella LLP
(Former United States Circuit Judge U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit)
Neema Kumar
Vice President, IP, North America
Sandoz
Serena Farquharson Torres
Executive Director, Assistant General Counsel, Innovation Law
Bristol Myers Squibb
Members of the Judiciary
Honorable Leonard P. Stark
United States Judge
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
(Former Chief Judge, United States District Court, District of Delaware)
Honorable Stanley R. Chesler
District Judge
United States District Court, District of New Jersey
Honorable Maryellen Noreika
District Judge
United States District Court, District of Delaware
Honorable Mitchell Goldberg
District Judge
United States District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania
(Visiting Judge, District of Delaware)
Honorable Joshua Wolson
District Judge
United States District Court
Eastern District of Pennsylvania
(Visiting Judge, District of Delaware)
Honorable Christopher J. Burke
Magistrate Judge
District of Delaware
Government Representatives from Key Agencies
Honorable Jacqueline Bonilla
Deputy Chief Administrative Patent Judge, Patent Trial & Appeal Board
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
Honorable Susan Mitchell
Lead Judge, Patent Trial & Appeal Board
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
Honorable Grace Obermann
Administrative Patent Judge, Patent Trial & Appeal Board
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
Rebecca Egeland
Attorney
Federal Trade Commission
Christopher Pruitt
Deputy Director, Office of Generic Policy
U.S. FDA
In-House Counsel
Ryan M. Daniel
AGC, Corporate and Business Transactions
Fresenius Kabi
Stephanie Donahue
Principal Counsel, Patent Litigation
Sanofi
John Kirkland
Executive Director, IP and Litigation Counsel
Alkermes
David Korn
Vice President, IP and Law
PhRMA
Donna Meuth
Associate General Counsel IP
Eisai
Mary Morry
Counsel, IP Litigation
Merck & Company
Mira A. Mulvaney
Associate VP, Assistant General Patent Counsel, IP Litigation
Eli Lilly and Company
James P. Leeds
Assistant General Patent Counsel
Eli Lilly & Company
Aaron Pereira
Senior Director of Patents
Ferring Pharmaceuticals
Brian Stone
Associate General Counsel
Global Legal-Regulatory
Viatris
Maryll W. Toufanian
Senior Vice President, Regulatory Strategy and Policy
Amneal Pharmaceuticals
Angie Verrecchio
Senior Counsel, Patent Litigation
Johnson & Johnson
Peter Waibel
Head, Patent Litigation (US)
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation
Kevin Zive
Vice President - General Counsel, and Head of Global Intellectual Property
Apotex Inc.
Outside Counsel
David B. Abramowitz
Partner
Locke Lord LLP
Isaac S. Ashkenazi
Partner
Paul Hastings LLP
Daniel G. Brown
Partner
Latham & Watkins LLP
Douglas H. Carsten
Partner
McDermott Will & Emery
Julia Chapman
Partner
Dechert LLP
Andrew Cochran
Attorney
Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP
Andrew D. Cohen
Partner
Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP
Jonathan Davies
Partner
Cooley LLP
Gerald J. Flattmann, Jr.
Partner
Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP
Kathleen Gersh
Partner
Loeb & Loeb LLP
Emily J. Greb
Partner
Perkins Coie LLP
Benjamin M. Greenblum
Partner
Williams & Connolly LLP
Vishal C. Gupta
Partner
Steptoe & Johnson LLP
Ryan Hagglund
Partner
Loeb & Loeb LLP
Whitney Meier Howard
Partner
Venable LLP
William James
Partner
Allen & Overy LLP
Michael P. Kahn
Partner
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP
David J. Kappos
Partner
Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP
Kurt Karst
Director
Hyman, Phelps & McNamara PC
Pilar G. Kraman
Partner
Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor, LLP
Chad A. Landmon
Partner
Axinn, Veltrop & Harkrider LLP
Jason Leonard
Partner
McDermott Will & Emery
Kurt Mathas
Partner
Winston & Strawn LLP
Ted Mathias
Partner
Axinn, Veltrop & Harkrider LLP
Vikram Mathrani
Partner
Honigman LLP
Robert Milne
Partner
White & Case LLP
Daniel J. Minion
Partner
Venable LLP
John J. Molenda
Partner
Steptoe & Johnson LLP
Rashad Morgan
Partner
Crowell & Moring LLP
Gregory A. Morris
Partner
O'Melveny & Myers LLP
Deepro R. Mukerjee
Partner and Chair, IP
Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP
Kevin M. Nelson
Partner
ArentFox Schiff LLP
Matthew A. Pearson
Partner
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP
Richard C. Pettus
Shareholder
Greenberg Traurig LLP
Kevin S. Prussia
Partner
Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP
Preston K. Ratliff II
Partner
Paul Hastings LLP
Michael Sitzman
Partner
DLA Piper
Eric Stone
Partner
Groombridge, Wu, Baughman & Stone LLP
Jonathan B. Turpin
Attorney
Locke Lord LLP
Jeanna M. Wacker
Partner
Kirkland & Ellis LLP
