PATENT LEADERS
UNITED STATES
ALABAMA
Name: Edward Bailey Position: Counsel Law firm: Maynard Cooper & Gale
ARIZONA
Name: Jeff Morton Position: Partner Law firm: Snell & Wilmer LLP
CALIFORNIA
Name: Ryan Abbott Position: Partner Law firm: Brown, Neri, Smith & Khan, LLP
Name: Sally Abel Position: Partner Law firm: Fenwick & West Name: Eric Ball Position: Partner Law firm: Fenwick & West Name: Wayne Barsky Position: Partner Law firm: Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP
Name: Paolo Beconcini Position: Head of IP and Anti-Counterfeiting Team - China and APAC Region Law firm: Squire Patton Boggs
Name: Matthew Bellinger Position: Partner Law firm: Knobbe Martens Name: Sarah Bro Position: Partner Law firm: MWE Name: Jim Brogan Position: Partner Law firm: King & Spalding Name: Juanita Brooks Position: Principal Law firm: Fish & Richardson Name: Henry Bunsow Position: Partner Law firm: Bunsow De Mory LLP Name: Laura M Burson Position: Partner Law firm: Sheppard Mullin Name: Yar Chaikovsky Position: Global Co-Chair Intellectual Property Litigation Practice Law firm: Paul Hastings
Name: Morgan Chu Position: Chair - Litigation Law firm: Irell & Manella
Name: David Elkins Position: Partner and Leader, Global Intellectual Property & Technology Practice Law firm: Squire Patton Boggs
Name: Robert Haslam Position: Senior Counsel Law firm: Covington & Burling Name: Susan Heller Position: Shareholder Law firm: Greenberg Traurig PA Name: Anthony Insogna Position: Practice Leader Intellectual Property Law firm: Jones Day Name: Michael Jacobs Position: Partner Law firm: Morrison Foerster
Name: Peter Kang Position: Partner Law firm: Baker Botts
Name: Jeffrey Morton Position: Partner & Chair of Life Sciences Industry Group Law firm: Snell & Wilmer
Name: Mariana Noli Position: Owner / Founder Law firm: Noli IP Name: Adam R Alper Position: Partner / Intellectual Property Law firm: Kirkland & Ellis Name: Mark Selwyn Position: Partner Law firm: WilmerHale
Name: Craig Summers Position: Partner Law firm: Knobbe Martens Name: Lorna L Tanner Position: Partner Law firm: Sheppard Mullin Name: Robert Van Nest Position: Partner Law firm: Keker Van Nest & Peters LLP Name: Janet Xiao Position: Partner Law firm: Morrison Foerster
Name: Andrew Bridges Position: Partner Emeritus Law firm: Fenwick & West Name: Daralyn Durie Position: Attorney Law firm: Durie Tangri
Name: Paul Fakler Position: Partner Law firm: Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe Name: Mark Fowler Position: Partner Law firm: DLA Piper Name: Tamara Fraizer Position: Partner Law firm: Squire Patton Boggs Name: Robert D Fram Position: Senior Counsel Law firm: Covington & Burling Name: Annette Hurst Position: Worldwide Leader of Tech Sector Law firm: Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe Name: Mark Lemley Position: Founding Partner Law firm: Durie Tangri Name: Christian W Liedtke Position: Attorney Law firm: Acuminis PC Name: Douglas E Lumish Position: Partner Law firm: Latham & Watkins Name: Joseph Re Position: Partner Law firm: Knobbe Martens Name: Jaime A Siegel Position: Chief Executive Officer Law firm: Cerebral Assets
Name: Charles Verhoeven Position: Partner Law firm: Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan
Zareefa Burki Flener
Position: Managing / Founding Partner
Law firm: Flener IP & Business Law
Phone: +1 31 2724 8874
Email: zflener@fleneriplaw.com
Website: www.fleneriplaw.com
Zareefa Burki Flener is the founder and managing partner of Flener IP & Business Law, and has extensive experience managing international and domestic patent and trademark portfolios in a wide range of areas. She has been successful in obtaining company goals in M&A and licensing transactions.
Prior to establishing Flener IP, Flener practiced at an international intellectual property firm for almost ten years. She is well regarded for her assistance with international patent portfolios rooted in biotech.
Flener’s clients have ranged from multinational companies to solo inventors, she is known to apply the same high level of dedication to each one.
Peter McAndrews
Position: Shareholder
Law firm: McAndrews Held & Malloy
Phone: +1 31 2775 8000
Email: pmcandrews@mcandrews-ip.com
Website: www.mcandrews-ip.com
Peter J. McAndrews is a patent and trademark attorney, specialising in litigation and US Patent and Trademark Office proceedings.
As lead counsel, he has achieved success for clients in front of federal juries, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board, and the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. He guides clients in acquisition, development, licensing, and defence of IP assets.
He holds a BSc in electrical and computer engineering and, over his 27 years in IP law, has acquired a broad and deep understanding of a variety of communications, medical device, computer, electrical, and mechanical technologies.
Elizabeth Barnhard
Position: Of Counsel
Law firm: Leason Ellis LLP
Phone: +1 914 821 3074
Email: barnhard@leasonellis.com
Website: leasonellis.com
Elizabeth Barnhard chairs the pharma/biotech practice group at Leason Ellis. She is an astute risk manager, a percipient counselor with a fine-tuned understanding of her clients’ context and mission, and a global patent strategist. Barnhard draws on her in-depth experience of law firms and the pharma industry to help clients in a variety of industries and multi-disciplinary technologies create and commercialise robust worldwide intellectual property portfolios that protect new inventions and products and add value to their businesses.
Her clients include large and small companies, academic and research institutions, startups and solo entrepreneurs.
Dr. Susie Cheng
Position: Partner
Law firm: Leason Ellis LLP
Phone: +1 914 821 3077
Email: cheng@leasonellis.com
Website: leasonellis.com
Dr. Susie Cheng is a partner and member of the biotech/pharma group at Leason Ellis. She focuses on all aspects of US and global strategic patent protection, licensing of inventions and monetisation of intellectual property. Her services include due diligence investigation of patent portfolios, products and involvement in legal proceedings for investment, licensing and acquisition opportunities. Cheng’s clients operate in a wide range of technologies including artificial intelligence algorithms in healthcare, pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, cannabis, biometric authentication, medical devices and nanotechnology.
For clients doing business in China, her fluency in Cantonese and Mandarin Chinese makes her a highly effective advocate.
COLORADO
Name: Andrea Anderson Position: Partner Law firm: Holland & Hart LLP
CONNECTICUT
Name: Michael Cantor Position: Co-Managing Partner Law firm: Cantor Colburn
Name: Dave Christensen Position: Partner and Co Chair of the Mechanical Practice Law firm: Cantor Colburn
Name: Philmore H. Colburn II Position: Co-Managing Partner Law firm: Cantor Colburn
DELAWARE Name: Jack Blumenfeld Position: Partner Law firm: Morris Nichols Arsht & Tunnell
Name: Patricia Rogowski Position: Attorney-at-law Law firm: Rogowski Law
FLORIDA Name: Thomas Stanton Position: Founder & President Law firm: Stanton IP Law Firm
GEORGIA
Name: Anthony Askew Position: Principal Law firm: Meunier Carlin & Curfman Name: Bruce Baber Position: Partner / Intellectual Property Practice Group Law firm: King & Spalding Name: Virginia Carron Position: Managing Partner Law firm: Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner LLP
Name: Tina Dorr Position: Partner Law firm: Cantor Colburn Name: Holmes Hawkins Position: Partner / Trial / Global Disputes & Intellectual Property Litigation Law firm: King & Spalding Name: Michael D. Hobbs Position: Partner Law firm: Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP
Name: Eddie Key Position: Attorney Law firm: Key law
Name: Melissa LaBauve Position: Founder Law firm: LaBauve IP Law Name: Sonia Lakhany Position: Founder Law firm: Lakhany Law
Name: Anil H. Patel Position: Managing Partner Law firm: K&L Gates, US Name: Marcy L Sperry Position: Founder Law firm: Vivid IP Name: Lawrence Nodine Position: Partner, Practice Leader IP Litigation Law firm: Ballard Spahr LLP
ILLINOIS
Name: Caryn Borg-Breen Position: Partner Law firm: Green, Griffith & Borg-Breen
Name: Jeanne Gills Position: Partner Law firm: Foley & Lardner LLP
Name: David Hilliard Position: Partner Law firm: Pattishall McAuliffe Newbury Hilliard & Geraldson LLP Name: Keith Medansky Position: Partner Law firm: DLA Piper Name: Mark Partridge Position: Managing Partner Law firm: Partridge Partners Name: David Pritikin Position: Partner Law firm: Sidley Austin Name: Harry Roper Position: Partner Law firm: Jenner & Block
Name: Bill Streff Position: Partner Law firm: Kirkland & Ellis Name: Kathi Vidal Position: Partner Law firm: Winston & Strawn Name: Michael Warnecke Position: Partner / Former Co-Chair of Patent Litigation Group Law firm: Perkins Coie Name: William H Frankel Position: Shareholder Law firm: Brinks Gilson & Lione Inc Name: Mark Liss Position: Shareholder Law firm: Leydig Voit & Mayer Ltd Name: George Lombardi Position: Partner / Co-Chair - litigation Law firm: Winston & Strawn Name: Douglas N Masters Position: Managing Partner Law firm: Loeb & Loeb LLP
Name: Paul McGrady Position: Partner Law firm: Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP
INDIANA
Name: Eric Lamb Position: Member Law firm: Frost Brown Todd LLC
KANSAS
Name: Trent Webb Position: Co-Chairman - Intellectual Property Practice Group Law firm: Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP Name: Dianne M. Smith-Misemer Position: Counsel Law firm: Hovey Williams LLP
KENTUCKY
Name: Jack Wheat Position: Member Law firm: McBrayer
Name: Joseph Dages Position: Attorney Law firm: Middleton Reutlinger LOUISIANA Name: Julie R. Chauvin Position: Patent Attorney Law firm: Garvey, Smith, Nehrbass & North
MASSACHUSETTS
Name: J. Peter Fasse Position: Principal Law firm: Fish & Richardson
Name: Susan Glovsky Position: Principal | Patent and IP Litigation Lawyer Law firm: Hamilton Brook Smith Reynolds
Name: Christine Goddard Position: Principal Law firm: Fish & Richardson
Name: William F Lee Position: Co-Managing Partner Law firm: WilmerHale
Name: Rob Leighton Position: Principal Law firm: Goldberg Kohn
Name: Chinh H Pham Position: Shareholder Law firm: Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Name: Deirdre Sanders Position: Principal Law firm: Hamilton Brook Smith Reynolds
Name: Janice Vatland Position: Shareholder Law firm: Wolf Greenfield Name: Robert Underwood Position: Partner Law firm: Hogan Lovells
Name: Lu (Louie) Yu Position: Partner Law firm: McCarter & English
MICHIGAN
Name: Hope V. Shovein Position: Trademark & Brand Management Law firm: Brooks Kushman
MINNESOTA
Name: Felicia Boyd Position: Partner Law firm: Norton Rose Fulbright Name: Elizabeth C Buckingham Position: Partner Law firm: Dorsey & Whitney LLP Name: Jan Conlin Position: Founding Partner Law firm: Ciresi Conlin
Name: Michael P. Doerr Position: Patent Attorney and Principal Law firm: Harness IP
Name: Jake Grove Position: Partner Law firm: Howard & Howard
Name: Reed Heimbecher Position: Patent Attorney Law firm: Dykema Gossett PLLC
Name: Cynthia A. Moyer Position: Shareholder / Partner Law firm: Fredrikson & Byron, P.A.
Name: James L. Young Position: Intellectual Property Attorney Law firm: Westman, Champlin & Koehler, P.A.
Dr. Michael A. Davitz
Position: Partner
Law firm: Leason Ellis LLP
Phone: +1 914 821 1682
Email: davitz@leasonellis.com
Website: leasonellis.com
Michael Davitz, a partner at Leason Ellis, is a registered US patent attorney and physician with over 15 years in biomedical research, and over 20 years providing strategic counseling to clients in all aspects of intellectual property law. He has extensive international experience in Europe and Asia handling intellectual property problems ranging from cross border licensing deals, acquisitions, to patent litigation.
Davitz has published over 25 papers in peer-reviewed scientific journals and is a regularly invited speaker of the Commercial Law Development Program of the US Department of Commerce, Practicing Law Institute and American Conference Institute.
Edward J. Ellis
Position: Partner
Law firm: Leason Ellis LLP
Phone: +1 914 821 9071
Email: ellis@leasonellis.com
Website: leasonellis.com
Edward Ellis co-founded Leason Ellis and co-chairs the patent practice group at the firm. Ellis specialises in domestic and foreign patent procurement, evaluation and related client counseling, with particular emphasis on the mechanical, electro-mechanical, chemical processes arts, as well as in the field of design patents.
Ellis also has considerable experience with medical devices and processes, eye care products, optical equipment, sports equipment and games, consumer goods, textiles and related processes, as well as a wide array of automotive devices and systems.
Melvin Garner
Position: Partner
Law firm: Leason Ellis LLP
Phone: +1 914 821 8005
Email: garner@leasonellis.com
Website: leasonellis.com
Mel Garner chairs the Japan practice group at Leason Ellis, which focuses on providing patent and trademark services for Japanese companies and firms. It includes native Japanese speakers which allows clients to communicate with the firm in Japanese. Garner also represents US clients in patent prosecution and patent and trade secret litigation. Garner is a former president of the New York Intellectual Property Law Association and the American Intellectual Property Law Association.
He has been an expert witness in over 20 cases and is on the Executive Committee of the Hon. William C Conner Inn of Court.
Robert M. Isackson
Position: Partner
Law firm: Leason Ellis LLP
Phone: +1 914 821 1686
Email: isackson@leasonellis.com
Website: leasonellis.com
Robert Isackson is an accomplished, front-line IP litigator, counselor, and advisor fluent in all aspects of patents, trade secrets, trademarks, copyrights and designs. Focusing on patent, trade secret and technology disputes in trial court, his work includes appellate litigation, strategic review and counseling, opinions, transactions and IP due diligence. With nine trials, Isackson also has been trial team lead in over 60 district court cases filed in more than 20 states. He drives matters toward solving client problems.
He is currently president of the New York Intellectual Property Law Association and serves as pro bono partner for the firm.
MISSOURI Name: Lynn Lehnert Position: Partner Law firm: Goldberg Segalla
NEVADA Name: Manita Rawat Position: Partner Law firm: Duane Morris LLP
NEW JERSEY
Name: Gregg A Paradise Position: Partner Law firm: Lerner David Littenberg
NEW YORK
Name: Mark Abate Position: Partner Law firm: Goodwin Procter
Name: Ryan Abbott Position: Partner Law firm: Brown, Neri, Smith & Khan, LLP
Name: Peter Armenio Position: Partner Law firm: White & Case LLP Name: Gregory Arovas Position: Attorney Law firm: Kirkland & Ellis Name: Robert Baechtold Position: Senior Partner Law firm: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto
Name: Andrew Bart Position: Partner / Co-Chair Law firm: Jenner & Block
Name: Leora Ben-Ami Position: Partner / Intellectual Property Law firm: Kirkland & Ellis Name: David H Bernstein Position: Partner Law firm: Debevoise & Plimpton LLP Name: William M Borchard Position: Counsel Law firm: Cowan Liebowitz & Latman
Name: Steve Cherny Position: Partner Law firm: Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan Name: Dominick Conde Position: Partner Law firm: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto Name: Trevor Cook Position: Partner Law firm: WilmerHale
Name: John Desmarais Position: Partner Law firm: Desmarais LLP
Name: Daniel DiNapoli Position: Partner Law firm: Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP Name: Gregory L Diskant Position: Senior Litigator Law firm: Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP
Name: David Donahue Position: Partner Law firm: Fross Zelnick Lehrman & Zissu
Name: Kieran Doyle Position: Partner Law firm: Cowan Liebowitz & Latman
Name: Robert Englisch Position: Partner Law firm: Cowan Liebowitz & Latman
Name: Gerald Flattmann Position: Partner / Global Chair of Life Sciences Patent Litigation Law firm: King & Spalding
Name: John Flock Position: Principal Law firm: John Flock, PLLC
Name: Kristin Grant Position: Intellectual Property Attorney Law firm: Grant Attorneys at Law PLLC
Name: Elizabeth Holland Position: Partner Law firm: Goodwin Procter Name: Robert B G Horowitz Position: Partner Law firm: BakerHostetler Inc Name: Keith R Hummel Position: Litigation Partner Law firm: Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP
Name: Mary L Kevlin Position: Partner Law firm: Cowan Liebowitz & Latman
Name: Jesse Jenner Position: Partner Law firm: Ropes & Gray
Name: Jeffrey M. Kaden Position: Managing Attorney and Principal Law firm: Gottlieb, Rackman & Reisman, P.C. Name: David J Kappos Position: Partner Law firm: Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP
Name: Thomas J. Kowalski Position: Partner Law firm: Duane Morris LLP
Name: Deborah L. Lu, Ph.D. Position: Partner Law firm: Duane Morris LLP
Name: Peter Ludwig Position: Senior Principal Law firm: Fish & Richardson Name: Michelle Mancino Marsh Position: Partner Law firm: Arent Fox
Name: Jonathan Moskin Position: Partner Law firm: Foley & Lardner
Name: Mark N Mutterperl Position: Partner Law firm: Zeisler Law
Name: Ben Natter Position: Partner Law firm: Haug Partners
Name: Denis Prahl Position: Partner Law firm: Ladas & Parry Name: Claudia Ray Position: Partner Law firm: Kirkland & Ellis
Name: E Joshua Rosenkranz Position: Chair / Supreme Court & Appellate Practice Law firm: Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe Name: James Rosini Position: Partner Law firm: Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP Name: Robert C Scheinfeld Position: Partner / Department Chair - Intellectual Property Law firm: Baker Botts LLP Name: Jeffrey A Schwab Position: Founding Member Law firm: Abelman Frayne & Schwab
Name: Frank Scibilia Position: Partner Law firm: Pryor Cashman
Name: Michael Siem Position: Partner Law firm: Goldberg Segalla
Name: Errol Taylor Position: Partner / Head of Pharmaceutical Patent Litigation Practice Area Law firm: Milbank LLP Name: Donna Tobin Position: Partner Law firm: Royer Cooper Cohen Braunfeld LLC
Name: Jason Wachter Position: Principal Law firm: Gottlieb, Rackman & Reisman, P.C. Name: James Weinberger Position: Partner Law firm: Fross Zelnick Lehrman & Zissu Name: Bruce Wexler Position: Partner Law firm: Paul Hastings Name: Roger Zissu Position: Senior Counsel Law firm: Fross Zelnick Lehrman & Zissu
David Leason
Position: Managing Partner
Law firm: Leason Ellis LLP
Phone: +1 914 821 9070
Email: leason@leasonellis.com
Website: leasonellis.com
David Leason is the managing partner at Leason Ellis and has an extensive practice that focuses on patent prosecution and counseling. He counsels clients in a variety of industries such as oil and gas, software, and medical technologies that range from individual or start-up to Fortune 100 companies. The legal industry recognises Leason for his thoroughly considered opinions on patentability, freedom-to-operate, infringement, and validity issues.
He has been quoted in publications such as Law360 and Intellectual Asset Management and has been an invited speaker for the Corporate Committee of the New York Intellectual Property Law Association and the Practicing Law Institute.
Yuval H. Marcus
Position: Managing Partner
Law firm: Leason Ellis LLP
Phone: +1 914 821 9075
Email: marcus@leasonellis.com
Website: leasonellis.com
Yuval Marcus co-chairs the litigation practice group at Leason Ellis, where he and his team litigate IP disputes in federal district and appellate courts throughout the United States. Together, they enforce patent, copyright and trademark rights against infringers and have obtained injunctive and monetary relief. They also have defended infringement claims and secured dismissals via motions and at trial.
Marcus also conducts IP due diligence in connection with M&A and investment transactions. With a litigator’s perspective, he helps his clients understand the IP risks inherent in each transaction. Marcus has written articles about various IP topics.
Cameron S. Reuber
Position: Partner
Law firm: Leason Ellis LLP
Phone: +1 914 821 3075
Email: reuber@leasonellis.com
Website: leasonellis.com
Cameron Reuber co-chairs the litigation practice group at Leason Ellis. He trains and oversees dozens of professionals proficient in handling every aspect of intellectual property protection. Drawing upon more than two decades of experience devising, developing, and implementing IP enforcement and defense strategies, Reuber’s practice thrives on the challenge of devising practical and cost-effective methods for favorably resolving conflict.
The first litigation associate hired by Leason Ellis and thereafter the first associate promoted to partner, Reuber routinely leaves the trenches to counsel C-suite executives and in-house counsel on the art of effective tactical oversight of outside litigation counsel.
NORTH CAROLINA
Name: Charles Calkins Position: Partner Law firm: Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP
Name: Matthew Ladenheim Position: Partner Law firm: Trego, Hines & Ladenheim
OHIO
Name: Steven M Auvil Position: Partner Law firm: Squire Patton Boggs Name: Gregory M York Position: Partner Law firm: Pearne & Gordon LLP Name: Louis Ebling Position: Partner Law firm: Thompson Hine LLP Name: Kevin W Kirsch Position: Partner Law firm: BakerHostetler Inc
OREGON
Name: T.J. Romano Position: Founding Partner Law firm: Kolitch Romano
Name: Gregory Scott Position: Biotech Patent Attorney Law firm: Klarquist Sparkman
Name: John Vandenberg Position: Partner Law firm: Klarquist Sparkman LLP
PENNSYLVANIA
Name: Martin J Black Position: Intellectual Property litigation Partner Law firm: Dechert LLP Name: Dianne B Elderkin Position: Partner Law firm: Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld Name: Christina Frangiosa Position: Intellectual Property Attorney / Member Law firm: Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott Name: Glenn A Gundersen Position: Partner Law firm: Dechert LLP Name: Niels Haun Position: Patent / Trademark Attorney Law firm: Dann Dorfman Herrell & Skillman
Name: Kathleen (Kate) Rigaut Position: Partner Law firm: Howson & Howson
Name: Ling Zhong Position: Shareholder Law firm: RatnerPrestia
TEXAS
Name: Kasim Alfalahi Position: Founder / Chief Executive Officer Law firm: Avanci LLC
Name: Phillip Aurentz Position: Partner Law firm: Sidley Austin
Name: James Bradley Position: Of Counsel Law firm: Bracewell Name: Molly Buck Richard Position: Founding Partner Law firm: Richard Law Group
Name: Douglas A Cawley Position: Principal Law firm: McKool Smith
Name: John M. Cone Position: Partner Law firm: Ferguson Braswell Fraser Kubasta PC Name: Elisabeth Evert Position: Founding Partner Law firm: Hitchcock Evert LLP Name: John Flaim Position: Partner Law firm: Baker McKenzie
Name: Hilda Galvan Position: Partner Law firm: Jones Day Name: William L Lafuze Position: Partner Law firm: McKool Smith Name: David McCombs Position: Partner Law firm: Haynes & Boone LLP
Name: Mike McKool Position: Principal Law firm: McKool Smith Name: Kevin J Meek Position: Partner / Department Chair - Intellectual Property Law firm: Baker Botts LLP Name: Steve Meleen Position: Member Law firm: Pirkey Barber Name: Thomas Melsheimer Position: Partner / Dallas Managing Partner Law firm: Winston & Strawn
Name: Christopher Miller Position: Principal Attorney Law firm: Harness IP
Name: Michael Piper Position: Pricipal Law firm: Conley Rose P.C Name: William Raman Position: Of Counsel Law firm: Munck Wilson Mandala LLP
Name: Chad Ray Position: Partner Law firm: Carrington, Coleman, Sloman & Blumenthal, L.L.P. Name: James Repass Position: Partner / Chair of the Global Intellectual Property Department Law firm: Norton Rose Fulbright
Name: Constance Rhebergen Position: Partner Law firm: Bracewell Name: Bruce S Sostek Position: Partner Law firm: Thompson & Knight
Name: Barton E Showalter Position: Partner Law firm: Baker Botts LLP Name: Charles Walker Position: Partner Law firm: Norton Rose Fulbright
Name: Jeffrey Whittle Position: Office Managing Partner Law firm: Womble Bond Dickinson
UTAH Name: James Watson Position: Shareholder Law firm: TraskBritt LLC
VIRGINIA
Name: Christopher Adams Position: Partner Law firm: Squire Patton Boggs
Name: Maryanne Armstrong Position: Partner Law firm: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch Name: Alex Butterman Position: Senior Counsel & Managing Trademark Attorney Law firm: Dunlap Bennett & Ludwig
WASHINGTON
Name: Harold Fox Position: Partner Law firm: Honigman Name: Lori Gordon Position: Partner Law firm: Perkins Coie LLP Name: Kandis M Koustenis Position: Shareholder Law firm: Bean Kinney & Korman PC
Name: Shoko I. Leek Position: Partner Law firm: Seed Intellectual Property Law Group LLP Name: Mercedes Meyer Position: Partner Law firm: Faegre Drinker
Name: Doug (Chip) Rettew
Position: Partner
Law firm: Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner LLP
WASHINGTON, D.C.
Name: Todd Baker
Position: Partner
Law firm: Kirkland Ellis
Name: Michele Bosch Position: Partner Law firm: Finnegan
Name: Eldora L Ellison
Position: Director
Law firm: Sterne Kessler Goldstein & Fox
Name: Thomas Moga Position: Patent Attorney Law firm: Dykema Gossett PLLC
Name: John Christopher “J.C.” Rozendaal
Position: Director
Law firm: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox PLLC
Name: Deborah Sterling, Ph.D.
Position: Director
Law firm: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox PLLC
WISCONSIN
Name: Brian Gilpin Position: Shareholder Law firm: Godfrey & Kahn, S.C.
Name: Jen Gregor Position: Shareholder Law firm: Godfrey & Kahn, S.C.
Martin Schwimmer
Position: Partner
Law firm: Leason Ellis LLP
Phone: +1 914 821 8011
Email: schwimmer@leasonellis.com
Website: leasonellis.com
Martin Schwimmer is a partner in the trademark and copyright practice group at Leason Ellis who litigates in US federal district and appellate courts, and in the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board. Through his work, Schwimmer has been at the forefront of the forces that have transformed trademark law—including domain names, blogging, search engines, ecommerce, and social media.
Schwimmer is on the Amicus committee of INTA, working on cutting-edge appellate cases. Schwimmer is best known as the publisher of The Trademark Blog, a blog devoted to trademark and copyright law, as well as a Twitter microblog (@trademarkblog).
Peter Sloane
Position: Partner
Law firm: Leason Ellis LLP
Phone: +1 914 821 9073
Email: sloane@leasonellis.com
Website: leasonellis.com
Peter Sloane co-chairs the Trademark and Copyright Practice Group at Leason Ellis, where he and his team handle all aspects of trademark and copyright counseling, prosecution, and litigation.
Together, they manage global trademark portfolios for some of the world’s largest corporations and enforce IP rights in courts and before tribunals internationally. Their work includes anti-counterfeiting, handling domain name disputes, conducting due diligence, and negotiating license agreements. Sloane has worked as a seconded attorney at Colgate-Palmolive, served as an expert witness and been appointed to provide pro bono representation through the Southern District of New York’s Office of Pro Se Litigation.
