AIPLA Women in IP Cross-Country Networking Dinners 2009: A Night of Networking and Mentoring

The AIPLA's Women in IP Committee held its 2nd annual cross-country networking dinner on February 12, 2009. Simultaneous networking dinners were held in the following cities. Click on a underlined city name to see pictures of the event.

• Atlanta (Hosted by King & Spalding LLP)
• Baltimore (Hosted by Saul Ewing LLP)
• Boston (Hosted by Foley Hoag LLP)
• Cambridge (Hosted by Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP)
  
• Chicago (Hosted by Foley & Lardner LLP)
  
• Dallas (Hosted by Winstead PC)
  
• Denver (Hosted by Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP)
  
• Detroit (Hosted by Butzel Long)
  
• Houston (Hosted by Baker Botts L.L.P.)
  
• Indianapolis (Hosted by Baker & Daniels)
  
• Irvine (Hosted by Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear, LLP)
  
• Los Angeles (Hosted by Venable LLP)
  
• Minneapolis (Hosted by Faegre & Benson LLP)
  
• New York (Hosted by Morrison & Foerster LLP)
  
• Palo Alto (Hosted by Morrison & Foerster LLP)
  
• Philadelphia (Hosted by Ratner Prestia)
  
• Pittsburgh (Hosted by Pepper Hamilton LLP)
  
• Portland (Hosted by Klarquist Sparkman, LLP)
  
• Reston (Hosted by Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP)
  
• Salt Lake City (Hosted by Workman Nydegger)
  
• San Diego (Hosted by Baker & McKenzie LLP)
  
• San Francisco (Hosted by Howrey LLP)
  
• Seattle (Hosted by Klarquist Sparkman, LLP)
  
• St. Louis (Hosted by Lewis, Rice & Fingersh, L.C.)
  
• Toronto (Hosted by Smart & Biggar)
  
• Washington D.C. (Hosted by Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP)

Before the conclusion of each of the dinners, all cities were linked by a teleconference for a welcome by the president of the AIPLA, Teresa Stanek Rea, and the chairs of the Women in IP Law committee, Daphne Lainson and Carey Jordan.

A special note of thanks to our sponsors for generously covering all costs for these dinners, and to Baker Botts L.L.P. for designing the save-the-date notes and invitations.

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For more information about the event, and future dinners, please contact Alyson Barker (BarkerA@howrey.com), Networking Dinner Chair