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  • Elliott, Tara200 Elliott, Tara D.

    Latham & Watkins | Partner

    Tara Elliott is a first-chair trial lawyer whose practice focuses on high-profile intellectual property proceedings and commercial litigation. Ms. Elliott has a unique combination of private practice and government experience that enables her to navigate clients' most complex legal issues.
  • Emeagwali HeadShot200 Emeagwali, Izu

    J.P. Morgan | Executive Director and Assistant General Counsel

    Izu Emeagwali is an Executive Director and Assistant General Counsel at J.P. Morgan. Izu’s expertise focuses on the intersection of technology and law. At J.P. Morgan, Izu counsels the various global businesses and data scientists of the Corporate and Investment Bank on their data use initiatives, including projects using big data, artificial intelligence and other emerging technologies. Primarily, Izu advises on and oversees projects and negotiates agreements involving the sharing and use of J.P. Morgan’s proprietary information. She opines on and helps to implement the legal strategies and processes for sound data use and sharing practices and artificial intelligence initiatives.
  • Emerson, Lauren

    Leason Ellis | Partner

    Lauren Emerson co-chairs the Trademark and Copyright Practice Group at Leason Ellis where she helps clients establish and enforce intellectual property rights. Lauren counsels household names and new ventures alike across a diverse array of industries including consumer products, fashion, payment technology, energy, telecom, medical devices, retail, software, automotive, and food and beverage.
  • Engellenner, Tom

    Engellenner Law | Principal

    Tom Engellenner is a member of the bar of Massachusetts and New York, and a former President of the Boston Patent Law Association. Tom’s practice includes patents, licensing, trademarks, and litigation. He has more than 40 years of experience in prosecuting and litigating patents and advising clients generally on intellectual property strategies.
  • England, Benjamin

    FDAImports.com, LLC. | CEO & Founder

    Mr. England is the CEO and Founder of Benjamin L. England & Associates, LLC and FDAImports.com, LLC. He routinely represents domestic and foreign companies of all sizes before federal and state regulatory agencies, assisting them in complying with all FDA, CBP, USDA, FTC, EPA, and state requirements. His representation enables his clients to better make, market and move highly regulated products into and around the USA including pharmaceuticals, medical devices, dietary supplements, foods and cosmetics. With over 100 years of former FDA experience in house, his firms, Benjamin L. England & Associates, LLC and FDAImports.com, LLC, have extensive experience in all areas of FDA and CBP compliance as well as pre-market filings (drugs, devices, and dietary supplements) including INDs, IDEs, 510(k)s and EUAs for COVID-related medical products).
  • Ergmann, Jessica

    Sagacity Legal | Head of IP Transactions

    For over 15 years, Jess Ergmann has driven high-value technologies from the lab to the global marketplace. As Head of IP Transactions at Sagacity Legal, a practice she leads alongside her longtime mentor and firm founder, Randi Karpinia, Jess develops practical transactional frameworks and commercial strategies that turn complex IP assets into scalable revenue streams.
  • Eric W. Sporre

    Federal Bureau of Investigation | Special Agent in Charge, Tampa Field Office

  • robert-esposito-100 Esposito, Dr. Robert A.

    RatnerPrestia | Associate

    Dr. Robert A. Esposito is a registered Patent Attorney with over nine years of experience drafting and prosecuting patent applications in the areas of Electrical and Computer technology.
  • Evan Gumz Evan Gumz

    Hanzo, Inc. | Senior Account Executive, EDiscovery

    Evan is an attorney with a decade of experience in eDiscovery. At Hanzo Evan helps law firms and enterprises find solutions for preserving and collecting dynamic web content including social media, websites, video, and collaborative platforms to the highest standards in authenticity and legal defensibility.
  • Hence Evans200 Evans, Andrea H.

    The Law Firm of Andrea Hence Evans | Principal

    Andrea Hence Evans, Esq. launched the intellectual property law practice, The Law Firm of Andrea Hence Evans, LLC. Attorney Evans career path is unique since she worked at the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) for 5 years as both a patent examiner and a trademark examining attorney after graduating from law school.
  • Evans, Jeremy

    California Sports Lawyer | Founder & Managing Attorney

    Jeremy M. Evans represents entertainment, media, and sports clients in contractual, intellectual property, and dealmaking matters. His clients range from Fortune 500 companies to entrepreneurs, athletes, entertainers, models, directors, television showrunners and film producers, studios, writers, individuals and businesses in contractual, intellectual property, formation, production, distribution, negotiation, and dealmaking matters.
  • Eyler_Dean_square 200 Eyler, Dean

    Lathrop GPM LLP | Partner

    Dean Eyler is a partner at Lathrop GPM in Minneapolis, where he practices intellectual property and complex commercial litigation. Dean has more than two decades of experience litigating intellectual property cases, with particular emphasis in trademark and unfair competition litigation. Dean has been repeatedly recognized by World Trademark Review, where he has been described as “a go-to on complex or unusual disputes” and “an exemplary brief writer and persuasive oral advocate.” He is the past chair of AIPLA’s Trademark Litigation Committee, and currently the vice-chair of the Trademark Law Committee.
  • Fach, Bradley

    UNC Charlotte | Director of Patents, Licensing, and Legal Operations

    Bradley (Brad) Fach is a Registered Patent Practitioner and Certified Licensing Professional (CLP) with over 25 years of experience in patent lifecycle management and IP strategy.
  • Falkoff, Michelle

    Northwestern Pritzker School of Law | Associate Dean and Professor of Law

    Michelle Falkoff is the Associate Dean of Legal Writing and Instruction and William M. Trumbull Clinical Professor of Law at Northwestern Pritzker School of Law. She received her law degree from Columbia Law School and practiced intellectual property litigation in Silicon Valley before returning to school to receive her Master of Fine Arts in Fiction Writing from the Iowa Writers’ Workshop.
  • Fanchiang, Eric

    Crowell & Moring | Associate

    Eric Fanchiang is an associate in Crowell & Moring’s Orange County office and is a member of the firm’s Antitrust & Competition Group. His practice focuses primarily on antitrust litigation for both defendants and plaintiffs and on government investigations. He has experience across a broad range of industries, including technology, transportation, and digital media. Eric represents his clients on a wide range of antitrust issues including standard setting, trade association policies, misuse of patents and trade secrets, and price fixing.
  • Fano, Andrew

    Northwestern's McCormick School of Engineering | Clinical Professor of Computer Science

    Andrew Fano is Clinical Professor of Computer Science at Northwestern's McCormick School of Engineering and Director of the Northwestern MBAi program, a joint AI-focused MBA offered with the Kellogg School of Management.
  • Farley, Christine Haight

    American University Washington College of Law | Professor of Law

    Christine Haight Farley is a Professor of Law at American University Washington College of Law where she teaches Intellectual Property, Trademark Law, Contracts, Art Law, and Advertising Law. She serves as Co-Faculty Director of the Program on Information Justice and Intellectual Property and previously served as Associate Dean for Faculty and Academic Affairs. At American, Professor Farley has received the Excellence in Teaching Award and the Edwin A. Mooers Scholarship Award. She has been a visiting professor at Boston University, the University of Paris West, the University of Puerto Rico, the University of Havana, Monash University, and the National Law University in Lucknow, India, and has given lectures on intellectual property in more than twenty-five countries.
  • Farrell, William Farrell, Jr., William P.

    Longford Capital Management, LP | Managing Director and General Counsel

    Bill is responsible for the overall operations of Longford Capital, with a particular focus on transaction sourcing, investment selection, and portfolio management.
  • Fechner, Holly 200 Fechner, Holly

    Covington & Burling LLP | Partner

    Holly Fechner is a Partner at Covington & Burling LLP and Executive Director of Invent Together. Invent Together is dedicated to understanding the gender, race, and other diversity gaps in invention and patenting, and supporting public policy and private initiatives to close them. Nationally ranked by Chambers, Fechner is co-chair of Covington’s technology industry group and received the 2019 American Lawyer Magazine "Dealmaker of the Year" award. Fechner formerly served as Policy Director for Senator Edward M. Kennedy (D-Massachusetts) and Chief Counsel for the Senate Health, Education, Labor & Pensions Committee. She graduated from Oberlin College and received her law degree from the University of Michigan.
  • Feldman, Jeffrey D. 200x200 Feldman, Jeff

    Trailblazer | Partner and Co-Founder

    Jeff maintains an active trial and appellate practice, focusing on complex civil and criminal matters.