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Sunstein LLP | Partner

Lisa is a partner at Sunstein LLP, a Boston-based intellectual property law firm. As Chair of the firm’s Litigation Practice, Co-Chair of the DEI Committee, and a member of the Management Committee, she is regularly engaged in matters involving innovation. Lisa is an experienced litigator, serving as lead counsel in patent, trademark and copyright litigation in federal courts throughout the United States. Lisa has extensive experience in intellectual property matters, providing strategic counsel to clients on both domestic and international issues and guiding the firm’s efforts in protecting and enforcing clients’ valuable brands and ideas.

Todd, Hope

District of Columbia Bar | Associate Director Legal Ethics, Regulation Counsel

Hope C. Todd oversees the legal ethics program at the District of Columbia Bar. Since 2006, Ms. Todd has provided legal ethics guidance through the Bar’s Ethics Helpline on the interpretation and application of the D.C. Rules of Professional Conduct. She regularly teaches ethics CLEs and serves on panels for local and national audiences.

Tom DeSimone

MiMedx Group, Inc. | Senior Counsel

Tom DeSimone focuses his practice on intellectual property litigation and patent office trials.

Toppin, Catherine J.

Clements Bernard Walker

Catherine Toppin began her career as an Examiner with the USPTO before joining a Boston based law firm, as an Associate. Prior to joining CBW, Ms. Toppin previously held the role of Senior Patent Counsel and Manager, within the Global Patent Operation of General Electric’s Corporate legal department.

Ernie Torain

ITW | Deputy General Counsel at ITW

Toru Matsuoka

Japanese Patent Office

Tostmann, Holger

Casalonga | Partner

With over 25 years of experience in European and US- patent prosecution, as well as extensive practice in opposition and appeal proceedings, where he has achieved well above-average success rates, Holger focuses on patents in the fields of pharma, polymers, materials science and batteries. He provides strategic advice on patent portfolio management, aligning deep technical expertise with legal experience to support clients’ commercial objectives.

Tottis, Kevin

TottisLaw | Managing Partner

For the better part of the past four decades, Kevin’s litigated commercial and intellectual property cases throughout the United States for foreign and domestic clients. He currently heads up TottisLaw, a Chicago litigation boutique he started after several years as a partner in a national law firm. For the second year in a row since Chambers inaugurated its Chicago “Regional Spotlight Guide” of small and midsized law firms, TottisLaw has been recognized for its IP practice.

Towers, Cindy

JURISolutions Legal | Co-Founder, President, CEO

Cynthia (“Cindy”) Funaro Towers, Esq. is Co-Founder, President, and CEO of JURISolutions Legal (JSL), an award-winning legal services innovator and one of the largest WBENC-certified legal services and recruitment firms in the country. Since 1997, JSL has specialized in the development and strategic utilization of legal talent, and JSL’s newest service line, jurisADVANCE, offers customized DEI consulting services for law firms and corporate legal departments.

Townes, Nicole

Friedland Cianfrani LLP | Partner

Nicole Townes is a partner in the Irvine office of Friedland Cianfrani LLP. Nicole has represented a wide range of clients in trademark, trade dress, copyright and licensing counseling and litigation, as well as false advertising, unfair competition, trade secret and patent litigation. Her practice includes domestic and international trademark selection and clearance, prosecution, and procurement.

Traphagen, Mark

Traphagen Law PLLC | Principal

Mark Traphagen is the principal of Traphagen Law PLLC and practices copyright, trademark and unfair competition, privacy and publicity rights, and advertising law. He teaches International Intellectual Property at George Washington University Law School and Entertainment Law at George Mason University Law School, and he is the author of the U.S. chapter of the treatise Copyright Throughout the World.

Trask, Tara

Tara Trask LLC | President of Trask Consulting

Tara Trask is the President of Trask Consulting, a boutique litigation strategy, jury research and trial consulting firm with offices in San Francisco, Houston and New York. Ms. Trask’s practice focuses on civil litigation with an emphasis on complex commercial litigation; including intellectual property, (patent and trademark infringement, trade secret misappropriation) antitrust, securities, breach of contract and fraud.

Traub, Florian

Pinsent Mason | Partner

Florian heads Pinsent Masons' trade mark and brand protection team based in our London office, with extensive experience in domestic and international filing, prosecution and portfolio management. This includes worldwide trade mark and design clearance, filing and prosecution, contentious registry proceedings including opposition, invalidity and revocation actions in the UK, EU, Germany and throughout the world, brand exploitation and commercialisation and advice on infringement matters as part of the broader IP team.

Tribble, Max L.

Susman Godfrey, LLP | Partner

Max Tribble, a permanent member of Susman Godfrey’s Executive Committee, is well-recognized as one of the premier trial lawyers in America.

Tridico, Anthony

Finnegan | Partner

Anthony Tridico, Ph.D. is a U.S. patent lawyer and a partner in Finnegan's Washington, DC Office. He spent many years as Managing Partner of Finnegan's European Offices, where he gained significant knowledge of the European Patent Convention (EPC) and the diversity of laws and practice among the European national systems. His knowledge of the various legal systems and how they differ from the U.S. allows Anthony to effectively counsel clients across life sciences industries with global interests in intellectual property.

Tripodi II, Paul D.

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, LLP | Partner

Paul is a partner in the Irvine and Los Angeles offices, where his practice focuses on intellectual property (IP) litigation, including patent litigation, trade secret misappropriation, and related licensing and contract disputes. He has been involved in both bench and jury trials in federal district courts, as well as proceedings before various international tribunals, the International Trade Commission (ITC), the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. Paul has served as a pro bono prosecutor in nearly a dozen criminal matters, including as lead counsel in numerous related jury trials.

Trotter, Brian

Bishop Rock | Founder

Brian Trotter is a Patent Agent based in Austin, TX. Brian founded Bishop Rock, LLC, in 2019 after a 23 year career in semiconductor design. Brian worked at Cirrus Logic and Maxim Integrated/Analog Devices doing mixed-signal circuit design for audio and power management. One of the chips he worked on may be in your pocket or your laptop bag right now. Brian passed the Patent Bar in 2019 and opened up his consultancy business. Brian is now focused on using his unique technical background to help technology companies, from the Fortune 500 to solo startups, design and execute their IP strategies to protect their critical innovations and maximize their profitability.

Tsujimoto, Nobuyuki

Japan Intellectual Property Association (JIPA) | Chair

Mr. Tsujimoto has been a member of the First International Affairs Committee of the Japan Intellectual Property Association (JIPA) since 2022, where he conducts research and studies on U.S. patent practices. He is a chair of the First International Affairs Committee. He is a registered Japanese Patent Attorney at Daikin Industries, LTD. He joined Daikin Industries, Ltd. in 2013. Since then, he has been consistently engaged in patent filing, prosecution, validity and freedom to operate, in chemical products.

Turner, Ellisen Shelton

Kirkland & Ellis, LLP | Partner

Ellisen Turner is an Intellectual Property partner at Kirkland & Ellis LLP. He is a well-known IP strategist and litigator who combines business acumen with a deep knowledge of intellectual property law to support his clients’ business goals and maximize the value of their technology. He has helped clients secure victories in patent and trade secret litigations that have led to billions in total client compensation, and has successfully defended matters with billions in revenue at stake.

Turner-Brim, Phyllis

HP | Deputy General Counsel and Chief of IP

Phyllis T. Turner-Brim is Deputy General Counsel and Chief Intellectual Property Counsel at HP Inc. In this role Phyllis has global responsibility for HP’s IP strategies, enforcement, acquisition and monetization. Along with leading HP’s global IP team, Phyllis regularly advises HP’s C-suite and is a member of HP’s Global Legal Affairs leadership team. Immediately prior to HP, Phyllis was VP and Assistant General Counsel at Starbucks Coffee Company, where she led the legal teams supporting intellectual property, technology, marketing, global supply chain, food safety and quality.

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