Tim began his career as an intellectual property attorney focusing on patent litigation in the areas of software, electronics, and biotechnology. After eight years as a practicing patent attorney, Tim entered into politics where he served as Senator Amy Klobuchar’s (D-MN) Chief Counsel. Tim advised Senator Klobuchar on a variety of issues, including intellectual property, trade, antitrust, innovation, telecommunications, cybersecurity, and privacy.

Upon leaving the Senate, Tim went to work as a Policy Director for BSA | The Software Alliance. At BSA, he focused on driving the organization’s global policy initiatives related to intellectual property, privacy, and cybersecurity. His advocacy at BSA included testifying before Congressional committees on patent issues, working with members of Congress and other stakeholders, collaborating with the Administration to promote positive policies for the software industry, and leading efforts to file amicus briefs in high profile cases. Tim now works as a lobbyist at Peck Madigan Jones where he remains focused on IP issues.

Erich Andersen is Corporate Vice President and Chief IP Counsel at Microsoft.

He joined Microsoft in 1995 and was based in Paris, France from 2006 – 2009, where he led the EMEA legal and government affairs team. He previously held the positions of Vice President and Deputy General Counsel for the company’s Office and Windows product divisions. In 2016, Andersen was named the most influential figure in global IP by Intellectual Asset Magazine.

Before joining Microsoft, Andersen served as a law clerk on the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals and the United States District Court. He began his law practice with Davis Wright Tremaine in Seattle, Washington. Andersen graduated summa cum laude from the University of California, Los Angeles in 1986 and from the UCLA School of Law in 1989, where he served as Chief Managing Editor of the law review.

Izu Emeagwali is a Vice President and Assistant General Counsel at J.P. Morgan.

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. In addition, Izu's practice touches on privacy and intellectual property.

Prior to joining J.P. Morgan, Izu was a Senior Associate at Cleary Gottlieb Steen and Hamilton LLP. There she focused on intellectual property, commercial and antitrust litigation. Izu also advised on intellectual property rights in technology focused M&A; deals and drafted agreements to help clients protect their intellectual property. She led pro bono teams in advocating for issues impacting women in Africa.

Currently, Izu serves as a Trustee for Westover School, an all-girl college preparatory boarding school and her alma mater in Connecticut. Izu is also a Junior Board Member of the Council for Economic Education based in New York.

Izu graduated magna cum laude from Howard University School of Law and the University of Pennsylvania School of Engineering with a degree in Electrical Engineering.

Rob Glance is SVP & Managing Counsel with Wells Fargo & Company. He leads Wells Fargo’s Patent and Technology legal team. Prior to joining Wells Fargo, Mr. Glance was in private practice and was also associate general counsel at Fannie Mae in Washington, DC. At Fannie Mae, he was responsible for patent and other intellectual property matters. Mr. Glance is a member of the bars of New York, Minnesota, and Pennsylvania, and he is a registered patent attorney with the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office. He graduated cum laude with a J.D. from Cornell Law School and has a B.S. in Systems Engineering from the University of Virginia and a Masters in Engineering from the University of Maryland.

Leslie Spencer, co-chair of the firm’s diversity committee, is a partner in the IP litigation practice working in the firm’s New York and West Coast offices. Leslie counsels clients on intellectual property matters involving software, computer networks and security, semiconductors, FinTech, blockchain and artificial intelligence, among other technologies. She has over 15 years of experience litigating patent disputes in federal district court, including at Markman hearing, trial and appeal to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. Leslie is also a registered patent attorney, and appears before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board. Her practice also involves advising clients on IP asset protection, IP transactions and freedom-to-operate opinions. Leslie has been recognized by New York Law Journal as one of the “Top Women in Law 2016” and among New York Metro Super Lawyers since 2013. Prior to practicing law, Leslie worked for financial services and defense technology companies, and supervised the development of a smart card-based secure transaction system. Leslie has a J.D. from New York University School of Law, an MBA from the Stephen M. Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan, and a BS in Computer Science and Engineering from MIT.

Melissa Fisher is Executive Director and Associate General Counsel, Intellectual Property and Data for The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC), the premier post-trade market infrastructure for the global financial services industry. Melissa joined DTCC in November 2014 as the company’s first intellectual property attorney. In addition to providing counsel on intellectual property matters, Melissa supports DTCC’s Office of FinTech Strategy, DTCC Data Services and DTCC Repository and Derivatives Services. Prior to joining DTCC, Melissa was in-house counsel at Standard & Poor’s and managed a team responsible for providing legal support to S&P;’s data licensing business. Melissa also practiced at Sullivan & Cromwell and Paul Weiss, where she worked on intellectual property and technology matters in connection with complex mergers and acquisitions, commercial lending and securities transactions. Melissa has developed and presented educational programs on intellectual property topics, including intellectual property due diligence in M&A; transactions and technology escrow agreements. Melissa received her Bachelor of Arts in History from Columbia University in New York City and her J.D. from Rutgers School of Law in Camden, New Jersey. She is admitted to practice law in New York and New Jersey.

Joe McNamara is Senior Associate General Counsel (Intellectual Property) at Nasdaq, Inc. in Washington, DC. Nasdaq is a diversified worldwide financial technology, trading, and information services provider, serving businesses and investors from over 50 offices in 26 countries across six continents. At Nasdaq, Joe handles all facets of intellectual property practice, including patent and trademark portfolio management, open source, brand protection, litigation, and intellectual property and technology licensing.

Joe joined Nasdaq after practicing in the intellectual property department at Apple in Cupertino, CA and as an associate at Volpe & Koenig in Philadelphia, PA.

Joe serves as chair of the ACC National Capital Region Technology & IP Forum, and as a volunteer attorney for Washington Area Lawyers for the Arts.

Jennifer DeTrani is General Counsel and Executive Vice President of Nisos, a cybersecurity company providing Fortune 1000 companies with an active defense against cyber threats using state-of-the-art tradecraft and technology.

Prior to joining Nisos, Jennifer co-founded a secure messaging company, Wickr, where she served as General Counsel for five years and continues to serve as Special Advisor. Jennifer has litigated as an Assistant U.S. Attorney, run her own law practice where she began working with technology start-ups, and commenced her legal career at Cooley LLP. She attended Michigan Law School and Dartmouth College. Jennifer serves on the membership committee of SunLaw, an organization committed to the advancement of female in-house attorneys, and she regularly writes about cybersecurity, privacy and technology as a contributing author for Above the Law.

Scott J. Bornstein is Co-Chair of the firm's Global Intellectual Property & Technology Practice, Co-Chair of the firm's Global Patent Litigation Group, and serves on the firm's Executive Committee. Scott has deep patent trial experience and has served as lead counsel in more than 100 patent litigations. He has broad experience in patent, trademark and copyright litigation, licensing and general IP counseling for a wide variety of national and international clients. Scott also has wide-ranging experience working with clients to develop comprehensive prosecution and enforcement strategies which support their business objectives.

Scott's clients are involved in a variety of technologies and industry sectors, including aerospace, automotive, avionics, biotechnology, business methods, chemical, consumer products, eCommerce, electronics, energy and filtration, financial services, food and beverage, Hatch-Waxman, materials science, medical devices, metallurgy, pharmaceutical, plastics, software and telecommunications industries. He has also served as Chair of the IP Section of the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists.

Scott serves as an adjunct professor at New York University Stern School of Business. He also serves as an advisor to the ‘Creative Destruction Lab – New York City,’ a competitive seed-stage program focused on maximizing the probability of success of massively-scalable science and technology startups.

Judge Conti was the Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania until December, 2018 when she assumed senior status. She has authored articles on e-discovery and is a frequent lecturer at seminars on e-discovery and cybersecurity. Judge Conti currently is a judicial advisor and a member of the steering committee for the Sedona Conference’s Working Group 10 on Patent Litigation Best Practices. Judge Conti was a member of the Judicial Conference of the United States, and is a former Chair of the Judicial Conference Committee on the Administration of the Bankruptcy System. She received the American Inns of Court 2009 Professionalism Award for the Third Circuit and the 2016 W. Edward Sell Business Lawyer Award from the Pennsylvania Bar Association’s Business Law Section. Prior to her appointment, she was a shareholder with the Pittsburgh office of Buchanan Ingersoll, Professional Corporation, now Buchanan Ingersoll Rooney (“Buchanan”), and prior to joining Buchanan she was a partner with Kirkpatrick, Lockhart, Johnson & Hutchison, now known as K&L; Gates LLP. Judge Conti was a Professor of Law at Duquesne University and taught courses on civil procedure, corporations, corporate finance, corporate reorganizations and bankruptcy.

John C. Lifland is a retired United States District Judge for the District of New Jersey. He was appointed by President Ronald Reagan in 1988 and served until 2007. His docket included an array of patent, trademark, copyright and other intellectual property issues.He has been a JAMS neutral since 2007

At JAMS, Judge Lifland has extensive experience as a mediator and arbitrator, as well as participating in neutral evaluation for parties to upcoming or current disputes. He has served as sole arbitrator and as a member or chair of arbitration panels in many patent-related disputes.

Judge Lifland has a particular interest in intellectual property issues, ans is a founder of the John C. Lifland American Inn of Court, a New Jersey Inn which focuses on Intellectual Property and Federal Litigation issues

Judge Lifland is a graduate of Yale University and Harvard Law School.

Stephen Schreiner is a partner in Goodwin’s IP Litigation Group and member of its Patent Litigation Practice. He focuses on all aspects of intellectual property law, including patent litigation, patent portfolio development, counseling and due diligence related to financial services, cryptography, software, e-commerce, business methods, digital television, signal processing, telecommunications, interactive media, the Internet and other areas.

In addition to counseling clients on patent infringement and trade secrets cases, Mr. Schreiner maintains a significant patent prosecution docket with hundreds of applications on financial services inventions and has experience with extra-judicial patent challenge procedures in the PTO under the America Invents Act legislation, including Inter Partes Review, Covered Business Method Review and Ex Parte Reexamination.

Before becoming a lawyer, Mr. Schreiner spent eight years working for the Department of Navy developing and testing digital signal processing algorithms. Mr. Schreiner has been recognized as one of the world’s leading IP and patent practitioners by Intellectual Asset Management and The Legal 500 and is a key contributor to Goodwin’s Founders Workbench, an online resource for start-ups, emerging companies and the entrepreneurial community.

Tim Bedard is currently the Vice President of Intellectual Property Strategy for Visa Inc. In this role, he is responsible for all aspects of Visa’s IP strategy and policy including patent portfolio development and management. Prior to joining Visa, he spent 10 years at Johnson & Johnson where he established J&J;’s Intellectual Property Center of Excellence. In this role he was responsible for managing the patent portfolios and patent strategy for J&J;’s Advanced Sterilization Products, Ethicon Surgical Care, Cordis, Biosurgery, Biosense Webster, Mentor and SterilMed franchises. Prior to joining J&J;, Tim was a patent litigator at K&L; Gates LLP where he litigated and tried patent cases related to ion implantation, breast implants and steel framing. Tim began his professional career as a naval officer serving 8 years in the Navy initially flying the P-3 Orion aircraft and later serving as an aide-de-camp to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Tim holds a BS in Industrial Engineering from the University of Pittsburgh, a Juris Doctor from the Duquesne University School of Law and an MBA from the Yale University School of Management.

Mr. Tabaddor has over 15 years experience in intellectual property law. Including being a former Patent Examiner at the United States Patent & Trademark Office. Rouz worked for major intellectual property law firms in Washington D.C. prosecuting and managing patent portfolios of Fortune 300 companies to small start up companies. He also actively participated in patent and trademark litigation in various federal courts throughout the U.S. Furthermore, Rouz spent 1 year living in Taiwan assisting taiwanese electronic companies with protection of their intellectual property rights. He spent time conducting lectures throughout Taiwan and other southeastern asian countries. Currently, Mr. Tabaddor is the Intellectual Property Counsel for a spin-off of a Fortune 300 company, where is head of the Intellectual Property Program and is responsible for monitoring all patent, trademark, copyright and other intellectual property rights in the U.S and throughout the world.

Jurisdictions: Maryland, Virginia, Washington DC and California.