Maxine Graham is currently VP & Chief IP Counsel at American Express Company. In her current position, Ms. Graham has global responsibility for intellectual property (IP) matters for Amex. She leads the Intellectual Property Law & Strategy team that handles Amex’s trademarks, patents, copyrights, licensing, M&A;, commercial transactions, litigation, and intellectual property strategy. Prior to joining American Express, Ms. Graham was patent litigator at Kirkland & Ellis, LLP. Ms. Graham is a member of the New York bar and is a registered patent attorney with the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office. She graduated with a J.D. from the University of Virginia Law School, has a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology, and a B.S. in Physics from Furman University.

Elizabeth Lester is Intellectual Property Counsel at Equifax, where she manages the global intellectual property portfolio and provides counseling on intellectual property issues in transactional matters. Prior to joining Equifax, Elizabeth was an associate at Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP, where her practice was focused on patent prosecution and intellectual property transactions. Elizabeth received a J.D. from Georgia State University, a M.S. in chemical engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology, and a B.S. in chemical engineering from the University of Kentucky. She is actively involved in various professional and community activities, including serving as a board member of the Intellectual Property Owners Association, a Girl Scout Troop leader, and raising money for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society through Team in Training.

Matthew Kelly is the Managing Director and Chief Intellectual Property Counsel with the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, the world’s largest and most diverse derivatives exchange. He is a patent attorney and is in charge of all aspects of intellectual property including the patent and trademarks prosecution, intellectual property licensing, acquisitions and litigation.

Ziad Katul is a seasoned lawyer with expertise in intellectual property (IP), technology, outsourcing, data protection/information security, cloud computing and offshoring. He is a founding member of the IP Centre of Excellence at BMO, where he is responsible for building the enterprise IP framework and promoting IP strategy adoption, realizing on IP opportunities in BMO’s technological transformation and securing BMO’s innovation brand. At BMO, he also leads complex technology transactions and navigates related regulatory issues. Before joining BMO, Ziad was a partner in the IP Group at BLG, where his practice ran the gamut of protecting/managing, monetizing/exploiting, and enforcing IP (patents, trademarks, copyright, trade secrets) in a variety of commercial settings across many industries. Ziad’s first exposure to the intersection of innovation and IP was in graduate school, where he was investigating the long-term effects of prolonged clinical paralysis on the neuromuscular junction.

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.

Jeff Glaser joined Wells Fargo in 2002 and is past chair of their Intellectual Property Practice Group. As the pace of innovation accelerates in financial services technology, Jeff is helping to guide a customer-focused IP strategy across the company’s diverse business lines. His current focus is on IP asset transfer and technology handoffs in M&A; deals, along with joint technology development in bank consortiums. His prior responsibilities included serving as lead counsel on worldwide privacy and information security matters.

With a background in engineering, Jeff was an IBM marketing representative in Manhattan before starting law school. Following his early years as a commercial litigator, he moved into technology deal making and IP-based transactions. During his career, Jeff has served as both in-house and outside counsel advising a wide range of clients -- from tech startups to industry-leading multinationals.

Mr. Bromberg joined Morgan Stanley in 2000. He has global responsibility for all intellectual property matters. He is also responsible for a broad range of transactional matters.

Mr. Bromberg currently serves as co-Head of the SIFMA Intellectual Property Sub-Committee which represents hundreds of securities firms, banks and asset managers.

Prior to Morgan Stanley, Mr. Bromberg was a patent litigator at Morgan & Finnegan (1991-2000) and an electronics designer at Honeywell (1986-1989).

Mr. Bromberg has a J.D. from Columbia Law School and a B.S.E.E. from Tufts University. He is a member of the New York and Massachusetts bars and a registered patent attorney.

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.

David T. Cunningham is Vice President, Assistant General Counsel and Director of Intellectual Property and Privacy Law at The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. The Hartford is a leader in property and casualty insurance, group benefits and mutual funds. David handles all facets of intellectual property law including patent prosecution, litigation, licensing and IP transactional work. He also is the lead lawyer supporting Privacy Law matters at The Hartford. Prior to joining The Hartford in 2007, David was Senior Patent Counsel for Hitachi America, Ltd. for eight years working on intellectual property matters including patent prosecution, licensing and litigation. David started his career as a patent attorney with the Brumbaugh Graves/Baker Botts law firm in their intellectual property group working for clients in many areas. David obtained his law degree from the University of Virginia Law School and his electrical engineering degree magna cum laude from Princeton University. He is a registered Patent Attorney with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. David has been recognized three times in Inside Counsel Magazine’s annual Top Ten Most Innovative Legal Departments.

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.

Jess currently prepares and litigates post-grant proceedings before the PTAB for Unified Patents. Prior to joining Unified, Jess practiced at Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP for over ten years. At Finnegan, Jess litigated post-grant proceedings, district court cases, and International Trade Commission proceedings. Jess is also experienced in licensing negotiations, patent prosecution, due diligence investigations, and opinions on patent infringement, patent validity, and freedom-to-operate. Jess’ patent prosecution focused on business method and electrical technologies, often for clients in the financial industry.

Jess earned her J.D. from the University of Maryland (now Francis King Carey) School of Law and her M.B.E. and B.A. in Biology from the University of Pennsylvania.

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.

Nicole N. Morris is a member of the faculty at Emory University School of Law. She is a Professor in Practice and Director of the TI:GER program. TI:GER (Technological Innovation: Generating Economic Results) is an innovative partnership between Emory and Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) that brings together graduate students in law, business, science and engineering to work on ways to take innovative ideas from the lab to the marketplace. Professor Morris is a frequent speaker on patent law topics including patent prosecution, patent litigation, IP strategy and innovation. Prior to joining the Emory faculty, Professor Morris was the former Managing Patent Counsel at The Coca-Cola Company in Atlanta, Georgia. While at The Coca-Cola Company, Nicole was responsible for the development and implementation of the Company’s global patent strategy and providing day-to-day advice & counseling to business stakeholders, including freedom-to-operate and competitive assessments and counseling concerning IP related agreements.

Professor Morris has over fifteen years of experience practicing patent law in large and mid-sized law firms and has represented clients in patent and trademark litigation matters, as well as patent prosecution matters. Professor Morris also worked as an engineer for six years with 3M and Eli Lilly and has over twenty-five years of experience working with consumer products and technology commercialization.

Sean Reilly is Senior Vice President and Associate General Counsel of The Clearing House Payments Company L.L.C. where his principal responsibilities include advising members of The Clearing House’s senior business team on vital cybersecurity, intellectual property and technology law issues and transactions. In addition, Mr. Reilly coordinates with industry executives and senior lawyers from the nation’s leading banks on technology law issues and initiatives of concern to the financial services industry.

Mr. Reilly also serves as General Counsel of Askeladden L.L.C. where he oversees Askeladden’s Patent Quality Initiative (PQI). PQI is an education, information and advocacy effort seeking to improve the understanding, use and reliability patents, especially those pertaining to financial services. PQI is working to strengthen and support the patent examination process by making pertinent prior art more easily accessible and providing educational briefings on the evolution of technology in financial services. In addition, PQI files amicus briefs that highlight issues critical to patent quality, and petitions the United States Patent and Trademark Office to take a second look at patents under Inter Partes Review (IPR).

Before joining The Clearing House, Mr. Reilly was in private practice at Fitzpatrick, Cella, Harper and Scinto, and worked at the United States Patent and Trademark Office as a patent examiner. He also worked for Intel Corporation in the Mobile Platforms Group. Mr. Reilly holds a B.S. in Computer Engineering from the University of Florida and a J.D. from Fordham University, and is a member of the New York and New Jersey bars.

Established in 1853, The Clearing House is the oldest banking association and payments company in the United States. It is owned by the world’s largest commercial banks, which collectively hold more than half of all U.S. deposits and which employ over one million people in the United States, and more than two million people worldwide. The Clearing House Association L.L.C. is a nonpartisan advocacy organization that represents the interests of its owner banks by promoting and developing policies to support a safe, sound and competitive banking system that serves customers and communities. Its affiliate, The Clearing House Payments Company L.L.C., which is regulated as a systemically important financial market utility, owns and operates payments technology infrastructure that provides safe and efficient payment, clearing and settlement services to financial institutions, and leads innovation and thought leadership activities for the next generation of payments. It clears almost $2 trillion each day, representing nearly half of all automated clearing-house, funds transfer and check-image payments made in the United States.