Kent A. Jordan is a Director in the Wilmington, Delaware law firm of Richards, Layton & Finger. Previously, since 2006, he served as a United States Circuit Judge for the Third Circuit. Before that, he was a United States District Judge for the District of Delaware from 2002 to 2006. Judge Jordan received a B.A. in Economics in 1981 from Brigham Young University and a J.D. in 1984 from Georgetown University. He was an Assistant United States Attorney and head of the Civil Division in the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Delaware. Later, he served as an officer and as a member of the boards of directors of privately held businesses and was a partner in a law firm. He is an Adjunct Professor of Law at the University of Pennsylvania and Vanderbilt University and has served as President of the Board of Trustees of the American Inns of Court Foundation, as well as on the boards of other non-profit organizations.

The Honorable Faith Hochberg is a nationally recognized Federal Judge and former United States Attorney known for her broad expertise spanning judicial, federal law enforcement, and financial institution regulatory top level positions. In 2015, Judge Hochberg retired from the bench to found Hochberg ADR, LLC, which provides mediation, arbitration, and mock court exercises in high profile, complex matters in national and international litigation.  Judge Hochberg serves as a court-appointed Monitor in international cybersecurity cases, and as a court-appointed Special Master in many cases in both federal and state courts, including complex multi-district litigation (MDL cases).  

Judge Hochberg is a distinguished neutral admitted to the rosters of the AAA, ICDR, ICC, and CPR; she is a Fellow of the College of Commercial Arbitrators and a Fellow of the Chartered Institute.  Her expertise broadly spans many areas of law:  class actions, corporate contract, insurance, banking & financial institutions, securities, antitrust, trade secrets, pharmaceutical development and licensing, patent and other intellectual property litigation and licensing, merger and acquisition transactions, and partnership disputes. 

Judge Hochberg was twice nominated by the President, and confirmed by the Senate, first as United States Attorney and then as a United States District Judge. During her tenure on the bench, she has presided over thousands of federal cases, including large class actions, securities, banking, patent and intellectual property, pharmaceutical intellectual property and licensing, antitrust, insurance, ERISA, corporate contract, construction related disputes, employment and partnership disputes, and others. The Judicial Panel on Multi-District Litigation appointed her to preside over large national multi-district cases, filed across the country and consolidated to be managed by Judge Hochberg. She is a frequent speaker both nationally and internationally on patent law, class actions, employment law, and alternative dispute resolution. 

Judge Hochberg was invited to sit by designation on the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals, and served as a patent pilot judge with special expertise in this complex area of law.  She was honored as the first Fellow of the Innovation Center for Law and Technology at New York Law School and also serves on the Center’s Advisory Board.  She previously served on the Board of Trustees of the Lasker Foundation, acclaimed for its prominence in promoting outstanding research in science and medicine.

Judge Hochberg was the top federal law enforcement official when she served as the United States Attorney for the District of New Jersey, managing strategy and operations of the large public office.  As Deputy Assistant Secretary of the United States Treasury Department, she spearheaded multinational tactics to combat money laundering, and was responsible for oversight of the Treasury Department’s enforcement agencies, including the Office of Foreign Assets Control [OFAC], the Bank Secrecy Office, as well as Secret Service, U.S. Customs Service and other agencies. 

Judge Hochberg has developed risk management and civil regulatory enforcement criteria for financial institutions during her service as Senior Deputy Chief Counsel of the OTS during the S & L crisis.

Judge Hochberg received her law degree  from Harvard Law School, where she graduated magna cum laude and was an Editor of the Harvard Law Review.  Judge Hochberg graduated, summa cum laude, from Tufts University, and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. She also attended the London School of Economics.

Brian serves as Executive Vice-President, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary for Matthews International Corporation having joined the Company as corporate counsel in January 2005 and having been promoted to the role of General Counsel in February 2009.  Brian directs all legal operations for the Company globally, in addition to serving as a member of Matthews’ executive leadership team.   

Established in 1850, Matthews now operates 3 very diverse business segments in over 35 countries.   In 20 years of leading the legal function for Matthews, Brian has directed over 80 mergers and acquisitions, varying in size, complexities, industries and geographies.  During that same period, the annual revenue of the Company has more than tripled to approximately USD 1.8 Billion. 

Brian is also responsible for developing and directing various global compliance programs addressing trade secret protection, anti-trust, anti-corruption, data protection, export controls and insider trading.

Gregory S. Bombard is a trial lawyer whose practice focuses on trade secret litigation. Greg also handles other IP litigation and complex commercial disputes. His trade secret clients are primarily in high tech industries, including biotech, medical devices, software, robotics, fintech, and manufacturing. Greg is an author of the ABA’s Guide to Protecting and Litigating Trade Secrets, 2nd Ed., and co-chairs of the ABA’s Trade Secret Litigation Subcommittee. Greg is a shareholder in the Boston office of the international law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP. He can be reached at gregory.bombard@gtlaw.com. 

Hannah T. Joseph serves as Director of Trade Secrets at Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. At Regeneron, she drives strategy for the protection of trade secrets and proprietary information. Before joining Regeneron, Hannah worked at Beck Reed Riden LLP, a boutique law firm in Boston,  where she specialized in the areas of trade secrets law, restrictive covenants, and employee mobility for nearly a decade. Hannah holds a Juris Doctor from Boston College Law School and a Bachelor of Arts from Binghamton University.

Julie is a Senior IP Counsel at Nestlé S.A. She has worked for multiple business units in her 14+ year career with Nestlé, including Coffee, Nestlé Health Science, and PetCare. Julie significantly contributed to developing and deploying Nestlé's trade secret protection program. Before joining Nestle, she was a Corporate Patent Counsel at Pfizer Inc.

Ken Corsello is an IP Law Counsel at IBM.  He currently focuses on drafting and negotiating patent licenses and assignment agreements.  At IBM, he has worked on patent procurement, litigation, client counseling, product clearance, and IP transactional matters. 

Before joining IBM, Ken was a law clerk to Chief Judge Glenn Archer at the Federal Circuit; an Associate Solicitor in the USPTO; and in private practice at law firms in Washington, D.C.  He did his undergraduate work in Computer Science at SUNY Stony Brook, received his JD from the Catholic University, and obtained an LL.M. from George Washington University. 

Ken has been the chair of IPO’s Trade Secrets Committee since 2016.  His recent presentations on trade secret law include participating in a panel at the USPTO’s “Trending Issues in Trade Secrets: 2019” symposium and as a witness on behalf of IPO at the 2018 hearing on “Safeguarding Trade Secrets in the United States” held by the U.S. House Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet. 

Lana Gladstein currently works as a General Counsel for Seaport Therapeutics. She previously worked at APRINOIA Therapeutics as a Group General Counsel. Lana Gladstein attended Northeastern University School of Law.

Micheal Binns is Head of Patent Portfolio Strategy for Meta’s Family of Apps and an Associate General Counsel on the Patent, Licensing, and Open Source team at Meta, formerly Facebook. Michael also leads Meta’s IP Trade Secret and Design Patent protection strategies. As a registered patent attorney, Mike’s helped protect global copyrights and trademarks in addition to patent rights for a wide range of industries. At present, he advises on global IP portfolio strategy and risk mitigation related the future of social networking, AR/VR, and the metaverse. Micheal has and continues to protect the knowledge, systems, and inventions that are business-critical drivers of revenue.

Before joining Facebook, Micheal was the Atlanta Office Development Partner at Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP, where his experience included the litigation, counseling, and prosecution of all forms of intellectual property related to a variety of industries and technologies.

Ron serves as Deputy General Counsel - Technology and Brand, and Enterprise Risk and Sustainability Compliance Officer for SimpliSafe.  Prior to joining SimpliSafe, he spent over a decade in a variety of in house legal roles at P&G / Gillette in Cincinnati and Boston, with his last role as Global Lead Commercial Counsel for the Gillette business unit.  Ron studied Chemical Engineering and Economics at Tufts University and received his JD from UNH School of Law.

Damon Gupta is a Director, Patent Counsel at Spark Therapeutics, Inc., a leader in gene therapy and member of the Roche Group. With over a decade of experience in intellectual property (IP) law and a background in molecular biology, Damon advises biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies on patent strategy, IP transactions, and risk mitigation. At Spark, Damon leads efforts to protect proprietary assets, including trade secrets, manage IP disputes, and provides IP support to cross-functional teams, including R&D, manufacturing, and corporate transactions. Damon holds a J.D. from Chicago-Kent College of Law, an M.S. from Baylor College of Medicine, and a B.S. from The Ohio State University.

Justin K. Victor is a seasoned first-chair trial lawyer focusing on trade secrets litigation, corporate governance disputes, and other high-stakes commercial litigation and arbitration. Known for his experience and trusted counsel, Mr. Victor is frequently sought after to represent clients in critical, "bet-the-company" cases. With the ability to navigate complex legal challenges, Mr. Victor has obtained temporary restraining orders, preliminary injunctions, and permanent injunctions in both state and federal courts to protect clients against trade secret misappropriation and enforce restrictive covenants.

Alexandra Valenti is a partner in Goodwin’s Intellectual Property Litigation practice. She is a well-rounded and experienced litigator who focuses her practice on intellectual property and commercial matters across a variety of innovative industries. She is a core member of the firm’s renowned life sciences litigation team, and also brings substantial expertise in representing clients across the technology and consumer products sectors. Recognized in Benchmark Litigation’s “40 & Under Hot List” and by the IAM Patent 1000 and Managing IP, Alexandra has represented clients in numerous intellectual property and commercial disputes in federal courts nationwide, including significant victories after trial and on appeal.

Robert Frederickson, a partner in Goodwin’s Intellectual Property Litigation practice and co-chair of the firm’s Life Sciences Disputes sector, represents life sciences, technology and financial services companies in intellectual property litigation and complex commercial disputes. Robert is an experienced IP trial lawyer, having tried numerous cases to juries and judges across the country. He has won hundreds of millions of dollars in jury verdicts in patent and trade secret cases and has successfully defended life sciences and technology companies accused of intellectual property infringement and misappropriation. Robert also focuses a large part of his practice representing life sciences and technology companies in complex, commercial arbitrations, involving licensing disputes.

Giri Pathmanaban’s practice focuses on high-stakes patent, trade secret, and intellectual property contractual disputes. He has successfully represented clients in federal district courts, the International Trade Commission (ITC), and Patent Office proceedings. Giri simplifies complex issues, communicates effectively with clients and juries, and advises clients on IP issues to help achieve their business objectives. Giri’s technical background in computer science and engineering enables him to develop and execute winning legal strategies across a range of industries, inside and outside the courtroom. He has litigated cases in a range of industries, including cybersecurity, AI and machine learning, semiconductors, computer networking and electronic devices, internet and cloud computing, and medical devices and healthcare.