Last Year's March 23, 2018
Judges Dinner's Guest List

 

GUESTS OF HONOR
MEMBERS OF THE JUDICIARY

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

Federal Circuit

Hon. Sharon Prost, Chief Judge
Hon. Raymond T. Chen, Circuit Judge
Hon. Richard Linn, Circuit Judge
Hon. Kathleen M. O’Malley, Circuit Judge
Hon. Jimmie V. Reyna, Circuit Judge

Third Circuit

Hon. Joseph A. Greenaway Jr., Circuit Judge
Hon. Kent A. Jordan, Circuit Judge
Hon. Thomas I. Vanaskie, Circuit Judge

District of Columbia

Hon. Douglas H. Ginsburg, Senior Circuit Judge

State of New York

Hon. Michael J. Garcia, Associate Judge
Hon. Jenny Rivera, Associate Judge
Hon. Rowan D. Wilson, Associate Judge

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURTS

District of Columbia

Hon. Reggie B. Walton, Senior District Judge

District of Connecticut

Hon. Janet C. Hall, Chief Judge

District of Delaware

Hon. Leonard P. Stark, Chief Judge
Hon. Richard G. Andrews, District Judge
Hon. Gregory M. Sleet, District Judge

Northern District of Illinois

Hon. Ruben Castillo, Chief Judge

District of Maine

Hon. D. Brock Hornby, District Judge

District of Massachusetts

Hon. Nathaniel M. Gorton, District Judge
Hon. Timothy S. Hillman, District Judge
Hon. George A. O’Toole Jr., District Judge
Hon F. Dennis Saylor IV, District Judge
Hon. Indira Talwani, District Judge

District of New Jersey

Hon. Jose L. Linares, Chief Judge
Hon. Madeline Cox Arleo, District Judge
Hon. Renee Marie Bumb, District Judge
Hon. Noel L. Hillman, District Judge
Hon. Michael A. Shipp, District Judge
Hon. Peter G. Sheridan, District Judge
Hon. Susan D. Wigenton, District Judge
Hon. Stanley R. Chesler, Senior District Judge
Hon. William J. Martini, Senior District Judge
Hon. Joseph H. Rodriguez, Senior District Judge

Eastern District of New York

Hon. Dora L. Irizarry, Chief Judge
Hon. Brian M. Cogan, District Judge
Hon. Ann Donnelly, District Judge
Hon. Eric N. Vitaliano, District Judge
Hon. Leonard D. Wexler, Senior District Judge

Northern District of New York

Hon. Glenn T. Suddaby, Chief Judge

Southern District of New York

Hon. J. Paul Oetken, District Judge
Hon. William H. Pauley III, District Judge
Hon. Nelson S. Roman, District Judge
Hon. Lorna G. Schofield, District Judge
Hon. Louis L. Stanton, Senior District Judge

Western District of New York

Hon. William M. Skretny, District Judge
Hon. Richard J. Arcara, Senior District Judge

Eastern District of Pennsylvania

Hon. C. Darnell Jones II, District Judge
Hon. Juan R. Sanchez, District Judge
Hon. Jeffrey L. Schmehl, District Judge
Hon. Joel H. Slomsky, District Judge
Hon. Edward G. Smith, District Judge
Hon. Petrese B. Tucker, District Judge
Hon. Michael M. Baylson, Senior District Judge
Hon. Anita B. Brody, Senior District Judge
Hon. J. Curtis Joyner, Senior District Judge
Hon. John R. Padova, Senior District Judge
Hon. Eduardo C. Robreno, Senior District Judge

Middle District of Pennsylvania

Hon. Christopher C. Conner, Chief Judge
Hon. Matthew W. Brann, District Judge
Hon. James M. Munley, Senior District Judge

Western District of Pennsylvania

Hon. Joy Flowers Conti, Chief Judge
Hon. Cathy Bissoon, District Judge
Hon. Nora B. Fischer, District Judge
Hon. Mark R. Hornak, District Judge

Northern District of Texas

Hon. Barbara M. Lynn, Chief Judge

Eastern District of Virginia

Hon. Henry Coke Morgan Jr., Senior District Judge

UNITED STATES COURT OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE

Hon. Leo M. Gordon, Senior Judge

UNITED STATES COURT OF FEDERAL CLAIMS

Hon. Susan G. Braden, Chief Judge
Hon. Lydia K. Griggsby, Judge
Hon. Mary Ellen Coster Williams, Judge
Hon. Loren A. Smith, Senior Judge

UNITED STATES INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION

Hon. Meredith Broadbent, Commissioner
Hon. Irving A. Williamson, Commissioner
David S. Johanson, Vice-Chairman
Hon. Charles E. Bullock, Chief Administrative Law Judge
Hon. Clarke Cheney, Administrative Law Judge
Hon. Sandra Lord, Administrative Law Judge

UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURTS

District of New Jersey

Hon. Michael Kaplan, Bankruptcy Judge
Hon. Jerrold N. Poslusny, Bankruptcy Judge
Eastern District of New York
Hon. Alan S. Trust, Bankruptcy Judge

MAGISTRATE JUDGES OF THE FEDERAL COURTS

District of Delaware

Hon. Mary Pat Thynge, Chief Magistrate Judge
Hon. Christopher J. Burke, Magistrate Judge
Hon. Sherry R. Fallon, Magistrate Judge

District of Massachusetts

Hon. Donald L. Cabell, Magistrate Judge
Hon. Robert B. Collings, Magistrate Judge
Hon. M. Page Kelley, Magistrate Judge

District of New Jersey

Hon. Douglas E. Arpert, Magistrate Judge
Hon. James B. Clark III, Magistrate Judge
Hon. Karen M. Williams, Magistrate Judge

Eastern District of New York

Hon. Peggy Kuo, Magistrate Judge
Hon. Steven I. Locke, Magistrate Judge
Hon. Ramon E. Reyes Jr., Magistrate Judge
Hon. Anne Y. Shields, Magistrate Judge

Southern District of New York

Hon. Martin R. Goldberg, Magistrate Judge
Hon. Katherine H. Parker, Magistrate Judge
Hon. Lisa Margaret Smith, Magistrate Judge

Western District of New York

Hon. Hugh B. Scott, Magistrate Judge

Eastern District of Pennsylvania

Hon. Linda K. Caracappa, Chief Magistrate Judge
Hon. Henry Perkin, Magistrate Judge
Hon. Lynne Sitarski, Magistrate Judge

Middle District of Pennsylvania

Hon. Joseph F. Saporito Jr., Magistrate Judge

Western District of Pennsylvania

Hon. Susan Paradise Baxter, Magistrate Judge
Hon. Cynthia R. Eddy, Magistrate Judge

Eastern District of Virginia

Hon. John F. Anderson, Magistrate Judge

UNITED STATES CIRCUIT AND DISTRICT EXECUTIVES

Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit

Peter R. Marksteiner, Circuit Executive

Court of Appeals, Second Circuit

Karen G. Milton, Circuit Executive

Southern District of New York

Edward Friedland, District Court Executive

CLERKS OF THE FEDERAL COURTS

District of Connecticut

Robin D. Tabora, Clerk of Court

Western District of Pennsylvania

Joshua C. Lewis, Clerk of Court

Court of International Trade

Mario Toscano, Clerk of Court

UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE

Andre Iancu, Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the USPTO
Joseph Matal, Formerly Performed the Functions and Duties of the
Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the USPTO
Dana R. Colarulli, Director of Governmental Affairs
Hon. David P. Ruschke, Chief Judge for Patent Trial and Appeal Board
Hon. Scott Boalick, Deputy Chief Patent Judge
Elizabeth Dougherty, Advisor to the Acting Deputy Under Secretary and Director
Sarah Harris, General Counsel

ORGANIZATIONS

Scott F. Partridge, Chair, American Bar Association Section of Intellectual Property Law
Myra H. McCormack, President, American Intellectual Property Law Association
American Inn of Court
Lisa K. Jorgenson, Executive Director, American Intellectual Property Law Association
Mary R. Bram, Co-Chair, Bar Association of D.C., Patent, Trademark & Copyright Section
Laura K. Pitts, Co-Chair, Bar Association of D.C., Patent, Trademark & Copyright Section
Rory P. Pheiffer, President, Boston Patent Law Association
Christopher Beauchamp, Professor of Law, Brooklyn Law School
Christopher J. Buccafusco, Professor of Law; Director, Intellectual Property & Information Law Program
Edward D. Murphy III, President, Central New York Patent Law Association
Benjamin White, President, Connecticut Intellectual Property Law Association
Rae Fischer, Co-Chair, D.C. Bar, Intellectual Property Law Section
John E. Nappi, Co-Chair D.C. Bar, Intellectual Property Law Section
Shahrokh Falati, President, Eastern New York Intellectual Property Law Association
David R. Schaefer, President, Federal Bar Council
Deborah Miron, President, Federal Circuit Bar Association
Hugh C. Hansen, Professor of Law and Director, Fordham University School of Law
Irina Manta, Professor of Law and Director, Hofstra University
Hon. William C. Conner Inn of Court
Stephen Beney, Past-President, Intellectual Property Institute of Canada
Paul R. Kitch, President, Intellectual Property Law Association of Chicago
Bryan Wilson, President, Intellectual Property Law Association of Florida
Henry Hadad, President, Intellectual Property Owners Association
International Trade Commission Trial Lawyers Association
Kimberly S. Chotkowski, CEO, Licensing Executive Society USA/Canada
Daniel E. Hegner, President, Michigan Intellectual Property Law Association
Thomas Triolo, President-Elect, New Jersey Intellectual Property Law Association
Bret I. Parker, Executive Director, New York City Bar Association
Sharon Stern Gerstman, President, New York State Bar Association
Erica D. Klein, Chairperson, New York State Bar Association, Intellectual Property Law Section
A.J. Bahou, Chair, Tennessee Bar Association, Intellectual Property Section
Kevin Jablonski, President, Washington State Patent Law Association
Chris Scherer, President, Wisconsin Intellectual Property Law Association
Greta Kolcon, President-Elect, Women’s Bar Association of the State of New York

 


 

Companies and Law Firms

Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, LLP
Allen, Dyer, Doppeit, Milbrath & Gilchrist PA
Alston & Bird LLP
Amster, Rothstein & Ebenstein
Andrews Kurth Kenyon LLP
Arent Fox LLP
Asahi Kasei America, Inc.
Axinn, Veltrop & Harkrider LLP
Baker Botts LLP
BASF
Bayard, P.A.
Beckenridge Pharmaceutical, Inc.
Borden Ladner Gervais LLP
Bracewell
Bristol-Meyers Squibb
Burford Capital
Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP
Cantor Colburn LLP
Cleary Gottlieb & Hamilton LLP
Cohen & Hildebrand
Condo Roccia Kopitw LLP
Connolly Gallagher LLP
Cooley LLP
Cooper & Dunham LLP
Cozen O'Connor
Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP
Crowell & Moring LLP
Dannemann, Siemsen, Bigler & Ipanema Moreira
Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP
Dechert
Desmarais LLP
DLA Piper, LLP
Dorsey & Whitney LLP
Fay Kuplin & Marcin
Fenwick & West
Ference & Associates
Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP
Fish & Richardson PC
Fitzpatrick, Cella, Harper & Scinto
Foley Hoag LLP
Fox Rothschild
Freitas Angell & Weinberg, LLP
Fross Zelnick Lehrman & Zissu, P.C.
Fulwider Patton LLP
Gibbons PC
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
Goodwin
Google
Greenberg Traurig LLP
Haley Guiliano LLP
Harris Beach PLLC
Haug Partners
Haynes & Boone, LLP
Hoffmann & Baron, LLP
Hogan Lovells LLP
Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP
IBM
InvenTel Products, LLC
Jackson Walker LLP
Johnson & Johnson
Jones Day
K&L Gates LLP
Kasowitz, Benson, Torres & Friedman LLP
Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP
King & Spalding LLP
Kirkland & Ellis LLP
Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear
Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP
Law Office of Gerald Bilotto
Latham & Watkins LLP
Leason Ellis
Locke Lord LLP
Mayer Brown LLP
MBM Intellectual Property Law LLP
McCarter and English, LLP
McKool Smith P.C.
Merchant & Gould
Merck & Co, Inc.
Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky & Popeo PC
MoloLamken LLP
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Morris Nichols
Morrison Foerster LLP
Navigant Consulting Inc.
Norton Rose Fulbright
O'Melveny & Myers LLP
Orrick
Patterson Belknap
Paul Hastings LLP
Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP
Perkins Coie
Pfizer
Polsinelli PC
PricewaterhouseCoopers
Proskauer Rose LLP
Pryor Cashman LLP
PSE&G
Revlon, Inc.
Richards, Layton & Finger, PA
Ropes & Gray LLP
Sanofi Aventis US, Inc.
Saul Ewing
Scarini Hollenbeck
Schmeiser, Olsen & Watts LLP
Scully, Scott, Murphy & Presser PC
Sidley Austin LLP
Siebman Burg Phillips Smith
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom
Sompo International
Steptoe & Johnson LLP
Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox PLLC
Sullivan & Cromwell
Teva Pharmaceutical Industrices Ltd.
Troutman Sanders LLP
Vedder Price PC
Venable LLP
Volpe and Koenig PC
Walsh Pizzi O’Reilly Falanga LLP
Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP
Wiggin & Dana LLP
Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP
Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
Winston & Strawn LLP
Withers Bergman
Wolf Greenfield & Sacks, P.C.
Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor, LLP
Zuber Lawler & Del Duca LLP