Lecturers

David Almeling, Partner at O’Melveny & Myers and author of Trade Secret Law and Corporate Strategy. Identified by IAM 1000 as a “trade secret authority.” Specializes in trade secret counseling and litigation.

Marice Ashe, Founding CEO, ChangeLab Solutions (ret.) and pioneer of the emerging public health law movement.

David Bernstein, Chair of Debevoise’s Intellectual Property Litigation Group and coauthor of the leading treatise on advertising law, The Law of Advertising, Marketing and Promotion. Recognized as “one of the finest trademark litigators in the nation” by Chambers.

Jared Bobrow, Co-chair of Orrick’s Global Intellectual Property Group. Recognized as one of the world’s leading IP litigators by Chambers Global and IAM.

Tess Bridgeman, Co-Editor-in-Chief of Just Security, former Special Assistant to President Obama, former Associate Counsel to the President, and former Deputy Legal Adviser to the National Security Council (NSC). Specializes in foreign policy and national security policy.

Noah Brumfield, Partner at White & Case. Specializes in antitrust litigation.

Steven Carlson, Partner at Robins Kaplan, co-author of Patents in Germany and Europe: Procurement, Enforcement and Defense, and co-author of Patent Case Management Judicial Guide. Specializes in patent litigation. Paul Clark, Partner, Seward & Kissel LLP. Specializes in the structuring of new financial products and banking legislation

Mark A. Cohen, Director of Asian IP Project at BCLT. Cohen served 13 years in the US government including four years as the first representative of the USPTO to China. He also served as a senior advisor the Director of the USPTO on China IP policies. He teaches Chinese intellectual property law and international trade and innovation.

Adam Cole, Associate at Wilson Sonsini. Specializes in patent matters in a variety of technical arts, including biotechnology, chemical engineering and materials science.

John Crittenden, Retired partner at Cooley. Specializes in trademark and copyright litigation.

Lothar Determann, Partner at Baker McKenzie and author of Determann’s Field Guide to Data Privacy Law and author of California Privacy Law: Practical Guide and Commentary. Recognized as one of the top 10 copyright attorneys and top 25 IP attorneys in California by the Daily Journal.

Angela Dunning, Partner at Cooley. Specializes in general business litigation, trademark, copyright and trade secret litigation, securities litigation and white collar defense.

D’Lonra C. Ellis, Vice President and General Counsel of the Oakland Athletics. Ellis works on all of the organization’s legal matters, including its intellectual property, real estate, employment, benefits, commercial, and government affairs matters. She is also an Adjunct Professor at UC Hastings College of Law. Justin Erlich, Head of Trust & Safety Policy at TikTok, former Principal Tech Advisor for former California Attorney General Kamala Harris, and former Global Head of Policy for Autonomous Vehicles at Uber. Specializes in innovation development and public policy.

Kathryn Fritz, Former Managing Partner and current partner at Fenwick & West. Specializes in trademark law.

Tracy Genesen, General Counsel at The Wine Institute. Specializes in regulatory and corporate law, with an emphasis on the alcoholic beverage industry.

Rafael Gomez-Cabrera, Negotiator on network and studio television deals. Head of business affairs, original programming, at the AMC network, AMC Studios, BBC America, IFC and Sundance.

Christopher Hockett, Former global head of antitrust at Davis Polk. Former chair of the ABA Section of Antitrust Law. Recognized as one of “America’s Leading Business Lawyers” by Chambers.

Jeffrey Homrig, Vice Chair of Latham & Watkins Intellectual Property Litigation Practice. Specializes in patent litigation.

Eneda Hoxha, Associate, Latham & Watkins. Specializes in patent litigation.

Brian Israel, Associate General Counsel for International Law at NASA. Co-founder and former legal counsel at ConsenSys Space. Specializes in space law and policy.

Alexa Koenig, Lecturer in Residence and Executive Director of the Human Rights Center at Berkeley Law. Co-founder of the Human Rights Center Investigations Lab and co-chair of the Technology Advisory

Board of the Office of the Prosecutor at the International Criminal Court. Specializes in human rights investigations and international criminal law.

Eric Lancaster, Partner at Allen & Overy. Specializes in antitrust law.

Linda Lichter, Partner at Lichter, Grossman, Nichols, Adler, Feldman, Clark. Recognized by Hollywood Reporter as 100 Most Powerful Women in Hollywood. Recognized by Variety as top 500 most powerful people in the media business. Specializes in Hollywoodrelated transactions.

Brynly Llyr, General Counsel at CLabs. Specializes in financial regulation and blockchain-based financial products.

Barbara McClung, Chief Legal Officer at Caribou Biosciences. Specializes in IP and corporate legal strategies, with an emphasis on life sciences.

Sonal Mehta, Partner at WilmerHale and Past President of the Federal Circuit Bar Association. Specializes in patent litigation.

Jeffrey Ostrow, Partner at Simpson Thacher and Chair of the IP Practice group; recognized as a Litigation Star for Intellectual Property by Euromoney’s Benchmark Litigation and recognized by the Daily Journal as among the Top 100 IP Lawyers in California.

Matthew Perry, Federal program manager at Mandiant and former Federal Bureau of Investigation Supervisory Special Agent. Specializes in national security law.

Ed Reines, Partner at Weil Gotshal and co-head of the Patent Litigation and Life Sciences practice. Past president of the Federal Circuit Bar Association; recognized by the Daily Journal as a Top Intellectual Property Lawyers.

Daniel Schacht, Partner and co-chair of the Intellectual Property Group at Donahue Fitzgerald. Specializes in IP law with an emphasis on the music industry.

Michael Schallop, Partner at Van Pelt, Yi & James. Specializes in patent prosecution and counseling.

Allison Schmitt, Fellow and Director of the BCLT Life Sciences Project. Specializes in studying the factors influencing innovation and regulation in the life sciences.

Carla Shapreau, Lecturer, Senior Fellow, and Curator at University of California Berkeley. Specializes in art and cultural property law.

Matthew Show, IP Counsel at IFF, former associate attorney at Morrison Foerster and Mintz Levin. Matthew’s areas of expertise are copyright, patents, and trademarks.

Todd Smithline, Managing principal at Smithline PC and former General Counsel of Marimba. Recognized as a World’s Leading IP Strategists by Intellectual Asset Management Magazine. Specializes in software law, including video game law.

Sam Swartz, Head of U.S. Public Policy at Stripe. Specializes in technology development and policy.

Talha Syed, Lecturer at Berkeley Law School. Specializes in patents and innovation policies for pharmaceuticals and health care allocation. Tamar Todd, Legal director, New Approach PAC. Specializes in policy advocacy and regulatory implementation, including cannabis regulation and policy.

David Tollen, Founder of Tech Contracts Academy and author of the ABA IT contract manual, The Tech Contracts Handbook. Specializes in drafting and negotiating IT contracts.

John Trinidad, Partner in DP&F Law Firm’s Wine Law, Business, Alcohol Beverage, and Geographical Indications practice groups. John’s has expertise in a broad range of wine and alcohol beverage legal issues and in federal and state alcohol beverage regulations.

Bijal Vakil, Partner, Technology Practice at Allen & Overy. Specializes in IP and Corporate Law.

Lee Van Pelt, Partner at Van Pelt, Yi & James. Lead coach for national winners in the USPTO Patent Drafting Competition. Specializes in patent prosecution and counseling.

Daniel Wall, Partner at Latham & Watkins. Recognized as a “Star” in U.S. Antitrust Law by Chambers.

David Zapolsky, SVP, General Counsel and Secretary at Amazon. Specializes in technology law and policy.

Rachel Zuraw, Director of LL.M Professional Development, Berkeley Law. Specializes in health care litigation, compliance, and bioethics.