ALI-ABA Appoints Intellectual Property Advisory Panel
March 24, 2006
ALI-ABA has named Dale Cendali of O'Melveny & Myers LLP, in New York; Judge Marvin J. Garbis, U.S. District Court, District of Maryland, Baltimore; Roberta Jacobs-Meadway, Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll, LLP, in Philadelphia; James H. Johnson, Jr., of Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP, in Atlanta; Karol A. Kepchar of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP, Washington, D.C.;
Susan Barbieri Montgomery of Foley Hoag LLP, in Boston; Professor Lateef Mtima, Howard University School of Law, Washington, D.C.; James R. Myers of Ropes & Gray LLP, Washington, D.C.; Ronald L. Panitch, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP, Philadelphia; George F. Pappas, Covington & Burling, Washington, D.C.; Elke Flores Suber, Copyright & Trade Secrets Practice, Intellectual Property Group, Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, Washington; and Gail Migdal Title of Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP, in Los Angeles, to ALI-ABA's Intellectual Property Advisory Panel.
Other ALI-ABA Advisory Panels are: Business and Corporate Law, including Corporate Taxation; Commercial Law, including Bankruptcy and Insurance Law; Criminal Law; Employee Benefits; Employment and Labor Law; Environmental Law; Estate Planning; Litigation, including Torts; Professional Responsibility; Real Estate/Land Use; Securities Law; and Technology.
ALI-ABA Advisory Panels lend their expertise to developing new and enhanced ALI-ABA projects, courses, publications, and other ALI-ABA services and products. Drawn from throughout the country, members of the panels are known for their experience and in-depth knowledge of the law. In selecting members, ALI-ABA sought to ensure that the panels were as diverse as possible in terms of gender, ethnicity, age, geographic location, and perspective (i.e.: private practice, academe, the judiciary, in-house, and government service).
The Program Committee of the ALI-ABA Board of Directors selected the Advisory Panels. Members of the ALI-ABA Program Committee are Judge Leslie B. Miller, Superior Court of Arizona, Tucson; M. Peter Moser of DLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary LLP, Baltimore; and Bettina B. Plevan of Proskauer Rose LLP, New York.
Thomas Z. Hayward, Jr., of Bell, Boyd & Lloyd LLC in Chicago is President of the ALI-ABA Board of Directors. Other members of the ALI-ABA Board of Directors are Tsan Abrahamson of Cobalt LLP (formerly The Abrahamson Group), Berkeley; Brooksley E. Born of the law firm of Arnold & Porter LLP, Washington, D.C.; Michael E. Flowers of the law firm of Bricker & Eckler LLP, Columbus, Ohio; Roy A. Hammer of the law firm of Hemenway & Barnes, Boston; John J. McKetta, III, of the law firm of Graves, Dougherty, Hearon & Moody, Austin; James R. Myers of the law firm of Ropes & Gray LLP, Washington, D.C.; Emilie Rajaratnam Ninan of Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, Delaware; Maury B. Poscover of Husch & Eppenberger, LLC, Saint Louis, Missouri; and Judge Barbara J. Rothstein, Director, Federal Judicial Center, Washington, D.C. Julene Franki is ALI-ABA's Executive Director.
Located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and founded close to 60 years ago as a joint undertaking of the American Law Institute and the American Bar Association, ALI-ABA provides post-admission education for the legal profession. ALI-ABA is dedicated to keeping the legal community abreast of current developments and providing practitioners with the resources necessary to enhance their practice.
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