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  • Margaret A. Esquenet

    Finnegan

  • Dr. Marinakis, Christina

    IMS | Jury Consulting & Strategy Advisor

    Dr. Marinakis has over 20 years of experience in jury research, study, and applied practice in law and psychology. Clients have lauded Christina as an insightful, trusted advisor who is the “best in the business” at jury selection and developing pithy trial themes. Notable successes include assisting the prosecution with jury selection and theme development in State of Minnesota v. Derek Chauvin, advising plaintiffs regarding jury selection and trial themes in Vanessa Bryant v. County of Los Angeles, and performing similar work for the defense in Lanham Act litigation for scrubs’ manufacturer, FIGS, Inc.
  • Fabio-Marino-100 Marino, Fabio E.

    Polsinelli | Office Managing Partner | Practice Chair

    Fabio Marino is an experienced intellectual property trial lawyer who serves as Vice Chair of the firm's Intellectual Property department, as well as practice chair for the Intellectual Property and Technology Litigation group.
  • Marr Photo Marr, David

    Qualcomm Inc. | Vice President, Legal Counsel

    Dave Marr is Vice President, Legal Counsel at Qualcomm Technologies, where he currently leads the open source practice and policy team. Dave’s background in the fields of technology transfer and community licensing practices and has been involved in open source in various capacities since 1998.
  • Marsh. John 200 Marsh, John

    Bailey Cavalieri LLC | Member

    John’s commercial litigation practice concentrates on trade secrets litigation and the enforcement of non-competes throughout the United States. John is listed in the 2016, 2017 and 2018 editions of The Best Lawyers of America for Litigation – Intellectual Property and in the 2009-18 editions of Ohio Super Lawyers, and he is AV® Preeminent™ Rated by Martindale-Hubbell, its highest available rating for legal ability and professional ethics. He has been quoted on trade secret law and restrictive covenant issues by The Wall Street Journal, Inside Counsel, Law360, The National Law Journal, Managing IP and Wired; and his blog, “The Trade Secret Litigator” (www.tradesecretlitigator.com), has been cited by publications including The Wall Street Journal.
  • Martin Photo Martin Ph.D., Alice O.

    Barnes & Thornburg, LLP | Partner

    Dr. Alice Martin advises on domestic and international patent prosecution and litigation opinions.
  • Wallace-200 Martin Wallace, Valencia

    USPTO | Deputy Commissioner for Patents

    As Deputy Commissioner for Patents, Ms. Martin Wallace manages and leads the Patent Organization’s efforts related to international IP harmonization and oversees patent examining functions in Technology Centers that examine the technologies of communication, mechanical engineering, manufacturing and medical devices and processes and design.
  • Martin, Carolyn Wimbly

    Lutzker & Lutzker LLP | Senior Counsel

    Carolyn Martin is currently Senior Counsel at Lutzker & Lutzker, LLP in Washington, D.C. She has over 40 years’ experience as a lawyer, law school professor and executive focusing on intellectual property, communications and mergers and acquisitions law, as well as venture capital. She has proven results working with corporate and nonprofit clients to develop strategies, business ventures and market-driven product introductions.
  • Martin, Tommy

    Baker Botts | Special Counsel

    Tommy Martin's practice centers around complex patent and trade secret litigation before the International Trade Commission (ITC), U.S district courts, and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. Mr. Martin represents clients in all phases of pre-trial, trial, post-trial and appeal, as well as before U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP).
  • Martinez, Richard M.

    Jones Day | Partner

    Rick Martinez's practice focuses on technology and its impact on society.
  • Martinez-Lemke Martinez-Lemke, Sheila

    Weaver Austin Villeneuve & Sampson LLP | Partner

    Sheila Martinez-Lemke is a patent attorney with more than 15 years of experience in all aspects of patent prosecution She specializing in client counseling for strategic development of international patent portfolios.
  • Mason, Andrew

    Klarquist Sparkman | Partner

    Andy Mason (Elec. Eng.) Partner: Andy co-chairs the firm’s post-grant group, has first chaired over 80 IPR trials, has taken/ defended dozens of depositions, and regularly argues before the Board. He also handles related appeals from the Board and has successfully argued before the Federal Circuit, both as appellant and appellee. Andy co-chairs the Federal Circuit Bar Association's PTO Committee and has spoken on PTAB panels at the Federal Circuit’s Bench & Bar conference.
  • Matheson, Julia Anne

    Potomac Law Group | Partner

    Julia Anne Matheson is a Partner in our Trademark Group whose practice covers all areas of trademark, trade dress, product configuration, and unfair competition law including worldwide clearance, portfolio management, and enforcement, due diligence, false advertising, licensing, social media, and internet disputes. She has been lead counsel in well over 100 inter partes proceedings before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB), and has significant experience litigating in federal district courts. Ms. Matheson represents clients ranging from startups to Fortune 100 companies and multi-national organizations in numerous industries including communications/internet, consumer goods, personal care products, retail, food and beverage, fashion, entertainment, pharmaceutical, healthcare, technology, manufacturing, and financial services as well as numerous associations and charities.
  • Maurer, Greg

    Klarquist | Partner

    Greg’s background is in Computer Science, and his practice focuses on the preparation and prosecution of computer-related and bioinformatics patent applications, open-source software, and intellectual property counseling. After receiving his J.D. from University of Virginia, he joined Klarquist as an associate in 1996 and became partner in 2005.
  • Eli Mazour web Mazour, Eli

    Harrity & Harrity, LLP | Partner

    Eli Mazour’s practice focuses on helping large technology companies build valuable, high-quality patent portfolios in an efficient manner.
  • Mazzelo, Mary200 Mazzello, Mary

    Kirkland & Ellis | Partner

    Mary Mazzello is an intellectual property litigation partner in Kirkland’s New York office. Her practice focuses on intellectual property matters, including trademark, copyright, false advertising, and trade secret issues.
  • Mazzola_photo_AIPLA2021AM Mazzola, Robert

    Waterstone Edge | Attorney & Founder

    RRobert Mazzola, a seasoned corporate and intellectual property lawyer, has steered countless companies to success, from startups to public entities. The focus of his expertise is corporate and intellectual transactions, including patent prosecution. Notably, at Haynes and Boone in Palo Alto, Robert honed his skills in patent prosecution, working with large tech companies. At Pied Parker, he scaled the patent portfolio from a single application to fifty and facilitated seed funding, acquisitions, and partnerships with publicly traded companies.
  • McBride, Scott

    McAndrews Held and Malloy, Ltd | Shareholder

    Scott McBride’s practice focuses primarily on the litigation and trial of patent and complex technology cases in federal courts and before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board, and reexamination proceedings before the Patent Office. Scott has a proven ability to help clients procure or acquire valuable intellectual property to protect their business, reach advantageous arrangements for solving intellectual property disputes where appropriate, and aggressively litigate patents when necessary.
  • mccabe200 McCabe, Jr., Michael

    McCabe Ali, LLC | Managing Partner

    Michael McCabe. is the Managing Partner of McCabe Ali LLP, with offices in Washington, D.C. and Los Angeles. Michael has practiced IP law for 32 years and is a registered patent attorney. Michael’s practice focuses on the intersection of IP and ethics. He has represented hundreds of patent, trademark and intellectual property practitioners, in addition to law firms, students, in-house counsel and government employees in federal ethics investigations, sanctions issues, disciplinary trials, and other professional misconduct matters before the USPTO and various state bars. Michael regularly consults with lawyers and law firm management on risk management, ethics compliance, and internal investigations. He has served as an expert witness on professional conduct issues before state and federal tribunals.
  • McCabe, Monica

    U.S. Copyright Office - Copyright Claims Board | Copyright Claims Officer

    Monica P. McCabe is one of three new copyright claims officers on the newly established Copyright Claims Board (CCB) under the auspices of the Library of Congress. Previously, Monica had chaired the intellectual property department at Phillips Nizer LLP since 2018. She is a veteran copyright litigator with over three decades of experience, representing both users and copyright owners. She has served on numerous alternative dispute resolution panels, including the International Trademark Association, the Southern District of New York, and the New York State Supreme Court Commercial Division.