Closing Plenary Session

9:00 - 11:00 AM

Mid-Year in Review
Moderator: TBD

Trademarks
Purvi Patel Albers, Haynes Boone, LLP, Dallas, TX

Patents
Saurabh Vishnubhakat, Texas A&M University School of Law, Fort Worth, TX

Trade Secrets
Rudy Fink, McKool Smith, Dallas, TX

Copyrights
Naomi Gray, Shades of Gray Law Group, PC, Mill Valley, CA

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Ethics: Show Me the Money! Balancing Fixed Fee, Contingency and Hourly Arrangements to Ensure Quality and Efficiency and Still Meet Your Ethical Duties
James M. McCormack, Law Offices of James M. McCormack, Austin, TX
Chris Larus, Robins Kaplan, LLP, Minneapolis, MN

Speakers

• Fink, Rudy

  McKool Smith | Associate

  Rudolph “Rudy” Fink IV is an associate in McKool Smith's Dallas office.
• Gray, Naomi Jane

  Shades of Gray Law Group, PC | Principal

  Naomi Jane Gray is a principal in the law firm Shades of Gray Law Group, PC.
• Larus, Christopher

  Robins Kaplan, LLP | Partner

  For more than 25 years, Chris has helped his clients protect their intellectual property rights. He tries complex patent, trademark, copyright, trade secret, and licensing cases. He represents both plaintiffs and defendants in courts throughout the country, and in both national and international arbitration.
• McCormack, James M.

  Law Offices of James M. McCormack | Founder

  Mr. McCormack is the former General Counsel and Chief Disciplinary Counsel of the State Bar of Texas (1991-1996) and a former Managing Attorney of the Civil Litigation Section of the Travis County Attorney’s Office in Austin, Texas.
• Vishnubhakat, Saurabh

  Texas A&M University School of Law | Professor of Law

  Saurabh Vishnubhakat writes and teaches on intellectual property law, civil procedure, and administrative law, particularly from an empirical perspective.