THE PAST, PRESENT & FUTURE OF THE FEDERAL CIRCUIT

 2002 LTA Symposium

Panel One — District Court Perspectives

Keynote Speaker

Kathleen M. O’Malley

United States District Court Judge, Northern District of Ohio

Distinguished Visiting Jurist, Case Western Reserve University School of Law

Commentators

Patti Saris

United States District Judge, District of Massachusetts

Ronald H. Whyte

United States District Judge, Northern District of California

Panel Two — The Federal Circuit's Treatment of Biotechnology

Keynote Speakers

Mark Lemley

Professor of Law, University of California, Berkeley

Dan Burk

Oppenheimer, Wolff & Donnelly Professor of Law, University of Minnesota

Commentators

John Thomas

Professor of Law, Georgetown University

R. Polk Wagner

Associate Professor of Law, University of Pennsylvania

Luncheon Keynote Speaker

Judge Paul Michel

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

Panel Three — The Role of Specialized Courts

Keynote Speaker

Rochelle Dreyfuss

Pauline Newman Professor of Law, New York University

Commentators

John Duffy

Professor of Law, George Washington University

Andrew Morriss

Galen J. Roush Professor of Business Law and Regulation, Case Western Reserve University

Panel Four — Practitioner Perspectives

Keynote Speaker

Edward V. Filardi, Esq.

Partner, Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom, New York City

Commentators

Ken Adamo, Esq.

Partner, Jones Day, Cleveland

Gerald Sobel, Esq.
Partner, Kayh Scholer, New York City