Intellectual Property & Technology Law Advisory Council

The Intellectual Property & Technology Law Council provides counsel and support to ensure the Intellectual Property Law Program’s preeminence in all areas, including curriculum, research, extracurricular activities, career development, and alumni relations. Its members are leading attorneys, judges, and government officials in the field of intellectual property law.


The Intellectual Property & Technology Law Advisory Council

Chairman

Michael J. McKeon, JD '96
Fish & Richardson, PC


Chairman Emeritus

C. Larry O'Rourke, JD '71 


Members of the Council

Steven E. Feldman, JD '95 
Hahn Loeser & Parks, LLP 

John S. Goetz JD '04
Fish & Richardson

Michael F. Heim, JD '87
Heim, Payne & Chorush, LLP

Andrei Iancu
Irell & Manella, LLP

Kenneth E. Jaconetty, JD ’88
Astellas Pharma US, Inc.

Otto B. Licks, LLM '95
Licks & Advogados

Louis "Lou" D. Lieto, JD '08
Wilson Sonsini

Naveen Modi
Paul Hastings, LLP
 

John D. Murnane, JD '79
Venable, LLP

The Honorable Ralph Oman
The George Washington University Law School

Justin E. Pierce, JD '00
Venable, LLP

Brett A. Postal, JD '11
Rothwell, Figg, Ernst & Manbeck, P.C.

The Honorable Randall R. Rader, JD '78

Teresa S. Rea
The George Washington University Law School

Laurie C. Self
Qualcomm, Inc.

The Honorable Kara F. Stoll
The United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

Donald E. Stout, JD '72
Fitch, Even, Tabin & Flannery, LLP

Ranganath Sudarshan
Covington & Burling, LLP

Jonathan T. Suder, JD '84
Friedman, Suder & Cooke, PC

James R. Whittle, JD ’16 
Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.

Justin P. D. Wilcox, JD '03
Desmarais, LLP

 


Members Emeriti

Jack S. Barufka, LLM '96
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

Brian Brunsvold, JD '67

Richard L. Donaldson, LLM '73

Louis T. Pirkey, JD '64
Pirkey Barber, PLLC

James R. Sims, III, JD '86
Turning Path Solutions, LLC, Law Offices of James Sims, III

Michael O. Warnecke, JD '67
Perkins Coie, LLP


Faculty Leadership

Robert Brauneis
The George Washington University Law School

John Whealan
The George Washington University Law School