Persistent Barriers Facing Women First Chair Patent Trial Lawyers

How much progress have women made in becoming First Chair trial lawyers in patent litigation?

Drawing on 46 years of practice and data representing hundreds of cases spread out over a decade, Engelberg Center Fellow Patricia Martone explores the current state of affairs and describes options for moving forward in her new whitepaper.

Please join the Engelberg Center, the Birnbaum Women’s Leadership Network, and ChIPs, a nonprofit professional organization with a current reach of over 4,300 global members and 20 chapters in major cities across the globe that advances and connects women in technology, law and policy, to discuss the new findings and what can be done to implement improvements in the future.

Agenda:

5:00 - Doors open

5:30 - Presentation of Findings

• Patricia Martone, Engelberg Center

5:45 - Discussion of Findings

• Hon. Denise L. Cote, United States District Court for the Southern District of New York
• Daralyn J. Durie, Durie Tangri
• Paul R. Gugliuzza, Beasley School of Law, Temple University
• Lisa A. Jakob, Merck & Co., Inc.
• Katherine A. Helm, Dechert LLP (moderator)

7:00 - Reception

A request for CLE credit is pending.

W?e will not be livestreaming this event. However, we will publish the audio file on our podcast page here for your enjoyment a week after the event.

This event is governed by the Engelberg Center's Code of Conduct and NYU's COVID policies.

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