sample speaking engAgements

 •  Panelist Patent Pathways® Virtual Event: Mock Interview & Networking Experience (November 13, 2024)  

• Moderator “Remote, Hybrid, or 100% In-Office Work Models in the Legal Profession - Mental Health Impact on Lawyers, DEI Impact on Lawyers, and Pros & Cons," an IP Chat Channel webinar hosted by the Intellectual Property Owners Association (April 2024) 

 • Co-presenter “IPO’s D&I Committee’s Hiring & Retention Guide – An Introduction and Overview,” a webinar for the Intellectual Property Owners Association (May 2023)

• Co-presenter “Introduction to the Myth of the Meritocracy in the Legal Profession,” a webinar for the Intellectual Property Owners Association (November 2022)

• Co-presenter “How to Successfully Drive Inclusion and Diversity in EVERY IP Department,” IPO Virtual Spring Summit (April 21, 2021)

• Co-presenter, “How to Be a Better Ally for Diversity & Inclusion Workshop,” IPO Virtual Annual Meeting (September 2020)

• Moderator, “Practical Guide to Diversity in the Legal Profession in a Post-George Floyd Era,” IPO Webinar (June 2020) 

• Co-presenter, “A Practical Guide to Diversity and Inclusion in the Legal Profession,” IPO Spring Summit (March 2020) 

• Co-presenter, “Ex Parte Appeals at the PTAB,” PTAB Bar Association Annual Conference (March 2019)• Co-author, “Economics of Diversity,” white paper for IPO (March 2019) 

• Co-presenter, “Intersection and Dissection of Diversity and Implicit Bias,” IPO Chat Channel Webinar (December 18, 2018) 

• Co-presenter, “Ex Parte Appeals at the PTAB,” PTAB Bar Association Annual Conference (March 2018) 

• Co-presenter, “How I Hire Outside Counsel,” Leadership Council on Legal Diversity Fellows Summit (November 2017)

• Moderator, “Implicit Bias in the Legal Profession,” Intellectual Property Owners Association Annual Meeting (September 2017)

• Moderator, “Implicit Bias in the Legal Profession,” Webinar offered by the Patent Trial and Appeal Board’s Diversity Committee (August 2017)

• Co-presenter, “Ex Parte Patent Appeals,” South Asian Bar Association-DC (May 2017)

• Presenter, “After Final Practice,” Client (confidential), New Jersey (2014)

• Presenter, “Intersection of Patent Prosecution and E-Discovery,” Client (confidential), New Jersey (2013)

• Presenter, “Examiner Interviews at the USPTO,” Client (confidential), New Jersey (2011)

• Co-presenter, “Biotechnology Practice: A Practitioner's Perspective,” United States Patent and Trademark Office, Alexandria, VA (2008)

• Co-presenter, “Intellectual Property Start-ups,” Genius Federation Seminar at Howard University, Washington, D.C. (2007)