Laine Bruzek
Joëlle Barthel
Hannah Wrathall
Araxie Boyadjian
Albert Fox Cahn
Bethany Corbin
Catherine Tornabene
Catherine Tornabene is the Deputy General Counsel, Intellectual Property at Aurora, a leading autonomous vehicle company. Catherine has been with Aurora since June 2017 and in her role works on all aspects of intellectual property. She has been an intellectual property attorney since 2007 and prior to Aurora, worked at Google Inc. and Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP. Prior to attending law school, she worked as a software engineer at a startup that was ultimately acquired by Netscape and then AOL. Catherine earned BAs in Computer Science and History at UC Santa Cruz, an MS in Computer Science from Stanford, and her JD at UC Hastings. She is also an inventor on two patents.
Steven Gong
Tara Stuart
Tara Stuart is Assistant General Counsel, IP at Gilead Sciences, Inc., where she is the IP lead for the Inflammation and Fibrosis Therapeutic Areas. She and her team focus on patent strategy, prosecution, and portfolio management in all stages of pharmaceutical development. As a registered patent attorney, Tara was previously in private practice where she specialized in patent prosecution, litigation, and counseling with an emphasis in pharmaceuticals. Tara received her JD from University of Illinois Chicago John Marshall, an MS in Chemistry from Indiana University, and formerly worked an oncology research scientist at Loyola University Medical School.