2025-2026 Program Schedule

All Program Meetings are 6:00 – 7:00 p.m. unless otherwise noted.
Check-in/CLE sign-in begins a half hour before the scheduled Program Meeting
Post Program Reception begins immediately after the Program Meeting.
Date Co-chairs Topic Format/Location
Tuesday September 16 Jared Lund (K&L Gates) & Jim Lovsin (MBHB) Post-Grant Power Shift: What’s New at the PTAB? MBHB
Wednesday October 1 Tasha Gerasimow (Kirkland) & Ryan Daniel (Fresenius Kabi) Wellness Matters: Supporting Attorney Health and Success Kirkland
Thursday November 13 Marcus Harris (Taft) & Jonah Heemstra (Arnold & Porter) Mission: (Not) Impossible – AI Protocoll Taft
Thursday January 22 Adam Bachler / Mark Hagerdorn (B&T) & Karina Wong (Shure) Live Free or License Hard Barnes & Thornburg
Thursday February 12 Emily Kappers (Crowell) & Robert Kappers (Steptoe) Tri-Inn Jeopardy Crowell
Tuesday March 3 Carolyn Isaac (Michael Best) & Victoria Hanson (Irwin IP) Trademark Prosecution MWE
Thursday April 23 Mary Hannon & Peggy Herrmann (Kraft) Advocacy Challenge Dirksen Building
Tuesday May 12 Sachin Patel (Jones Day) & Devon Beane Your Questions, Their Answers: A Judicial Roundtable Jones Day