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Lauren Schwartz
Lauren Schwartz is from Pontiac, a small town in central Illinois. Her journey to IP law took a non-traditional route, shaped by a...
Maria Maras
Maria Maras, Associate Director at Accenture, earned a bachelor’s degree in political science from the University of Chicago and then...
Alexis Lavko
Alexis Lavko, Director at Epsilon Economics, graduated from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business with an MBA in 2008. The...
Hillary Maynard
Hillary Maynard’s early exposure to art inspired her to become an intellectual property lawyer. Hillary spent much of her childhood...
Stephanie Nelson
Stephanie Nelson is the newest Corporate Counsel at SquareTrade. Prior to her role as in-house counsel, Stephanie spent seven years...
Calista Mitchell
Calista Mitchell’s biggest piece of advice to young attorneys? Create the career that’s best for you and be flexible while doing it....
Candice Cornelius
Candice Cornelius, a Director in the Disputes, Compliance, & Investigations group of Stout's intellectual property practice has had a...
Kristine Bergman
Kristine Bergman became a member of ChiWIP after its inaugural event and served on the Marketing Committee ever since. Kristine is Senior...
Katie Becker
Katie Becker is a lifelong Packers fan, and she even braved the third coldest game in NFL history to see Brett Favre’s last game at...
Emily Kappers
Emily Kappers, Counsel at Crowell and Moring LLP, sits in Crowell’s intellectual property practice group and focuses her practice on all...
Shyla Jones-Ali
Shyla Jones-Ali, Director of Legal Counsel, Advertising, Marketing & Brand Protection at Charles Schwab, has pursued each step of her...
Michelle Zimmermann
Michelle Zimmermann is one of ChiWIP’s original Directors and is currently also serving as its Secretary. When she heard about the first...
Rebecca Rokos
This month we celebrate ChiWIP’s newly-appointed Chair, Rebecca Rokos. She has been an active member of ChiWIP since its inception,...
Kimberly Schenk
“The biggest insight I‘ve gained over the years is that if you want to step out of growing linearly and begin to grow exponentially, you...
Susan Hallen
Susan (“Sue”) Hallen is a Sales and Delivery Associate Partner in the AI Workflows team at IBM. Sue is an engineer by trade and thought...
Carolyn Blessing, Mentoring Circles Chair
Carolyn Blessing, a partner in the Chicago office of Locke Lord, stumbled upon the field of intellectual property law by chance. While in...
Lizzy Diaz-Ortiz
Lizzy Diaz-Ortiz’ exceptional ability for creative problem-solving serves her well both inside and outside the workplace. Lizzy’s...
Julie Langdon, ChiWIP Board of Directors
Julie Langdon, a member of ChiWIP’s Board of Directors, is a patent attorney at Dunlap Codding. Julie’s practice spans all areas of...
Laura DeMoor, ChiWIP In-House Advisory Committee Member
Laura DeMoor, a member of ChiWIP’s In-House Advisory Committee, is Associate General Counsel, Intellectual Property, at Baxter Healthcare...
Helen Ji, ChiWIP Special Events Chair
With a background in biomedical engineering, Helen Ji has been practicing law for six years. Sharp and quick-witted, Helen began her...
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