Recent and Current Instructors

Partner at O’Melveny & Myers and author of Trade Secret Law and Corporate Strategy. Identified by IAM 1000 as a “trade secret authority.” Specializes in trade secret counseling and litigation.

Founding CEO, ChangeLab Solutions (ret.) and pioneer of the emerging public health law movement.

Chair of Debevoise’s Intellectual Property Litigation Group and coauthor of the leading treatise on advertising law, The Law of Advertising, Marketing and Promotion. Recognized as “one of the finest trademark litigators in the nation” by Chambers.

Co-chair of Orrick’s Global Intellectual Property Group. Recognized as one of the world’s leading IP litigators by Chambers Global and IAM.

Co-Editor-in-Chief of Just Security, former Special Assistant to President Obama, former Associate Counsel to the President, and former Deputy Legal Adviser to the National Security Council (NSC). Specializes in foreign policy and national security policy.

Partner at White & Case. Specializes in antitrust litigation.

Partner at Robins Kaplan, co-author of Patents in Germany and Europe: Procurement, Enforcement and Defense, and co-author of Patent Case Management Judicial Guide. Specializes in patent litigation.

Partner, Seward & Kissel LLP. Specializes in the structuring of new financial products and banking legislation.

Associate at Wilson Sonsini. Specializes in patent matters in a variety of technical arts, including biotechnology, chemical engineering and materials science.

Partner at Baker McKenzie and author of Determann’s Field Guide to Data Privacy Law and author of California Privacy Law: Practical Guide and Commentary. Recognized as one of the top 10 copyright attorneys and top 25 IP attorneys in California by the Daily Journal.

 Partner at Cooley. Specializes in general business litigation, trademark, copyright and trade secret litigation, securities litigation and white collar defense. 

Vice President and General Counsel of the Oakland Athletics. Ellis works on all of the organization’s legal matters, including its intellectual property, real estate, employment, benefits, commercial, and government affairs matters. She is also an Adjunct Professor at UC Hastings College of Law.

Head of Trust & Safety Policy at TikTok, former Principal Tech Advisor for former California Attorney General Kamala Harris, and former Global Head of Policy for Autonomous Vehicles at Uber. Specializes in innovation development and public policy.

Former Managing Partner and current partner at Fenwick & West. Specializes in trademark law.

General Counsel at The Wine Institute. Specializes in regulatory and corporate law, with an emphasis on the alcoholic beverage industry.

Negotiator on network and studio television deals. Head of business affairs, original programming, at the AMC network, AMC Studios, BBC America, IFC and Sundance.

Former global head of antitrust at Davis Polk. Former chair of the ABA Section of Antitrust Law. Recognized as one of “America’s Leading Business Lawyers” by Chambers.

Vice Chair of Latham & Watkins Intellectual Property Litigation Practice. Specializes in patent litigation.

Associate, Latham & Watkins. Specializes in patent litigation.

Lecturer in Residence and Executive Director of the Human Rights Center at Berkeley Law. Co-founder of the Human Rights Center Investigations Lab and co-chair of the Technology Advisory Annual Bulletin 2022-2023 | 13 Board of the Office of the Prosecutor at the International Criminal Court. Specializes in human rights investigations and international criminal law.

Partner at Allen & Overy. Specializes in antitrust law.

Partner at Lichter, Grossman, Nichols, Adler, Feldman, Clark. Recognized by Hollywood Reporter as 100 Most Powerful Women in Hollywood. Recognized by Variety as top 500 most powerful people in the media business. Specializes in Hollywood-related transactions.

General Counsel at CLabs. Specializes in financial regulation and blockchain-based financial products.

Chief Legal Officer at Caribou Biosciences. Specializes in IP and corporate legal strategies, with an emphasis on life sciences.

Partner at WilmerHale and Past President of the Federal Circuit Bar Association. Specializes in patent litigation.

Partner at Simpson Thacher and Chair of the IP Practice group; recognized as a Litigation Star for Intellectual Property by Euromoney’s Benchmark Litigation and recognized by the Daily Journal as among the Top 100 IP Lawyers in California.

Federal program manager at Mandiant and former Federal Bureau of Investigation Supervisory Special Agent. Specializes in national security law.

Partner at Weil Gotshal and co-head of the Patent Litigation and Life Sciences practice. Past president of the Federal Circuit Bar Association; recognized by the Daily Journal as a Top Intellectual Property Lawyers.

Partner and co-chair of the Intellectual Property Group at Donahue Fitzgerald. Specializes in IP law with an emphasis on the music industry.

Partner at Van Pelt, Yi & James. Specializes in patent prosecution and counseling.

Fellow and Director of the BCLT Life Sciences Project. Specializes in studying the factors influencing innovation and regulation in the life sciences.

Lecturer, Senior Fellow, and Curator at University of California Berkeley. Specializes in art and cultural property law.

IP Counsel at IFF, former associate attorney at Morrison Foerster and Mintz Levin. Matthew’s areas of expertise are copyright, patents, and trademarks.

Managing principal at Smithline PC and former General Counsel of Marimba. Recognized as a World’s Leading IP Strategists by Intellectual Asset Management Magazine. Specializes in software law, including video game law.

Head of U.S. Public Policy at Stripe. Specializes in technology development and policy.

Lecturer at Berkeley Law School. Specializes in patents and innovation policies for pharmaceuticals and health care allocation.

Legal director, New Approach PAC. Specializes in policy advocacy and regulatory implementation, including cannabis regulation and policy.

Founder of Tech Contracts Academy and author of the ABA IT contract manual, The Tech Contracts Handbook. Specializes in drafting and negotiating IT contracts.

Partner in DP&F Law Firm’s Wine Law, Business, Alcohol Beverage, and Geographical Indications practice groups. John’s has expertise in a broad range of wine and alcohol beverage legal issues and in federal and state alcohol beverage regulations.

Partner, Technology Practice at Allen & Overy. Specializes in IP and Corporate Law.

Partner at Van Pelt, Yi & James. Lead coach for national winners in the USPTO Patent Drafting Competition. Specializes in patent prosecution and counseling.

Partner at Latham & Watkins. Recognized as a “Star” in U.S. Antitrust Law by Chambers.

SVP, General Counsel and Secretary at Amazon. Specializes in technology law and policy.

Director of LL.M Professional Development, Berkeley Law. Specializes in health care litigation, compliance, and bioethics.