CAFC Judicial Conference

    By Donald Zuhn --

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit will be holding a Judicial Conference entitled "The Federal Circuit: A National Court of Appeals: Addressing New Challenges" on May 15, 2008 in Washington, DC.  Topics and speakers at the conference will include:

• State of the Court -- Chief Judge Paul Michel
• Federal Circuit Rules Update -- Jan Horbaly, Circuit Executive and Clerk of the Court
• Mediation Program Update -- James Amend, Chief Circuit Mediator
• Litigation Today: The View from the Trial Court -- panel moderated by Senior Circuit Judge S. Jay Plager, and including Roderick McKelvie, Covington & Burling LLP; District Judge Kathleen O'Malley; Judge Donald Pogue; Judge Mary Ellen Coster Williams; and District Judge William Young
• Litigation Today: The View from the Parties -- panel moderated by Senior Circuit Judge Raymond Clevenger, and including Andrew Cadel, JP Morgan Chase & Co.; Shelia Cheston, BAE Systems; Jeanne Davidson, U.S. Department of Justice; James Johnson, Procter & Gamble; and David Kappos, IBM Corp.
• En Banc Session of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit -- moderated by Senior Circuit Judge Daniel Friedman, and including Chief Judge Paul Michel and Circuit and Senior Circuit Judges Pauline Newman, Haldane Robert Mayer, S. Jay Plager, Alan Lourie, Raymond Clevenger, Randall Rader, Alvin Schall, William Bryson, Arthur Gajarsa, Richard Linn, Timothy Dyk, Sharon Prost, and Kimberly Moore
• Luncheon Speaker Paul Clement, U.S. Solicitor General
• The Circuit Mediation Program -- James Amend, Chief Circuit Mediator and Wendy Dean, Circuit Mediator Officer
• Patent Issues Ripe for Judicial Clarification -- panel moderated by Professor Lisa Dolak, Syracuse University College of Law, and including District Judge Patti Saris; District Judge Liam O'Grady; Meredith Martin Addy, Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione; Morgan Chu, Irell & Manella LLP; William Lee, WilmerHale; Professor Margo Bagley, University of Virginia School of Law; and Associate Professor Joseph Miller, Lewis & Clark Law School.

The program for the conference can be found here.  The registration fee ranges from $225 (for government employees) to $275 (general registration).  Those interested in registering for the conference can do so here.