Speakers

The current list of speakers is below.  This list is subject to change. Additional speakers will be added once confirmed. 

Stephen Breyer
Supreme Court of the United States

The Honorable Stephen Breyer is a retired Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States.

Photo courtesy of the Collection of the Supreme Court of the United States

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Anna Blackburne-Rigsby
District of Columbia Court of Appeals

The Honorable Anna Blackburne-Rigsby was sworn in as Chief Judge of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals on March 17, 2017. As Chief Judge of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals, Chief Judge Blackburne-Rigsby chairs the Joint Committee on Judicial Administration for the District of Columbia, serves as the president of the Conference of Chief Justices (CCJ), and as chair of the National Center for State Courts (NCSC) Board of Directors.

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Richard Franklin Boulware II
United States District Court for the District of Nevada

Judge Richard Franklin Boulware II was nominated to the United States District Court for the District of Nevada by President Barack Obama on January 16, 2014, to the seat vacated by Judge Philip Martin Pro. On June 12, 2014 Judge Boulware was sworn in as a United States District Judge and maintains his chambers in Las Vegas, Nevada.

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Hannah Brenner Johnson
California Western School of Law

Hannah Brenner Johnson is a Professor of Law at California Western School of Law, where she has taught since 2016.

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Tani Cantil-Sakauye
Public Policy Institute of California

Tani Cantil-Sakauye is president and CEO of the Public Policy Institute of California, where she holds the Walter and Esther Hewlett Chair in Understanding California’s Future. From 2011 to 2022, she served as the 28th Chief Justice of California.

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Colleen Chien
University of California Berkeley School of Law

Professor Colleen Chien is a Professor of Law at UC Berkeley School of Law. She teaches, mentors students, and conducts cross-disciplinary research on innovation, intellectual property, and the criminal justice system, with a focus on how technology, data, and innovation can be harnessed to achieve their potential for social benefit.

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Roberta Cooper Ramo
Modrall Sperling

Roberta Cooper Ramo is a shareholder in the law firm of Modrall Sperling, where she concentrates her practice in the areas of mediation, arbitration, business law, real estate, probate, and estate planning

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Ivan K. Fong
Medtronic

Ivan K. Fong is Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary at Medtronic, where he oversees all legal, legal policy, compliance, and government affairs matters for the company.

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Mark Geistfeld
New York University School of Law

Mark Geistfeld is the Sheila Lubetsky Birnbaum Professor of Civil Litigation at New York University School of Law. His primary teaching areas are torts, products liability, and insurance.

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Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers
U.S. District Court, Northern District of California

Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers serves on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

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Caitlin Halligan
New York State Court of Appeals

Caitlin Halligan was appointed to the New York Court of Appeals in 2023. 

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Pamela S. Karlan
Stanford Law School

Pamela S. Karlan is the Kenneth and Harle Montgomery Professor of Public Interest Law and a founder and co-director of the Supreme Court Litigation Clinic at Stanford Law School.

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Renee Knake Jefferson
University of Houston Law Center

Professor Renee Knake Jefferson holds the Doherty Chair in Legal Ethics at the University of Houston Law Center, and is an internationally recognized expert on legal and judicial ethics.

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David F. Levi
Duke University School of Law

David F. Levi is the Levi Family Professor of Law and Judicial Studies and director emeritus of the Bolch Judicial Institute.

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Leah M. Litman
University of Michigan Law School

Leah Litman is a Professor of Law at the University of Michigan Law School, where she teaches and writes on constitutional law, federal courts, and federal sentencing. 

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Tom Lue
Google DeepMind

Tom Lue is General Counsel and Head of Governance at DeepMind, a leading artificial intelligence company whose mission is to “solve intelligence, use it to make the world a better place.” 

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Jenny S. Martinez
Stanford Law School

Jenny S. Martinez is the provost at Stanford University, formerly the Richard E. Lang Professor of Law and Dean of Stanford Law School and the law school’s 14th dean.

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Brad Smith
Microsoft Corporation

As Microsoft’s vice chair and president, Brad Smith leads a team of more than 1,900 business, legal and corporate affairs professionals located in 54 countries and operating in more than 120 nations.

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Andy Song
Manifold

Andy Song is COO of Manifold, which is an AI-powered clinical research platform.  He has led partnerships with healthcare and life sciences organizations to accelerate their mission using AI.  He also invests in and advises early-stage AI startups, helping founders navigate the challenges and opportunities of building and scaling AI businesses.

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Diane P. Wood
ALI Director; University of Chicago Law School

Diane P. Wood is the Director of The American Law Institute and a Senior Lecturer in Law at the University of Chicago Law School, where she teaches in the areas of federal civil procedure, antitrust law, and international trade and business. Previously she served on the U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit, serving as Chief Judge from 2013 to 2020.

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