LAIPLA Past Presidents
1934-2024
Past Presidents
Years
2023-2024 Erica Van Loon, Nixon Peabody
2022 – 2023 David Randall, Orbit IP
2021 – 2022 Ashe Puri, Maynard Cooper & Gale
2020 – 2021 Theodore W. Chandler, Baker Botts
2019 – 2020 Sarah S. Brooks, Venable LLP
2018 – 2019 Laura Burson, O’Melveny & Myers LLP
2017 – 2018 Mark A. Treitel, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP
2016 – 2017 Bita Rahebi, Morrison & Foerster LLP
2015 – 2016 Scott R. Hansen, Viking IP Law
2014 – 2015 Darren Franklin, Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP
2013 – 2014 Marsha E. Diedrich, Deceased
2012 – 2013 Monica Scheetz, Superior Court of California County of Orange
2011 – 2012 Brian G. Arnold, Lewis Brisbois
2010 – 2011 Alexander R. Schlee, Schlee IP International, PC
2009 – 2010 Keith A. Newburry, Edwards Lifesciences
2008 – 2009 Jason S. Feldmar, Gates & Cooper LLP
2007 – 2008 Sean M. Kneafsey, The Kneafsey Firm
2006 – 2007 Gary J. Nelson, Lewis Roca Rothgerber Christie LLP
2005 – 2006 Paul D. Tripodi II, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP
2003 – 2004 Charles S. Barquist, Maschoff Brennan
2004 – 2005 Brian M. Berliner, O’Melveny & Myers LLP
2002 – 2003 Alan P. Block, McKool Smith
2001 – 2002 Christopher C. Larkin, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
2000 – 2001 James A. Henricks, Henricks Slavin LLP
1999 – 2000 Charles Berman, BUGNION S.p.A
1998 – 1999 Thomas J. Daly,Lewis Roca Rothgerber Christie LLP
1997 – 1998 Edward G. Poplawski, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
1996 – 1997 Jon E. Hokanson, Lewis Brisbois
1995 – 1996 Louis J. Bovasso, Retired
1994 – 1995 Jeffrey G. Sheldon, Cislo & Thomas LLP
1993 – 1994 David A. Dillard, Lewis Roca Rothgerber Christie LLP
1992 – 1993 Paul L. Gardner, Patent Resources Group
1991 – 1992 James R. Brueggemann, Retired
1990 – 1991 William J. Robinson, Foley & Lardner LLP
1989 – 1990 James E. Hawes, Retired
1988 – 1989 Don W. Martens, Deceased
1987 – 1988 John P. Scherlacher, Retired
1986 – 1987 William G. Anderson, Deceased
1985 – 1986 Patrick F. Bright, Wagner, Anderson & Bright, LLP
1984 – 1985 M. Michael Carpenter, Retired
1983 – 1984 LeRoy T. Rahn, Deceased
1982 – 1983 Robert M. Vargo, Retired
1981 – 1982 Laurence H. Pretty, Retired
1980 – 1981 Joseph E. Szabo, Retired
1979 – 1980 J.B. McGuire, Retired
1978 – 1979 Alan C. Rose, Deceased
1977 – 1978 Louis J. Bachand, Retired
1976 – 1977 Arthur Freilich, Freilich Hornbaker & Rosen
1975 – 1976 Thomas M. Small, Retired
1974 – 1975 Warren T. Jessup, Deceased
1973 – 1974 Richard F. Carr, Retired
1972 – 1973 D. Bruce Prout, Retired
1971 – 1972 Walter R. Thiel, Deceased
1970 – 1971 John B. Young, Deceased
1969 – 1970 William H. Pavitt, Jr., Deceased
1968 – 1969 Theodore H. Lassagne, Deceased
1967 – 1968 Warren L. Patton, Deceased
1966 – 1967 Davis F. Doody, No Information
1965 – 1966 William W. Glenny, Deceased
1964 – 1965 William R. Lane, Deceased
1963 – 1964 Collins Mason, Deceased
1962 – 1963 Charlton M. Lewis, No Information
1961 – 1962 Herbert A. Huebner, Deceased
1960 – 1961 W. Douglas Sellers, Deceased
1959 – 1960 Russell M. Otis, No Information
1957 – 1959 Reginald E. Caughey, Deceased
1956 – 1957 Robert M. McManigal, Deceased
1955 – 1956 Robert W. Fulwider, Deceased
1954 – 1955 John H.G. Wallace, No Information
1953 – 1954 J. Edwin Coates, Deceased
1952 – 1953 V. Wayne Rodgers, No Information
1951 – 1952 Lynn L. Steele, Deceased
1950 – 1951 Paul A. Weilein, No Information
1948 – 1950 Lloyd Spenser, No Information
1946 – 1948 John D. Crestnut, No Information
1944 – 1946 Philip Subknow, No Information
1942 – 1944 Alfred Q. Knight, No Information
1940 – 1942 J. Calvin Brown, No Information
1939 – 1940 James M. Abbett, No Information
1938 – 1939 Harold Mantingly, No Information
1937 – 1938 James T. Barkelew, No Information
1935 – 1937 Fred H. Miller, No Information
1934 – 1935 Ford W. Harris, No Information