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Leora Ben-Ami

Kirkland & Ellis LLP, United States

Position

Focuses on biotechnology, medical devices, pharmaceuticals and chemistry. Tried many jury trials as lead counsel and extensive appellate experience.

Career

Formerly Chair of the Americas IP Group at Clifford Chance, former Chair of IP Practice at Kaye Scholer.

Memberships

Board member of the New York Intellectual Property Association; Faculty/Participant for the Sedona Conference for Patent Litigation (2011-12); Federal Circuit Bar Association; American Intellectual Property Law Association.

Education

J.D. (cum laude), SUNY Buffalo; B.S., SUNY Stony Brook; law clerk to Senior Circuit Judge Philip Nichols, Jr, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.