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Past Presidents

LAIPLA Past Presidents 1934 - 2026

2025 – 2026

Sarah Cork,

Cork Maloney LLP

2024 – 2025

Xinlin Morrow,

Morrow Ni

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,

California Institute of Technology

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,

Gates & Cooper LLP

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

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,

Retired

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,

Deceased

1983 -1984

LeRoy T. Rahn

Deceased

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

William H. Pavitt, Jr.,

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,

Deceased

1961 – 1962

Herbert A. Huebner,

Deceased

1960 – 1961

W. Douglas Sellers,

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

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

1950 – 1951

Lloyd Spenser,

No Information

1948 – 1950

Paul A. Weilein,

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

1940 – 1942

J. Calvin Brown,

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