Volume 34 Masthead

FEDERAL CIRCUIT BAR JOURNAL
VOLUME 34

2024 – 2025

STUDENT EDITORIAL BOARD

Editor-in-Chief
C.J. Onis

Managing Editor
Ori F. Fedida

Executive Editors
Caroline DiCostanzo
Catherine Zhou

Senior Articles Editor
Audrey Cheng

Articles Editors
Johann Choo
Patrick Schaller
Jonathan Schneider
Rachel Stempler

Submissions Editor
Andrew Allen

Senior Notes Editor
Ariana Asefi

Notes Editors
Claire Housley
Deborah Jaffe
Leena Tahmassian-Pacosian
Kelly Zhang

Senior Staff Members

Hannah Aiello
Melissa Alvarenga
Nathan Bruce
Vishwak Chandra
Rachael “Eunsong” Cho
Danielle Clayton
Emily Corbeille
Noah Curtin
Damian Dorrance-Steiner
Jack Frye
Jason Gerber

Morgan Hanchard
Clare Hartman
Deborah Jaffe
Autumn Johnson
Michelle Komisarchik
Xiang “Florence” Li
Xinyi Li
Erica Lorenzana
Phi-Dung Nguyen
Matthew Paprocki
Patrick Porter
Rachel Propis

Melissa Retig
Ethan Roberts
Brian Robusto
Lauren Rosh
Tyra Satchell
Precious Diamond Thompson
Rebecca Van Vliet
Emma Wardour
Jasmine Williams
Sofie Wolf
Devin Woodson

Junior Staff Members

Christine Acquah
Christopher Adair
Naomi Adefris
Janeal Beck
Alexander Bugg
Sean Butler
Aria Charles
Samantha Christian
Oscar Copeland
Haley Curtis
Philip DeCocco
Connor Fairchild
Peter Finnican
Liheng He
Amanda Hichez

Ben Klein
Brian Ko
Selorm Korsorku
Bonny Lee
Sydney Leifermann
Olaide I. Lemoru
Payton Liles
Rachel Lobel
Wade Marshall
Byron Martinez
Leliana McDermott
Cameron A. Menendez
Rwei Min
Zachary Minsk
Ruwarashe Mukwada

Patrick Murray
Ashlyn Nazari
Olusegun Olatunji
Bryce Phillips
John Provan
Noah C. Ruffin
Madelyn Rush
Gregory Shumakevich
Victoriana Smith
Grace Tramack
Charlotte Weiser
Hunter White
Yunyao Wu
Logan Younce
Kiera Yu

ASSOCIATION JOURNAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE

FACULTY EDITORIAL COMMITTEE
Steven L. Schooner
Professor
The George Washington University Law School
Washington, DC		 Joshua I. Schwartz
Professor
The George Washington University Law School
Washington, DC		 John M. Whealan
Associate Dean, Intellectual Property
The George Washington University Law School
Washington, DC
 ASSOCIATION JOURNAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE
 

Deborah Miron, Esquire
Executive Director
The Federal Circuit Bar Association
Washington, DC

  
   
  FOUNDER
Gerald H. Bjorge
Washington, DC		  
FEDERAL CIRCUIT BAR ASSOCIATION OFFICERS

Joseph M. Reisman, Ph.D, Esquire
President
Knobbe Martens
Irvine, CA

Patrick Keane
President-Elect
Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC
Alexandria, VA

Jennifer H. Wu, Esquire
Treasurer
Paul Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
New York, NY

Corey Salsberg, Esquire
Secretary
Novartis
Washington, DC

Laura Masurovsky, Esquire
Immediate Past President
Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner LLP
Washington, DC

    
EX OFFICIO
Peter R. Marksteiner, Esquire
Chief Executive of the
United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Washington, DC
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Timothy C. Brightbill, Esquire
Wiley Rein LLP		 Azra Hadzimehmedovic, Esquire
Tensegrity Law Group LLP		 Brian McCaslin, Esquire
Sanofi
James ‘Jim’ Calkins, Esquire
Qualcomm Incorporated		 Emily C. Johnson, Esquire
Amgen Inc.		 Erik R. Puknys, Esquire
Finnegan, Henderson, Farrow, Garrett & Dunner LLP
Andrew Dufresne, Esquire
Perkins Coie LLP		 Matthias A. Kamber, Esquire
Paul Hastings LLP		 Susan Swafford, Esquire
United States Merit Systems Protection Board
Rachel Elsby, Esquire
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP		 Jack A. Kelly, Esquire
Supernal LLC		 Andrew Trask
Williams & Connolly LLP
Ann G. Fort, Esquire
Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP		 Thomas Krause
United States Patent & Trademark Office		 Irene Yang
Sidley Austin LLP
Erin P. Gibson, Esquire
DLA Piper (US) LLP		 Sandra Kuzmich, Esquire
Haug Partners LLP		 Jennifer Yokoyama, Esquire
Microsoft Corporations
  Laura A. Lydigsen, Esquire
Crowell & Morning LLP