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Additional publications

  • Author, "With a 'Snap' Litigators Have a New Tool To Thwart Forum Shopping," New York Law Journal, February 2020
  • Co-Author, "Keeping Civil Cases Civil: A Best Practices Guide from 4 Perspectives," ACCDocket, July 15, 2019
  • Author, Expansion of FDA Authority to Regulate Food and Drug Products Globally, DRI: For the Defense, August 2011

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Speaking engagements

  • Panelist, Corporate Counsel Women of Color Bootcamp 2020: How to Become an Expert in Your Field and the Go-To Lawyer Within Your Company (September 30, 2020)
  • Panelist, ACI Conference: ACI’s 24th Annual Conference on Drug & Medical Device Litigation: The Federal Courts Divided: Overcoming Challenges to Jurisdiction in the Continuing Aftermath of BMS (December 10-11, 2019)
  • Panelist, American Bar Association, 2018 Current Issues in Pharmaceutical, Medical Device and Biotech Litigation: Civility Panel, (November 9, 2018)
  • Panelist, National Bar Association, Commercial Law Section: "Ethical Considerations: Diversity, Inclusion and Overcoming Unconscious Bias" (February 16, 2018)
  • Panelist, American Bar Association Litigation Section: "Current Issues in Pharmaceutical, Medical Device and Biotech Litigation," (November 4, 2016)
  • Panelist, 12th Annual CCWC Career Strategies Conference: "Industry Trends and Best Practices:  Healthcare, Life Sciences, and Pharmaceutical," (September 21, 2016)
  • Panelist, Charting Your Own Course Career Conference: "Relationship Recovery and Other Moments of Truth," (February 8, 2016)
  • Panelist, ACI Conference: "Ethics and Products Liability Litigation: Maintaining Civility While Defending Against an Increasingly Aggressive Plaintiffs' Bar," (December 10, 2014)
  • Panelist, LMA Panel on Women’s Initiatives, (June 19, 2014)
  • Panelist, Think Globally Think Globally—Strategies and Recent Developments in International Dispute Resolution, DRI Annual Meeting, (October 17, 2013)
  • Panelist, Women, Influence & Power in Law Conference, (October 3-4, 2013)
  • Speaker, Expert Witness Admissibility Part II: The Winning Daubert Motion, Internal CLE (March 7, 2012)
  • Speaker, Expert Witness Admissibility: The Basics, Internal CLE (February 27, 2012)
  • Seminar Contributor, ACI Conference: 16th Annual Drug and Medical Device Litigation, Sorting Through the Science and Explaining Complex Medical Data (December 7, 2011)

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