Rudhir PATEL
Rudhir Patel is cur- rently senior patent counsel at Apple, where he handles IP transac- tions. Previously, he was a principal at Fish & Richardson, with a practice in patent litigation, and prior to this he clerked for Judge Andre Davis at the U.S. District
Court (D-Md.). Rudhir has been active throughout his career in the Asian Pacifi c American legal community, having served as president of APABA-DC, and SABA-DC, and as convention co-chair for both NAPABA and NASABA. Rudhir has also served on the Advisory Board for the Children’s Law Center, through which he represented families pro bono in guardianship matters, and he remains active in politics through Get Out the Vote and election monitoring eff orts. Rudhir graduated from the University of Michigan with a degree in electrical engineering and later from the University of Maryland School of Law.
Steven REEVES
Steven Y. Reeves is a partner with Faegre Baker Daniels, LLP, and is based in the fi rm’s Minneapolis offi ce. Reeves’ practice focuses on strategic M&A transactions, and he regularly advises on a variety
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of cross-border matters includ- ing complex multi-jurisdictional acquisitions and reorganizations, foreign direct investments, licens- ing and distribution arrangements, U.S. export control compliance, CFIUS strategy, and foreign merger control fi lings. Before law school, and after graduat- ing from Cornell University's School of Hotel Management, he spent almost four years working at Le Cirque restaurant in New York City. While growing up, he lived in Indonesia, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and Switzerland, as well as Chicago, Santa Maria, Calif., and New York. Reeves is an avid outdoorsman and enjoys canoe- ing, hiking, fi shing, hunting, and wilderness cooking.
Smeeta RAMARATHNAM
Smeeta Ramarathnam currently serves as chief of staff to Commissioner Luis Aguilar at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. She previously served in many SEC roles, including counsel to former Commissioner Campos, as a senior counsel in the Offi ce of the General Counsel and in the division of Investment Management. Prior to joining the SEC, Ramarathnam worked in the securities practice of a large law fi rm. She clerked for the Honorable Deborah Chasanow, U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland. Ramarathnam earned her J.D. and undergraduate degrees from Stanford University and served as an adjunct profes- sor at Stanford in Washington.
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