United States: Generative AI: Harnessing the Power and Mitigating Risk

Pamela Church chairs the Firm's North America Intellectual Property & Technology Practice. She also served as a Steering Committee member of the Firm's Global Consumer Goods and Retail Industry Group. Pamela has been consistently recognized as a leader in Intellectual Property by Chambers USA and the Legal 500 USA, as well as an "IP Star" by Managing IP since 2012. World Trademark Review recognized Pamela in 2021 with gold band ranking in the area of prosecution and strategy, and included her in their 2021 WTR Global Leaders Guide. In 2020, Managing IP also recognized Pamela as one of the "Top 250 Women in IP." and in 2019 she was honored as the exclusive winner of the 2019 Client Choice IP – Trademarks award for New York. She has extensive experience in structuring, negotiating and implementing transactions involving the acquisition, development, exploitation and sale of IP rights, including mergers and acquisitions, licenses, joint ventures, strategic alliances, research and development collaborations, digital publishing, e-commerce, outsourcing and corporate finance transactions.

Lothar Determann has been helping companies in Silicon Valley and around the world take products, business models, intellectual property and contracts global for nearly 20 years. He advises on data privacy law compliance, information technology commercialization, interactive entertainment, media, copyrights, open source licensing, electronic commerce, technology transactions, sourcing and international distribution at Baker McKenzie in San Francisco & Palo Alto. He is a member of the Firm's International/Commercial Practice Group and the TMT and Healthcare industry groups.

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Laura is a partner of the Transactional Practice group. She advises clients on a broad range of corporate and transactional matters including, domestic and cross-border acquisitions, corporate restructurings, private equity, venture capital as well providing general corporate counseling.

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Paul Evans is the New York and East Coast leader for the Employment & Compensation Practice Group, residing in Baker McKenzie's New York office. He is also a member of the Steering Committee for the Firm's North American Employment & Compensation Practice. For over 20 years, Paul's practice has included representation of employers at the US state, federal and appellate level in employment discrimination class actions, ERISA class actions, employment testing and validation matters, wage and hour class and collective actions, multiplaintiff and other complex labor and employment litigation.

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Teisha Johnson is a member of Baker McKenzie's antitrust practice in Washington, DC. She advises clients on a wide range of antitrust and e-discovery matters, and has considerable experience counseling clients in government investigations, proposed mergers and acquisitions, compliance, and litigation matters.

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Elizabeth Roper is a partner in Baker McKenzie's North America Litigation and Global Dispute Resolution Practice. She is based in the New York office. Prior to joining the firm, Liz served in the Manhattan District Attorney's Office as Bureau Chief of the Cybercrime and Identity Theft Bureau (CITB). In this role, Liz directed the investigation and prosecution of all types of cybercrime impacting Manhattan, including sophisticated cyber-enabled financial crime such as identity theft, payment card fraud, and money laundering; network intrusions, hacking, ransomware, and "middleman" attacks; intellectual property theft; "dark web" trafficking of contraband; and the theft and illicit use of cryptocurrencies.

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Cyrus Vance Jr. has earned a well-deserved international reputation as a trial attorney with a proven track record in high-stake litigation and global investigations. As the Co-Chair of Baker McKenzie's North America Litigation and Government Enforcement Practice, Cyrus is well-known for his expertise in white collar criminal investigations, complex civil and criminal litigation, sanctions enforcement, compliance and cybersecurity. With over three decades of experience in both public and private sector, Cyrus provides invaluable guidance to clients navigating cross-border investigations, enforcement matters, and cybersecurity incidents.
Prior to joining the Firm, Cyrus served three consecutive four-year terms as Manhattan District Attorney, overseeing a team of over 600 prosecutors. He handled landmark criminal prosecutions, including the successful litigation before the U.S. Supreme Court in Trump v. Vance and the conviction of Harvey Weinstein on two felony sex crimes. He also managed more than 100,000 cases annually, including complex white collar and business crimes both domestically and internationally. Cyrus regularly collaborated with regulatory and crime-fighting partners such as the City of London Police, Paris Prosecutors' Office, Singapore Attorney General, Europol and Interpol, and is known for his ability to build and manage teams collaboratively across borders and agencies.

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Josh Wolkoff is a partner in the North America Intellectual Property practice group. He litigates and counsels clients on all aspects of copyright and trademark law, with a focus on representing clients in the media, entertainment, technology, luxury and fashion industries. Josh is ranked as a top practitioner for enforcement and litigation by World Trademark Review (2021), where he is lauded for his "astute development of global strategies" and his "unique way of distilling down what is truly important to brand owners." Josh is also recognized by The Best Lawyers in America (2022) as "One to Watch" in the area of Intellectual Property Litigation, and has been repeatedly named as a "Rising Star" for Intellectual Property Litigation by Super Lawyers Magazine. Prior to joining Baker McKenzie, Josh was a litigation associate at a leading entertainment, digital media and intellectual property boutique in New York.

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