Young Lawyers and Agents Committee Hosts Mentoring Event with Diversity Committee - June 24, 2025

The PTAB Bar Association’s Young Lawyers and Agents Committee held a mentoring event on June 24, 2025, in conjunction with the Diversity Committee. This program was the kick-off to the YLA Committee’s Lunch & Learn Series, where the Committee organizes informational panels on various topics over the lunch hour. Panelists Lisa Nguyen, Paul Hastings; Scott B. Amankwatia, Marbury Law Group; Saurabh Gupta, Orrick; and Kim Leung, Fish & Richardson, explored topics related to their own experiences with influential mentors and how mentors have played a role in their career development. The panelists also discussed cultivating informal and formal mentor relationships. The program was moderated by Hayley LeBlanc, Groombridge, Wu, Baughman & Stone.

About the PTAB Bar Association
The PTAB Bar Association is a voluntary bar association of over 700 members, most of whom are in private and corporate practice. Members represent a broad spectrum of individuals, companies, and institutions involved in practice before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (“PTAB”) of the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office (“USPTO”) and in patent, administrative, and appellate law more generally.  The Association is dedicated to helping secure the just, speedy, and inexpensive resolution of every PTAB proceeding, and serves as an avenue for constructive dialogue between the bar community, the PTAB, and other stakeholders.