Robert Greene Sterne Appointed Chairman of the Board of The Sedona Conference

Washington, D.C. (September 10, 2024) – Robert Greene Sterne, a director in the Electronics Practice Group at Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox, has been named chairman of the board of directors of The Sedona Conference, a nonpartisan, nonprofit research and educational institute dedicated to the advanced study of law and policy in the areas of antitrust law, complex litigation, intellectual property rights, and data security and privacy law.

Sterne is one of the founding directors of Sterne Kessler and first served as co-chair of the Sedona Patent Litigation Conference in the early 2000s, playing a central role in building the forum into the most advanced and highly regarded nonpartisan thought leadership conference on U.S. patent litigation. In 2012, the Sedona Conference recognized Sterne with a “Lifetime Achievement Award for Contributions to Intellectual Property.”

“I am honored to be selected as chairman of the board of The Sedona Conference,” said Sterne. “This organization plays such an integral role in moving the law forward through legal education and in the publication of nonpartisan commentaries, and I am thrilled to be a part of its leadership.”

Sterne has been widely recognized by multiple legal and intellectual property publications as a leader in the field of IP law. He has been recognized by the Financial Times as one of the “Top Ten Most Innovative Lawyers in North America,” by Law360 as one of the “Top 25 Icons of IP,” and among the country’s “IP Trailblazers & Pioneers” by the National Law Journal.

About Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox

Based in Washington, D.C. and renowned for more than four decades for dedication to the protection, enhancement, and enforcement of intellectual property rights, Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox is one of the most highly regarded intellectual property specialty law firms in the world. Its team of attorneys, registered patent agents, technical specialists, specialized trademark paralegals, and law clerks include some of the country’s most respected practitioners of IP law, tackling innovations across a broad spectrum of industries. The firm’s practitioners represent Fortune 500 companies, entrepreneurs, start-ups, inventors, venture capital firms, and universities in a client service driven environment that is welcoming, inclusive, and intellectually stimulating. Visit the firm online at sternekessler.com.