Maya Ackerman
Associate Professor of Computer Science and Engineering, Santa Clara University School of Engineering
Professor Ackerman is a leading expert on Artificial Intelligence and Computational Creativity, with unique insight into the commercialization of cutting-edge research on human-AI creative collaboration. Her research has earned awards from the Association for Computational Creativity, US Office of Naval Research, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, and many more. Ackerman is CEO/Co-founder of WaveAI, today’s most advanced musical AI startup. Their app, ALYSIA, allows everyone, everywhere to create original songs in minutes, through AI-powered assistance on the creation of original lyrics, melodies, and vocals. A sought-after speaker, Dr. Ackerman had been an invited speaker at the United Nations, Google, IBM Research, Stanford University, amongst other prestigious venues. Full bio here.
Florence M. Chee
Associate Professor of Digital Communication; Director, Center for Digital Ethics & Policy, Loyola University Chicago School of Communication
Dr. Florence M. Chee is Associate Professor of Digital Communication in the School of Communication and Director of the Center for Digital Ethics and Policy (CDEP) at Loyola University Chicago. Frequently sought out as a speaker, writer, and advisor, her sociotechnical interventions inform and influence the necessary decisions made in design, development, and policy arenas. Internationally, she serves as an External Consultee to the Freedom Online Coalition’s (FOC) Taskforce on Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights (T-FAIR) and is a Key Constituent of the United Nations 3C Roundtable on Artificial Intelligence. Nationally, she is a Fellow of the Grefenstette Center for Ethics in Science, Technology, and Law at Duquesne University and part of the Artificial Intelligence Safety Institute Consortium (AISIC) working groups created by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST).
Hon. Edward J. Davila
Senior District Judge, United States District Court for the Northern District of California
Edward J. Davila
Hon. Sara L. Ellis
Judge, United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
The Honorable Sara L. Ellis is a United States District Court Judge for the Northern District of Illinois. President Barack Obama appointed her to the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois in October 2013. Judge Ellis received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1991 from Indiana University and a law degree in 1994 from Loyola University Chicago School of Law. She worked as a staff attorney at the Federal Defender Program in Chicago from 1994 to 1999. From 2000 to 2004 and 2008 through 2013, she worked in private practice in civil litigation and white collar criminal defense. From 2004 to 2008, she served as Assistant Corporation Counsel for the City of Chicago Department of Law, representing the City in civil rights lawsuits. She is an adjunct faculty member at Loyola University Chicago School of Law, where she has taught federal criminal practice, trial advocacy and legal writing.
Paul Grewal
Chief Legal Officer at Coinbase
Paul Grewal is the Chief Legal Officer of Coinbase Global, Inc., where he is responsible for Coinbase’s legal, compliance, global intelligence and government relations groups. Before joining Coinbase, Paul was Vice President and Deputy General Counsel at Facebook and served as United States Magistrate Judge for the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. Paul was previously a partner at Howrey LLP. He received his JD from the University of Chicago Law School and his SB from MIT.
Sue S. Guan
Albert J. Ruffo Assistant Professor of Law, Santa Clara Law
Sue Guan is the Albert J. Ruffo Assistant Professor of Law at Santa Clara University School of Law. Her current research focuses on “finfluencers” and information in stock markets, financial misconduct, securities regulation and market microstructures. Prior to teaching she was in private practice focusing on complex commercial matters including multiple benchmark-related antitrust class actions. She also represented pro bono a class of detainees at Rikers Island in a Section 1983 lawsuit. Full bio here
Ben Jackson
Partner, Securities Litigation and Investor Protection, Cohen Milstein
Ben Jackson is a Partner at Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll, where he litigates high-stakes securities cases on behalf of institutional and individual shareholders. Drawing on his prior experience in corporate strategy consulting, defense-side advocacy, and politics, he brings a dynamic mix of insight and experience to the fight to protect investors from fraud and misconduct.
Michael J. Kaufman
Dean and Professor of Law, Santa Clara Law
Michael J. Kaufman became the Dean and Professor of Law at Santa Clara University School of Law in July 2021. Prior to joining Santa Clara University, Dean Kaufman served as Dean of Loyola University Chicago School of Law for five years and as associate dean for academic affairs for 11 years. He also served as Loyola University Chicago’s Acting Provost and Chief Academic Officer, leading the University’s academic vision and inclusive strategic planning process. Full bio here.
Linsey Krolik
Assistant Clinical Professor of Law; Director, TechEdge JD; and Director, Entrepreneurs’ Law Clinic, Santa Clara Law
Linsey Krolik is Assistant Clinical Professor at Santa Clara University School of Law, teaching privacy, startup, and technology law. She is Director of the TechEdge JD, an experiential certificate program for students interested in working in technology law, Director of the Entrepreneurs Law Clinic, and Co-Supervisor of the Privacy Law Certificate. Before her academic career, she was a product, privacy, and commercial lawyer at global companies including PayPal, BILL, ARM, and Palm. She continues to consult on privacy and AI governance. Full bio here.
Edward Lee
Professor of Law, Santa Clara Law
Edward Lee is a professor of law at Santa Clara. His scholarship explores the disruptions new technologies, such as AI and cryptocurrency, pose for the law. He is the author of the book, Creators Take Control, published by Harper Business, which explores how creators are experimenting with NFTs as a form of decentralized IP. His latest article, The Original Public Meaning of Investment Contract, just published by the UC Davis Law Review, explains the history behind Congress’s regulation of “investment contracts” in the Securities Act of 1933 and how this history should inform the courts’ analysis of broad assertions of securities regulation by the SEC. Lee writes about cryptocurrency on his website, Bitcoin Is Eating the World. Full bio here.
Patricia H. Lee
Randy L. and Melvin R. Berlin Clinical Professor of Law; and Director, Center for Business Law and the Business Law Clinic, Loyola Chicago Law
Patricia H. Lee, Randy L. and Melvin R. Berlin Clinical Professor of Law; an executive director of the Center for Business Law; director of the Business Law Clinic at Loyola Chicago Law School. Professor Lee teaches business law experiential courses and securities regulation. For nearly two decades prior to Loyola Law, Prof. Lee was a faculty member at several national law schools teaching and supervising law students in the representation of business startups, including non-profits, small business, and entrepreneurs. Representation addresses transactional law, intellectual property, and research furthering community economic growth. Earlier in her career, Lee served as in-house corporate counsel and staff director for McDonald’s Corporation and has won numerous individual awards during her career.
Lowell D. Ness
Partner, Perkins Coie
Lowell Ness advises clients ranging from startup companies in the earliest stages to well-established public companies, as well as private equity and venture capital funds. Lowell is one of the leaders of the Fintech industry group, and one of the founding members of the firm’s Blockchain industry group, assisting crypto companies in capital raising, product launch, offshore structuring, and corporate governance matters. A frequent speaker at industry conferences, Lowell focuses on the intersection of U.S. securities laws and financial technology. Lowell enjoyed teaching a course in securities regulation at Santa Clara University School of Law.
Steven Ramirez
Abner J. Mikva Professor of Law; and Director, Center for Business Law, Loyola Chicago Law
Professor Steven Ramirez joined the legal academy in 1995 and teaches and publishes in business law with a focus on corporate governance, securities law and financial regulation. All of his scholarship focuses on the intersection of law and macroeconomics. Prior to joining the academy, Ramirez worked as an Enforcement Attorney at the SEC, and a Senior Attorney at the FDIC. He also represented banks and other financial institutions, as well as plaintiffs in securities and banking law disputes.
Joel Seligman
President Emeritus and University Professor, University of Rochester
Joel Seligman is President Emeritus and University Professor at the University of Rochester where he served as President from 2005 to 2018. He also is Dean Emeritus and Professor at the Washington University where he served as Dean and Ethan A.H. Shepley University Professor from 1999 to 2005. He previously had been Dean and Samuel M. Fegtly Professor of Law at the University of Arizona and a member of law faculties at the University of Michigan, George Washington University, and Northeastern. Full bio here.
Ann (Gregg) Skeet
Senior Director, Leadership Ethics, Santa Clara University Markkula Center for Applied Ethics
Ann (Gregg) Skeet is the senior director of leadership ethics at the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics. Her work focuses on the ethical dilemmas of leaders and followers and business ethics, with a particular interest in healthy corporate culture, corporate governance, and ethical leadership practices, all grounded in an emphasis on human flourishing. Her research explored how to make ethics pervasive in organizations and she has authored resources for managing culture. She teaches ethics literacy for boards in the Silicon Valley Executive Education Center in the Leavey School of Business. Skeet is a co-author of “Ethics in the Age of Disruptive Technologies: An Operational Roadmap.” Full Bio Here.
Cheryl L. Wade
Dean Harold F. McNeice Professor of Law, St. John’s Law
Cheryl L. Wade is the “Dean Harold F. McNiece” Professor of Law at St. John’s University School of Law. She teaches Issues of Race, Gender and Law, Business Organizations, Corporate Governance and Accountability, and Race and Business. Her book, “Predatory Lending and The Destruction of the African American Dream” was published by Cambridge University Press in July 2020 and was coauthored with Dr. Janis Sarra, Professor of Law, Peter A. Allard School of Law, University of British Columbia. Professor Wade is a member of the American Law Institute, a national organization of prominent judges, lawyers and academics who work to clarify, modernize and reform the law.
Spencer Weber Waller
Justice John Paul Stevens Chair in Competition Law
Spencer Weber Waller is the John Paul Stevens Chair in Competition Law, Director of the Institute for Consumer Antitrust Studies, and Professor at Loyola University Chicago School of Law where he teaches antitrust, intellectual property, civil procedure, and international litigation courses. He is a member of the Advisory Board of the American Antitrust Institute and the editorial board of the Antitrust Law Journal. Professor Waller is the author, co-author, or editor of 8 books and over one hundred articles on United States and international antitrust, including Antitrust and American Business Abroad, the leading treatise in the field, and the first full-length biography of Thurman Arnold, the founder of modern antitrust enforcement in the United States. His recent scholarship focuses on antitrust, consumer protection, brands, class actions, high-tech industries, innovation, and intellectual property. In 2022, Professor Waller served as a Senior Adviser to the Chair of the Federal Trade Commission. Professor Waller previously taught and served as associate dean at Brooklyn Law School.
David Yosifon
Professor and Director of the Institute for Consumer Antitrust Studies, Loyola University Chicago School of Law
Professor Yosifon teaches Business Organizations and Professional Responsibility. His work focuses on corporate governance law and corporate social responsibility. He is the author of Corporate Friction: How Corporate Law Impedes American Progress and What To Do About It (Cambridge University Press, 2018). Professor Yosifon’s work has appeared in various law journals and his opinion pieces have been published in the New York Times, the San Francisco Chronicle, and the San Jose Mercury News. Full bio here.