Q: What are some of your proudest recent achievements?

A: I recently became global co-leader of the firm’s intellectual property practice, along with Gabriela Kennedy in our Hong Kong office, and I am very proud of the fact our group is now led by two women—that is a first. Prior to becoming a firm practice leader, I led the New York office’s intellectual property group and was able to grow the group to 50 percent women attorneys by focusing our energies on building a diverse team. I am very committed to mentoring, supporting and promoting our diverse attorneys and I was very proud to receive the firm’s “Diversity Champion” award last year. Our clients often comment on how diverse our teams are, which is very gratifying, particularly because these teams have racked up some very impressive successes recently. On a substantive note, I recently headed a team that successfully represented ViiV Healthcare and Vertex Pharmaceuticals in a five-year long battle to protect the patents covering Lexiva®, a life-saving, blockbuster HIV treatment. The case included a district court trial and several inter partes review proceedings before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board which resulted in securing the market exclusivity of Lexiva against multiple generic challengers.