WIPR Diversity & Inclusion Top 100 2025

Diversity champions in IP 2025

Our annual WIPR Diversity Champions list celebrates those who have worked relentlessly to create a brighter future for all aspiring attorneys, regardless of their background, gender identity, ethnicity, sexual orientation or creed.

Here, you will find some of the leading IP figures who have made an indelible mark through their efforts to make the profession more inclusive for everyone.

Community & Inclusion

Andrea Brewster

Founder Lead Executive Officer   IP Inclusive

Community & Inclusion

Eduardo Castañeda

Partner   Basham Ringe y Correa

Community & Inclusion

Vandita Chandrani

Associate General Counsel   Elekta

Community & Inclusion

Spring Chang

Partner   Chang Tsi & Partners

Community & Inclusion

Rob Davey

Chief Business Officer   Haloo

Community & Inclusion

Braxton Davis

Associate General Counsel (Patents)   Meta

Community & Inclusion

Matt Dixon

Executive Chair   Beck Greener

Community & Inclusion

Susi Fish

Partner   Boult

Community & Inclusion

Raquel Flanzbaum

Founding partner   Ojam Bullrich Flanzbaum

Community & Inclusion

Myrtha Hurtado Rivas

General Counsel   Nestlé

Community & Inclusion

Greg Iceton

Partner   Dehns

Community & Inclusion

Mark Lezama

Partner   Knobbe Martens

Influential Women in IP 2025

Welcome to WIPR’s Influential Women in IP, featuring the best and brightest women in the IP field.

Every year, World IP Review publishes its Influential Women in IP. This is a list of attorneys who identify as female with more than a decade of experience in IP.

The women featured on this list have garnered significant professional achievements and/or made an impact in promoting diversity and inclusion in the sector.

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Liliane Roriz

Partner   Licks Attorneys

Community & Inclusion

Erika Harmon Arner

Firm Chair   Finnegan

Community & Inclusion

Elisa Arsuaga

Managing Partner   Santos IP

Community & Inclusion

Laila Beynon

Director – Dispute Resolution   Regeneron

Community & Inclusion

Christa Brown-Sanford

Partner   Baker Botts

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Rosie Burbidge

Partner   Howard Kennedy

Community & Inclusion

Laëtitia Bénard

Global Co-Head – Litigation   A&O Shearman

Community & Inclusion

Sylvia Chen

Senior Patent Counsel   Google

Community & Inclusion

Laura Collada

Managing Partner   Dumont

Community & Inclusion

Bilkis Daby

Senior Partner   Adams & Adams

Community & Inclusion

Maureen Daly

Partner   Pinsent Masons

Community & Inclusion

Lauren Dienes-Middlen

Senior Vice President | Deputy General Counsel   World Wrestling Entertainment

Future Champions 2025

Community & Inclusion

Amy Abeloff

Of counsel   Kirkland & Ellis

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Prachi Ajmera

Of counsel   Michelman & Robinson

Community & Inclusion

Anandita Arora

Senior associate   Inntl Advocare

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Caitlin Byczko

Partner   Barnes & Thornburg

Community & Inclusion

Nisha Gera

Associate   Groombridge, Wu, Baughman & Stone

Community & Inclusion

Kenneth Guerra

Associate   Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner

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Philip Hamzik

Associate   Wolf, Greenfield and Sacks

Community & Inclusion

Judy He

Counsel   Crowell & Moring

Community & Inclusion

Rebecca Horton

Partner   Venable

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Paramee Kerativitayanan

Partner   Zico IP

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Thapelo Mmotong

Partner   Adams & Adams

Community & Inclusion

Jared Montanaro

Lead Intellectual Property Attorney   IBM