Bradford Newman

Principal, Litigation & Government Enforcement and Chair of the North America Trade Secret Practice

Baker McKenzie LLP

Palo Alto, CA

Brad specializes in matters related to trade secrets, Artificial Intelligence, Decentralized Finance (DeFi), Smart Contracts, Blockchain and Cryptocurrency. He is the Chair of the AI Subcommittee of the ABA. Brad has been instrumental in proposing federal AI workplace and IP legislation that in 2018 was turned into a US House of Representatives Discussion Draft bill. He has also developed AI oversight and corporate governance best practices designed to ensure algorithmic fairness.

David Cass

Senior Partner, Cryptocurrency and Digital Banking Practice

Law & Forensics LLC

Seattle, WA

David Cass is a Senior Partner with Law & Forensics. He leads the Cryptocurrency and Digital Banking Practice and is a member of the Cyber Security and Forensics Practice. He has extensive experience in financial services regulation, cryptocurrency, digital assets, blockchain, cloud, artificial intelligence, and digital banking. David served as a lead regulator for the Federal Reserve Bank of NY. David served as a regulatory SME and an Executive Steering committee member for IBM’s International Banking Customers. He has been an active contributor to the FS-ISAC and the European Banking Federation on Cloud Compliance and Security for financial services firms.

Saliann Scarpulla

Justice

New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division

New York, NY

Justice Saliann Scarpulla started her legal career at Proskauer Rose. She moved to the FDIC as Senior Counsel and became Counsel to Hudson United Bank. Justice Scarpulla was elected to the NY Supreme Court in 2012. In 2020 Justice Scarpulla was appointed to the Appellate Division. Justice Scarpulla is co-chair of the ABA’s Artificial Intelligence and Blockchain Subcommittee, member of NY’s Commercial Division Advisory Council, and Co-Chair of the Council’s Subcommittee on Use of Technology. Justice Scarpulla also sits on the Chief Judge’s Alternative Dispute Resolution Advisory Committee, and was a member of the NY State Continuing Legal Education Board.

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