clerked for dorothy nelson on the ninth circuit. joined the faculty at texas in '94, where he stayed until 2000. he moved to bolt in 2000 and then to stanford in 2005. mark's brief spilled over to the other side of the card. there's no question that he is the leading academic in the field of patents, but he a may also be the leading practitioner in the field as well. he is positively posnarian in his capacity to get things done. while publishing seven books and a treatise and 122 full articles he's a founding partner in a law practice and maintains a healthy practice, having argued countless cases in both district courts, courts of appeals. the list of awards that mark has earned over the years is actually in fact, like too long to read. what i wrote is just think of every award given to lawyers that you might want to earn, and mark has received it on multiple occasions. peter teal probably needs no introduction, formerly, he's the head of a hedge fund, as i suspect most of you know, much more. he earned his b.a. and j.d. from stanf