1. Anne Wright Fiero
Lexington, Illinois
afiero66@gmail.com
309.310.3029
Intellectual Property Attorney and Strategist
Recent Career Highlights
 Co-Chairof Research& DevelopmentCommittee, U.S./RussianBilateralPresidential
Commission,Innovation WorkingGroup,U.S.Departmentof State
 Panelist, Women and Technology Law: Isthere a Silicon Ceiling?, The Universityof
ChicagoLaw School
 Conference Panelist, Emerging StrategiesforEmerging Markets,The Universityof
Notre Dame MendozaCollege of Business
Areas of Expertise
 IntellectualPropertyLaw  EmergingMarkets and Technologies
 Licensing&Technology Research&Development
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Professional Experience
The FieroGroup 2005 to Present
Founderand Principal Consultant
 Acting"of counsel"forAmLaw 100 firms,includingManatt,Phelps&Phillips,Littler
Mendelson,andStroock& Stroock& Lavan
 Successfullyresolvingtrademark,patentandsoftware licensingandcompetition
disputesforhigh-technologyclients,including 24HourFitness, VistoCorporation,
Tektronix,PanasonicandHealthcare SolutionsGroup
 Researchingandwritingabout trendsinemergingmarketIP,technology and
competition lawissues inRussia,ChinaandCISCountries
 DevelopingIPandtechnology trainingmaterialsforRussianAssociationof European
Businesses
IntelligentLocations March 2015 to Present
Board Memberand Corporate Secretary
 DevelopingIPstrategiesforIoTbusiness,includingpatentportfolio
 Advisingonnewclientandexpansionstrategies
Associationof American Railroads 2000 to Present
Antitrust and Technical Counsel
RollerbearingManufacturingCommittee
 Editingtechnical andsafetyspecifications
 Advisingontechnologyandcompetitionlaw relatedmattersinNorthAmericanmarkets

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afiero66@gmail.com
309.310.3029
U.S. and Russian Bilateral Presidential Commission 2012 to 2014
Co-ChairResearch and DevelopmentInnovationWorkingGroup
 Ledteam of international attorneyswho realignedRussianintellectual property and
technologylaw systemby draftinglegislation(ultimatelyadopted,inpart,byRussian
Duma) aimedat encouraginginnovation.
 Presentedworkinggrouprecommendationsbefore U.S.State Department
representatives andinternational businesspanel of U.S./RussianBusinessCouncil
CoudertBrothers 1990 to 2005
Associate and OfCounsel Consultant
 Actedas liaisonbetweenlegal teamandtechnical,economicandfinancialexpertsin
disputesinvolvingcompetitionlaw andintellectual property forglobal AmLaw 100 firm
 Rescued$10 Millionaftermarketforservice andpartsas successful trial teammember
(andprimary brief drafter) inU.S. Supreme Courtcase of Eastman Kodakv.Image
Technical Services
 Negotiated $28 milliontrademarklicensingdeal forretiredNFLplayersindispute with
NFL PlayersAssociationandPlayers,Inc.
Education & Credentials
 The UniversityofChicago Law School, Juris Doctor,1990
 Duke University,Bachelorof ArtsinRussianand Political Science, magna cumlaude,
1987
 Leningrad State University, MacAndersonScholar,1986
 Language Skills: Proficientin Russian
Professional & Civic Affiliations
 CaliforniaBarmember, 1990
 IllinoisBarmember, 1997
 Fellow,AmericanBarAssociation,2014 to present
 Vice-ChairandSteeringGroupMember, ABA'sInternational Law andIntellectual
PropertyLawSections, Russia/EurasiaCommittee, 1990 to present
 LexingtonCity Council, 2008 to2012
 JuniorTennisCoach,LexingtonParksandRecreation
Personal Interests
 Creative writing,includinganin-processnovel, Valechka, aboutthe stranger-than-fiction
developmentof the Sovietspace programinStalinistandpost-StalinistRussia
 Mystery booksand writings,probedandreviewed inmy blog: anniesgotaclue.net