Three Sterne Kessler Attorneys Named to Top 50 Women in PTAB Trials List

Washington, D.C. (June 9, 2025) – Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox is proud to announce that three of our directors have been named among the Top 50 Women in PTAB Trials by the PTAB Bar Association. The list includes:

• Eldora L. Ellison, Ph.D., Director in the Biotechnology & Chemical and Trial & Appellate Practice Groups and co-chair of the PTAB Trials Practice
• Michelle K. Holoubek, Director in the Electronics Practice Group
• Deborah Sterling, Ph.D., Director in the Biotechnology & Chemical Practice Group

Prepared by the PTAB Bar Association’s Women’s Committee, the Top 50 Women in PTAB Trials list recognizes the 50 most active female practitioners before the PTAB as of December 2024. Read more about the Top 50 Women in PTAB Trials here and view the complete list here.

Formed in 2016, the PTAB Bar Association helps establish best practices and cooperation among various stakeholders from law firms, industry and the PTAB itself. Sterne Kessler has industry-leading experience in all post-grant proceedings before the USPTO, including interferences, inter partes reviews (IPRs), post-grant reviews (PGRs), derivation proceedings (DERs), reexaminations, reissues, and supplemental examinations.

About Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox

Based in Washington, D.C. and renowned for more than four decades for dedication to the protection, enhancement, and enforcement of intellectual property rights, Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox is one of the most highly regarded intellectual property specialty law firms in the world. Its team of attorneys, registered patent agents, technical specialists, specialized trademark paralegals, and law clerks include some of the country’s most respected practitioners of IP law, tackling innovations across a broad spectrum of industries. The firm’s practitioners represent Fortune 500 companies, entrepreneurs, start-ups, inventors, venture capital firms, and universities in a client service driven environment that is welcoming, inclusive, and intellectually stimulating. Visit the firm online at sternekessler.com.