George I. Aquino is a veteran hotelier with a penchant for travel, writing and photography. Mr. Aquino’s travel and food blog, My Hotel Life, came as a result of his interest in documenting his travel and culinary journeys through his writings and lifelong love of photography. He is a travel columnist and restaurant critic for MLive Media and Shore Magazine. He attended the University of Iowa and Cornell University.
Zubin F. Billimoria has practiced law in both the United States and London, England. He was an associate with Warner Norcross & Judd LLP in Southfield, Michigan, and a solicitor with the law firm Marriott Harrison in London. Mr. Billimoria holds a Juris Doctor degree from Wayne State University School of Law in Detroit, Michigan, and a Postgraduate Diploma in Law from the College of Law of England & Wales. He earned his undergraduate degree from the University of Birmingham.
Yufeng (Ethan) Ma is the Director for Intellectual Property–East Asia with Corning Incorporated. Prior to assuming his current position, he was a shareholder and board member with McAndrews, Held & Malloy, Ltd. in Chicago, Illinois, where his practice focused on intellectual property law. As a patent attorney, Mr. Ma served clients in the U.S. and internationally on intellectual property matters with a focus on patent procurement, intellectual property litigation, and International Trade Commission investigations. He holds a Bachelor of Laws degree from Peking University in Beijing, China, and a Juris Doctor degree from Vanderbilt University School of Law in Nashville, Tennessee. He also holds a Bachelor of Science in Chemistry from Peking University and a Master of Science degree in Chemistry from Vanderbilt. Mr. Ma is admitted to practice in Illinois and New York, and is registered to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
Malte Richter is a senior associate with Mayer Brown in Frankfurt, Germany. His practice focuses on advising national and international clients on bankruptcy, insolvency, and restructuring law, mergers and acquisitions, general corporate matters, joint ventures, and commercial and trade law. Prior to pursuing a law career, Dr. Richter worked as a banker (Bankkaufmann) with Dresdner Bank AG (now Commerzbank AG). He holds a doctorate degree (magna cum laude) in capital markets law from the University of Osnabrück in Lower Saxony, Germany, a Master of Laws degree from (with honors) Northwestern University School of Law in Chicago, Illinois, and a law degree from Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg im Breisgau in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. He is admitted to practice in Germany, the District of Columbia, and the State of New York. He speaks German, English and French.
Donna D. Scadova is an associate with Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen and Loewy, LLP in Phoenix, Arizona. She represents corporate clients in business immigration law, specializing in temporary work visas and nonimmigrant visa matters. She began her legal career as an attorney with Castillo Laman Tan Pantaleon & San Jose in the Philippines. She earned a Master of Laws degree from New York University School of Law. She also holds a Bachelors of Laws degree and a Bachelor of Arts degree (cum laude) from the University of the Philippines.
Mohammad A. Syed, of Karachi, Pakistan, is the Managing Partner and Founding Principal of the Syed Law Firm, PLLC with offices Washington, D.C., New York, New York and Nashville, Tennessee. He practices in the areas of dispute resolution, healthcare compliance and investigations, business litigation, international business and trade, and immigration. Prior to starting his own firm in 2011, he worked as senior attorney in the antitrust and commercial litigation section at King & Ballow in Nashville, Tennessee for almost four years. Prior to that, Mr. Syed practiced healthcare and pharmaceutical litigation at Ashcraft & Gerel, LLP in Washington, D.C. with offices and active cases throughout the United States. He has also worked for the Civil Litigation Branch of the District of Columbia Office of Attorney General (formerly D.C. Office of Corporation Counsel), as well as Rizvi, Isa & Co., a corporate law firm in Karachi, Pakistan. Mr. Syed graduated cum laude from the University of Rochester in New York with a bachelor’s degree in economics and political science in 1997. He obtained his Juris Doctor degree from the George Washington University Law School in 2000. In 2007, he completed the Harvard Law School Program of Instruction for Lawyers (Mediation). He is admitted to practice in the District of Columbia, the States of New York and Tennessee, and Pakistan. Mr. Syed is admitted to the Federal District Court in the District of Columbia, the Middle District of Tennessee, the Eastern District of Missouri and to the Federal Court of Appeals for the Eight Circuit. He writes and lectures extensively on a variety of legal topics.
