Daniel H. Shulman

Chief Intellectual Property Counsel Reynolds Group Holdings Ltd., Fram Group

Dan Shulman is Chief Intellectual Property Counsel for Reynolds Group Holdings, Ltd. and Fram Autoparts, a $13 billion global packaging and automotive parts company comprised of Reynolds Consumer Products, Pactiv, Closure Systems International, Evergreen Packaging, Graham Packaging, Fram and Autolite.  Dan is responsible for managing the global patent and trademark portfolio of those combined companies, setting IP strategy, managing all IP litigation and acting as lead counsel in appellate work before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, and leading corporate initiatives in which IP drives significant value.  Dan was with Pactiv prior to its acquisition by Reynolds Group Holdings in 2010.  Prior to joining Pactiv in 2007 as its Chief IP Counsel, Dan was Senior IP Licensing Counsel for Motorola.  Prior to that, Dan was an associate at Mayer Brown LLP from 1999-2006.

Dan received his J.D. in 1999 from Loyola University Chicago School of Law, where he is currently an Adjunct Professor teaching IP Legal Writing and Appellate Advocacy, and is a graduate of Northwestern University (1996) with degrees in Mathematics, Physics and the Integrated Science Program.

Dan has been recognized as one of the Top Forty Lawyers Under 40 in Illinois (2013) by The Law Bulletin, and as a Managing IP In-House IP Star.  Dan is a frequent speaker on topics of IP law, and has authored numerous articles on various IP topics and Federal Circuit jurisprudence. He is also the author of two books: Insights Hurt: Bringing Healing Thoughts to Life and Personal Midrash: Fresh Insights Into The Torah.