David H. Bernstein‚ a litigation partner at Debevoise & Plimpton LLP‚ co-chair of the firm’s Intellectual Property Group‚ and a member of the firm’s International Dispute Resolution Group, will be co-chairing the WIPO Advanced Workshop on Domain Name Dispute Resolution. The all-day conference will be held in New York City on May 14‚ 2015 at Debevoise’s office in midtown Manhattan. This is the first time that this program will be held in the United States; in past years‚ it has been held in Geneva and has sold out every year.

Mr. Bernstein is one of the nation’s leading intellectual property litigators and one of the world’s leading domain name arbitrators. He has handled high-profile matters involving domain names‚ trademark and trade dress infringement and dilution‚ false advertising‚ anti-counterfeiting‚ copyright infringement‚ right of publicity violations‚ misappropriation‚ trade secret violations and patent infringement. Mr. Bernstein is recognized as an intellectual property “Star” in the IFLR Benchmark Litigation Guide (2014) and as an Intellectual Property trailblazer and pioneer by the National Law Journal (2014). He is ranked in the top tier by the World Trademark Review 1000 (2014)‚ where sources note that he is “indisputably one of the very best trademark lawyers in the country” and that his “formidable performances on contentious engagements . . . earn plaudits from across the globe”; Chambers USA (2012) where clients note he is “an exceptional‚ dynamic lawyer and a tenacious litigator”; and The Legal 500 US (2010)‚ where he is seen as “a brilliant litigator‚” and “the dean of the IP litigation bar.”