I am a partner in the automation practice at Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath, a law firm with 22 offices in the United States (including Chicago, Philadelphia, Dallas, New York, Denver, Des Moines, Indianapolis, Minneapolis, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Washington DC), China (Beijing and Shanghai) and Europe (London). I am a longtime speaker and contributor to the CSIA and other automation organizations, and author of The Automation Legal Reference: a Guide to Legal Risk in the Automation, Robotics and Process Industries (published by the International Society of Automation).