Eileen is Senior Intellectual Property Counsel at 3M, where she manages 3M’s intellectual property, class action, and environmental litigation.  She serves on 3M’s Global Trade Secret Protection Program task force, and on the 3M Legal Affairs Diversity and Inclusion Committee, and is a member of the Federal Practice Committee for the District of Minnesota. Before joining 3M, Eileen was a partner at Faegre Baker Daniels LLP. She received a B.A. from the College of St. Catherine, a Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota, and a J.D. from William Mitchell College of Law. Eileen clerked for the Minnesota Supreme Court, and the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals.