William S. Foster, Jr, Esq. is the Chairman & a Director of the Executive Board of The Veterans Consortium. Bill is a registered patent attorney who is currently a Director and IP Counsel for the Advanced Products & Solutions business at the Raytheon Company.  Prior to his in-house legal career, he was a partner in the Intellectual Property Practices at Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath and Baker Botts. Mr. Foster has extensive litigation experience at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit and the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims. Bill has also served as a law clerk at for the Honorable Diane Gilbert Sypolt at the U.S. Court of Federal Claims.