Admitted
1986, Georgia, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Georgia; 1987, District of Columbia, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit, Georgia Supreme Court and Georgia Court of Appeals; 1990, U.S. Supreme Court, U.S. Court of Appeals, District of Columbi
Law School
University of Virginia, J.D., 1986
Law School Graduation Year
1986
College
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, A.B., 1982
Memberships
Atlanta (Vice President/President-Elect, 2003-2004; Second Vice President, 2002-2003; Secretary, 2001-2002; Co-Chair, Conference on Electronic Evidence, 2000; Member-at-Large, Board of Directors 1997-2000; Co-Chair, Lawyer Referral and Information Service, 2002-2003; Co-Chair, Member Benefits and Sponsorship Committee, 2001-2002; Chair, 2001-2002, Vice Chair/Chair-Elect, 2000-2001, Board Member, 1997-2001, Continuing Legal Education Board of Trustees; Pro Bono Coordinator, 1999-2000; Immediate Past Chair, 1999-2000, Chair, 1998-1999, Vice-Chair/Chair Elect, 1997-1998, Secretary, 1996-1997 and Director, 1993-2000, Litigation Section; Chair, Section Continuing Legal Education Committee, Litigation Section, 1994-1997; Co-Chair, Section Sponsorship Committee, Litigation Section, 1996-1999; Member, Community Outreach Committee), Federal Circuit and American (Member, Sections on: Litigation and Intellectual Property; Federal Practice and Procedure Committee, 1994-1995) Bar Associations; State Bar of Georgia (Member, Sections on: Intellectual Property Law; Technology Law; Founding Member, Products Liability Section); The District of Columbia Bar; American Intellectual Property Law Association; Licensing Executives Society.
Biographical
Phi Beta Kappa; Phi Eta Sigma. Senior Editor, Journal of Law and Politics, University of Virginia, 1984-1986. Assistant, U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, 1982-1983. Legislative Assistant to U.S. Representative Jim Cooper, 1983. Barrister, 1991-1993 and Master of the Bench, 2001—, Logan E. Bleckley American Inn of Court. Board Director, Federal Defender Program, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia. Member, City Code Review Task Force, Atlanta City Council, 1995-1997. Faculty: Atlanta College of Trial Advocacy, 1994 and 1995; Southeastern Intellectual Property Law Institute, 2002. Co-Chair, Atlanta Bar Association Accountant and Attorney Symposium 1993. Faculty, TechLaw Group Conference on Information Technology, Multimedia and Interactive Technology Law, 1995 and 1996. Co-Chair, Atlanta Bar Association Litigation Section Calendar Clerk and Attorney Conference, 1995. Chair, Atlanta Bar Association Conference on Avoiding and Litigating Legal Malpractice Claims, 1996. Chair, 1998 and Co-Chair, 1997, Atlanta Bar Association Conference on Judges and Lawyers: Improving the Relationship.