Admitted
1984, Georgia; 1986, California; 1987, U.S. Supreme Court
Law School
Harvard University, J.D., cum laude, 1983
Law School Graduation Year
1983
College
Stanford University, A.B., with distinction, 1976; Oxford University, Oxford, England, B.A., 1980; O
Memberships
Bar Association of San Francisco (Co-Chair, Federal Courts Committee, 1989-1991); Atlanta, Federal and American (Sections on: Intellectual Property; Business Law; Litigation) Bar Associations; State Bar of Georgia; State Bar of California; International Trademark Association (Issues and Policy Committee; Chair, Emerging Issues Subcommitee); Copyright Society of the U.S.A.; Computer Law Association; European Communities Trademark Association; Marques (European Brand Owners Association); Hellenic Law Society of Northern California (Director, 1989-1994); World Trademark Law Report (Member, Board of Contributors); Berkeley Center for Law and Technology (Member, Executive Council).
Biographical
Phi Beta Kappa. Law Clerk, Honorable Marvin H. Shoob, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Georgia, 1983-1985. Author: Article, Cyber-Branding Holds Allure, Danger, Intellectual Property Supp. to S.F. Daily Journal, September 29, 1998; Expert Advice, California State Bar Journal, October 1996; Private RICO Litigation Based Upon ‘Fraud in the Sale of Securities,’ 18 Georgia Law Review 43, 1983. Co-Author, Article, Insurance Coverage for Trademark Litigation, Intellectual Property Strategist, October 1995. Lecturer: Building Business Plans in an Uncertain Legal Environment: Aiming Plans at Moving Targets, eRisk Management Conference, International Quality and Productivity Center, San Francisco, November 2000; Marketing and the Law, Third Annual Marketing and Sales Conference for Start-Up Internet and Software Companies, Software Development Forum, Mountain View, September 1998, June 1999, July 2000; Brand Building: A Lasting Impression, Blueprint: The Business Strategy Summit for Internet Companies, co-sponsored by WSGR, San Francisco, June 2000; Litigation Issues for the e-Commerce Company - From the Firing Line: Critical IP Issues for the Start-Up Company, State Bar of California Intellectual Property Section 2000 Spring Program, San Francisco, May 2000; Music and the Internet, Association Literaire et Artistique Internationale, Canadian Chapter, Toronto, December 1999; Music and the Internet, IBC UK Conferences, London, December 1999; Strategic Issues in Trademark Law, Strategic Intellectual Property Planning Conference, CLE International, San Francisco, April 1998; Jurisdictional Issues and the Internet, Practising Law Institute program on Litigating Copyright, Trademark and Unfair Competition Cases for the Experienced Practitioner, San Francisco, December 1997; Comparative Advertising under United States Law, Marques (Association of European Trademark Proprietors) Conference, Dublin, Ireland, September 1997; Creative Strategies for Protection of Intellectual Property, America