Admitted
1985, Virginia; 1988, District of Columbia; 2001, North Carolina
Law School
Tufts Institute for European Studies, Talloires, France, Program on International Law, Politics, /Economics, 1979; American University, Washington, D.C., J.D., 1985; Harvard Law School, Program for Negotiation for Senior Executives, 1990
Law School Graduation Year
1990
College
Fairfield University, Engineering; Fairfield University, Computer Science; Tufts University, B.A., I
Memberships
North Carolina (Chair, Licensing Committee, Intellectual Property Law Section, 1998-2001) and American (Sections on: Science and Technology; Internet and Cyberspace Law Committee; Intellectual Property; Public Contract Law) Bar Associations; North Carolina Electronics and Information Technologies Association; The Indus Entrepreneurs (TiE).
Biographical
Member, American University Law Review, 1984-1985. Faculty for Duke University, Fuqua School of Business, Entrepreneurship and New Venture Management Course, Topic: Intellectual Property for Entrepreneurs. Faculty for Council for Entrepreneural Development, Venture Capital Series, Topic: Care and Feeding of Intellectual Property Assets. Faculty for Duke University, Fuqua School of Business, North Carolina Family Business Forum, Topic: Online Contracting. Author: Thesis on Business Opportunities and Risks for Technology Companies in the European Community, Tufts Institute for European Studies; Contracting With the U.S. Government: A Guide for Foreign Companies, published by Federal Publications; Contracting in the New Economy, published by Law Seminars International; Web-Based Delivery of Mission Critical Software: Benefits and Risks for the Real Estate Industry, published by Journal of Property Management. Marketing Representative, IBM, Manhattan, 1980-1982. Associate General Counsel and Assistant Secretary, Booz Allen & Hamilton, Inc., McLean, Virginia, 1989-1994. Associate General Counsel, Director of Legal Affairs, Brother International Corp., Somerset, New Jersey, 1994-1997. Chair, 15th Annual Conference on Entrepreneurship at Duke University. Chair, Legislative Committee, Council for Entrepreneurial Development, 1998-1999.