Admitted
1985, Texas; 1988, North Carolina and U.S. District Court, Middle District of North Carolina
Law School
Southern Methodist University, J.D., 1985
Law School Graduation Year
1985
College
Southern Methodist University, B.S. Engineering Management, summa cum laude, 1981; Southern Methodis
Memberships
North Carolina Bar Association (Member, Section on Intellectual Property Law); North Carolina State Bar; State Bar of Texas; Computer Law Association; International Trademark Association.
Biographical
Order of the Coif; Phi Delta Phi; Tau Beta Pi. Assistant Editor-in-Chief, Southwestern Law Journal, 1984-1985. Member, North Carolina's Legal Elite, named by Business North Carolina Magazine, January, 2002. Co-chair, International Trademark Association 2003 Trademark Administrator's Forum, Negotiating the Intellecutal Property Provisions of Acquistion Agreements, Faculty for International Trademark Associations's Trademarks in Business Trasactions Forum, February 2002. Faculty for North Carolina Bar Association Seminar Legal Guide to Cyberland: Computer Law for the Business Lawyer, Topic: Understanding and Negotiating the Software License Agreement, February, 1999; When Scandal Becomes Vogue, Faculty for International Trademark Association 1998 Mid-Year Meeting; Faculty for North Carolina Bar Association Seminar at Business Law Annual Meeting, Intellectual Property Due Diligence in Mergers and Acquisitions, February, 1998; Faculty for North Carolina Bar Association Seminar at Business Law Section Annual Meeting, Legal Potholes on the Information Superhighway: Trademark and Copyright Issues in Marketing on the Internet, February, 1996, June, 1997; Faculty for North Carolina Bar Association Seminar on Intellectual Property Law; Topic: Copyright Law Basics, May, 1994; Faculty for Computer Law Association Seminar Representing the Technology Client, Topic: Advanced Trademark and Trade Dress Issues in Software Distribution, February, 1994; Faculty for North Carolina Foundation Seminar Intellectual Property for the Business Lawyer; Topic: Technology Licensing, November, 1988. Board of Trustees, Lutheran Family Services in the Carolinas, 1994-2000, 2001—; Board of Directors, Council for Entrepeneurial Development, 1993-1994, 1995-1996; Vice Chair, Intellectual Property Section, North Carolina Bar Association.