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Intellectual Property Law Leadership

Officers

Chair
Julia A. Kim | Casimir Jones, S.C.
Immediate Past Chair
Shawna Cannon Lemon | Stanek Lemon Crouse and Meeks, PA
Secretary
Tiffany Marie Burba | Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP
Treasurer
Erica Rogers | Ward and Smith, P.A.
Vice-Chair
Richard Thomas Matthews | Williams Mullen

Ex-Officio

Communities Manager
Liv Highfill | North Carolina Bar Association
NCBA Executive Director
Jason M. Hensley | North Carolina Bar Association
NCBA President
Patti West Ramseur | Ramseur Maultsby LLP
NCBA President-Elect
Kimberly H. Stogner | Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP

Council Members

Tiffany Marie Burba | Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP
Leon Tyrone Cain II | Toshiba Global Commerce Solutions Inc
Sloan Lyndon Eatmon Carpenter | Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP
Anthony Paul DeRosa | Myers Bigel PA
Allyn Burchfield Elliott | NK Patent Law, PLLC
Edward Ergenzinger | Ergenzinger IP Law
Andre Gibbs | IQVIA
Cherell Moneak Harris | Smith Anderson Blount Dorsett Mitchell & Jernigan LLP
Jennifer Rice Knight | Clements Bernard Walker PLLC
Matthew Jacob Ladenheim | Trego Hines & Ladenheim PLLC
Rashad Lateef Morgan | Crowell & Moring LLP
Andrew Thomas Prokopetz

Committee Leadership

Advisory Council Chair
Matthew Jacob Ladenheim | Trego Hines & Ladenheim PLLC
BioTech & Chemical Patent Committee Co-Chair
Jennifer Giordano-Coltart | Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP
BioTech & Chemical Patent Committee Co-Chair
Seiko Okada
BioTech & Chemical Patent Committee Co-Chair
Jacob Daniel Moore
CLE Committee Co-Chair
Sarah Wesley Wheaton | Dechert LLP
CLE Committee Co-Chair
Ram Shukla | US Patent & Trademark Office
CLE Committee Co-Chair
David Grant | Stanek Lemon Crouse and Meeks, PA
CLE Committee Co-Chair
James Henry Alstrum-Acevedo
Committee Co-Chair
Cherell Moneak Harris | Smith Anderson Blount Dorsett Mitchell & Jernigan LLP
Copyright Chair
Christopher Melck Thomas | Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP
Diversity Committee Co-Chair
Allyn Burchfield Elliott | NK Patent Law, PLLC
Diversity Committee Co-Chair
David Stuart Bradin | Maynard Nexsen PC
Diversity Committee Co-Chair
Shawna Cannon Lemon | Stanek Lemon Crouse and Meeks, PA
EE/Computer Software Committee Co-Chair
Bentley J. Olive | Olive Law Group, PLLC
Ethics Committee Chair
Angela Powers Doughty | Ward and Smith, P.A.
Home Page Committee Chair
Blake Patrick Hurt | Tuggle Duggins PA
In-House Counsel Committee Co-Chair
Devesh Srivastava | North Carolina State University
IP Litigation Committee Co-Chair
Richard Thomas Matthews | Williams Mullen
IP Litigation Committee Co-Chair
Lance Alan Lawson | Burr Forman McNair LLP
Legislative Committee Chair
Timothy K. Wilson
Licensing Committee Co-Chair
Darrell Avery Fruth | Smith Anderson Blount Dorsett Mitchell & Jernigan LLP
Membership & Engagement Chair
Tiffany Marie Burba | Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP
Mental Health Committee Chair
Edward Ergenzinger | Ergenzinger IP Law
Nominations Committee Co-Chair
Richard Thomas Matthews | Williams Mullen
Patent Law Committee Co-Chair
Jennifer O'Connell
Pro Bono Committee Co-Chair
Jennifer Rice Knight | Clements Bernard Walker PLLC
YLD Liaison
Cherell Moneak Harris | Smith Anderson Blount Dorsett Mitchell & Jernigan LLP