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Intellectual Property Law Leadership

Officers

Chair
Erica Rogers | Ward and Smith, P.A.
Vice-Chair
Tiffany Marie Burba | Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP
Immediate Past Chair
Richard Thomas Matthews | Williams Mullen
Secretary
Andrew Thomas Prokopetz
Treasurer
Edward Ergenzinger | Ergenzinger IP Law

Ex-Officio

NCBA Executive Director
Jason M. Hensley | North Carolina Bar Association
NCBA President
Robert E. Harrington | Robinson Bradshaw & Hinson PA
NCBA President-Elect
Dena Beth Langley | Brooks Pierce McLendon Humphrey & Leonard LLP
Communities Manager
Bianca Simmons | North Carolina Bar Foundation

Council Members

Leon Tyrone Cain II | Toshiba Global Commerce Solutions Inc
Arthur James DeBaugh | Allman Spry Leggett Crumpler & Horn, P. A.
Anthony Paul DeRosa | Myers Bigel PA
Robert Drozd | Williams Mullen
Edward Ergenzinger | Ergenzinger IP Law
Cherell Moneak Harris
Julia A. Kim
Lance Alan Lawson | Burr Forman McNair LLP
Shawna Cannon Lemon | Stanek Lemon Crouse and Meeks, PA
Christopher Melck Thomas | Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP
Eric F. Wagner | Duke University Office of Licensing

Committee Leadership

Advisory Council Chair
Matthew Jacob Ladenheim | STOBBS
BioTech & Chemical Patent Committee Co-Chair
Jennifer Giordano-Coltart | Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP - Raleigh
BioTech & Chemical Patent Committee Co-Chair
Jacob Daniel Moore | ModernaTX
BioTech & Chemical Patent Committee Co-Chair
Seiko Okada
CLE Committee Chair
R. Andrew Patty II | Phelps Dunbar LLP
CLE Committee Co-Chair
Reilley Keane | Banner & Witcoff
Communications Committee Chair
Cherell Moneak Harris
Copyright Committee Chair
Christopher Melck Thomas | Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP
Copyright Committee Chair
Christopher Melck Thomas | Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP
Diversity Committee Co-Chair
David Stuart Bradin | Maynard Nexsen PC
Diversity Committee Co-Chair
David Stuart Bradin | Maynard Nexsen PC
Diversity Committee Co-Chair
Allyn Burchfield Elliott
Diversity Committee Co-Chair
Allyn Burchfield Elliott
Diversity Committee Co-Chair
Shawna Cannon Lemon | Stanek Lemon Crouse and Meeks, PA
Diversity Committee Co-Chair
Shawna Cannon Lemon | Stanek Lemon Crouse and Meeks, PA
Ethics Committee Chair
Angela Powers Doughty | Ward and Smith, P.A.
Ethics Committee Chair
Angela Powers Doughty | Ward and Smith, P.A.
In-House Counsel Committee Co-Chair
Elizabeth M P McKee | Static Control Components Inc
IP Litigation Committee Co-Chair
Lance Alan Lawson | Burr Forman McNair LLP
Licensing Committee Chair
Darrell Avery Fruth | Smith Anderson Blount Dorsett Mitchell & Jernigan LLP
Litigation Committee Co-Chair
Lance Alan Lawson | Burr Forman McNair LLP
Litigation Committee Co-Chair
Richard Thomas Matthews | Williams Mullen
Membership Committee Chair
Robert Drozd | Williams Mullen
Membership Committee Chair
KimberMarie Faircloth
Mental Health Committee Chair
Edward Ergenzinger | Ergenzinger IP Law
Nominations Committee Co-Chairs
Tiffany Marie Burba | Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP
Nominations Committee Co-Chairs
Edward Ergenzinger | Ergenzinger IP Law
Nominations Committee Co-Chairs
Julia A. Kim
Nominations Committee Co-Chairs
Andrew Thomas Prokopetz
Nominations Committee Co-Chairs
Erica Rogers | Ward and Smith, P.A.
Paralegal Division Liaison
Katsiaryna Yurieuna Nelson | Coats & Bennett PLLC
Patent Law Committee Co-Chair
Jennifer Giordano-Coltart | Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP - Raleigh
Pro Bono Committee Co-Chair
Jeffrey Childers | Casimir Jones, SC
Pro Bono Committee Co-Chair
Jennifer Rice Knight | Jennifer Knight Law Office
Trade Secrets Committee Chair
Sloan Lyndon Eatmon Carpenter | Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP
Trademark Commitee Co-Chair
Arthur James DeBaugh | Allman Spry Leggett Crumpler & Horn, P. A.
YLD Liaison
Cherell Moneak Harris