Professional & Civic Activities

Member of the American Intellectual Property Law Association, Licensing Executives Society, and the Bars of the District of Columbia, North Carolina, and Virginia and admitted to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office as a registered patent attorney.

Lecturer on US IP law and practice in Japan, China and NZ. Lecturer at the Trade Secret Institute, GWU. Member of the WIPO Arbitration Panel. Formerly a two-term member holding the offices of secretary, chairman of the operating systems committee and vice-chairman of the International Safety Vehicle Conference, of the National Motor Vehicle Safety Advisors Council, U.S. Department of Transportation. Adjunct Professor, MBA Program, Moore School of Business, University of South Carolina, lecturing on Intellectual Property Strategy and Management.