Executive Committee
Section Officers 2023-2024
| Chris Lightner – Chair Alston & Bird LLP chris.lightner@alston.com |
| Katie Bates — Chair-Elect Bates Law Group, LLC krb@bateslawgroup.com |
| Chittam Thakore — Vice Chair Ballard Spahr LLP cthakore@gmail.com |
| Josh Curry — Secretary Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP Josh.Curry@lewisbrisbois.com |
| Open — Treasurer |
| Lane Sosebee — Sections Coordinator State Bar of Georgia lanes@gabar.org |
| Mary Jo Sullivan — Sections Director State Bar of Georgia maryjos@gabar.org |
| Clark Wilson – Immediate Past Chair Avanos Medical Inc clark.wilson@avanos.com |
Section Committees 2020-2021
| Liz Wheeler — Copyright, Co-Chair WarnerMedia Liz.Wheeler@turner.com | Rachel Geist — Copyright, Co-Chair Chick-fil-A, Inc. rachel.geist@cfacorp.com |
| Andrew Strickland — Patent, Chair Lee & Hayes andrew.strickland@leehayes.com | |
| Daniel Hong — Trademark, Co-Chair Gardner Groff & Greenwald Dhong@gardnergroff.com | Kevin Dawson — Trademark, Co-Chair Bates & Bates kdawson@bates-bates.com |
| Michael Cicero — Trade Secrets, Chair Taylor English Duma LLP mcicero@taylorenglish.com | Neal Weinrich — Trade Secrets, Vice Chair Berman Fink Van Horn PC nweinrich@bfvlaw.com |
| Rachel Young Fields — Communications, Chair Hunter, Maclean, Exley & Dunn, P.C. rfields@huntermaclean.com | |
| Meredith Ragains — Community Outreach, Chair Georgia Lawyers for the Arts mragains@glarts.org | |
| Justin Ward — In-House, Co-Chair Blue Force Gear, Inc. justin@blueforcegear.com | Joe Staley — In-House, Co-Chair Perilla Knox & Hildebrandt LLP j.staley@pkhip.com |
| Michael Mehrman – IP Liaison, Chair Mehrman Law Office, P.C. mike@mehrmanlaw.com | |
| Tayah Woodard – Young Lawyers Division, Chair Seed IP Tayah.Woodard@SeedIP.com |