Executive Committee
Section Officers 2026-2027
| Josh Curry — Chair Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP Josh.Curry@lewisbrisbois.com |
| Meredith Ragains — Chair Elect Georgia Lawyers for the Arts mragains@glarts.org |
| Andrew Strickland — Vice Chair Unirac, Inc. andrew.strickland@unirac.com |
| David Reed — Secretary Kilpatrick DReed@kilpatricktownsend.com |
| Cher Gregoire — Treasurer Berman Fink Van Horn cgregoire@bfvlaw.com |
| Lane Sosebee — Senior Sections Coordinator State Bar of Georgia lanes@gabar.org |
| Challie Smith — Sections Coordinator State Bar of Georgia ChallieS@gabar.org |
| Mary Jo Sullivan — Sections Director State Bar of Georgia maryjos@gabar.org |
| Chittam Thakore — Immediate Past Chair Ballard Spahr LLP cthakore@gmail.com |
Section Committees 2026-2027
| Alcide Honore — Copyright, Co-Chair Honore Law LLC ahonore@honorelaw.com | Jelani Miller — Copyright, Co-Chair The Miller Law Group jmiller@themillerlawgroup.com |
| Clint South — Patent, Co-Chair | Devan Knapp – Patent, Co-Chair Finnegan devan.knapp@finnegan.com |
| Cher Gregoire — Trademark, Co-Chair Berman Fink Van Horn PC cgregoire@bfvlaw.com | Open — Trademark, Co-Chair |
| 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. |
| David Lebby — Communications, Chair Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP david.lebby@finnegan.com | Open – Community Outreach |
| Joe Staley — In-House, Co-Chair Perilla Knox & Hildebrandt LLP j.staley@pkhip.com | Justin Ward — In-House, Co-Chair Blue Force Gear, Inc. justin@blueforcegear.com |
| Open – IP Liaison, Chair | |
| Open – Young Lawyers Division, Chair |