Executive Committee
Section Officers 2024-2025
| Chittam Thakore — Chair Ballard Spahr LLP cthakore@gmail.com |
| Katie Bates — Chair-Elect Bates Law Group, LLC krb@bateslawgroup.com |
| Josh Curry — Vice Chair Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP Josh.Curry@lewisbrisbois.com |
| Andrew Strickland — Treasurer Lee & Hayes andrew.strickland@leehayes.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 |
| Chris Lightner – Immediate Past Chair Alston & Bird LLP chris.lightner@alston.com |
Section Committees 2020-2021
| Alcide Honore — Copyright, Co-Chair Honore Law LLC ahonore@honorelaw.com | Jelani Miller — Copyright, Co-Chair The Miller Law Group jmiller@themillerlawgroup.com |
| David Reed — Patent, Chair Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP dreed@kilpatricktownsend.com | Andrew Strickland — Patent, Co-Chair Lee & Hayes andrew.strickland@leehayes.com |
| Cher Gregoire — Trademark, Co-Chair Berman Fink Van Horn PC cgregoire@bfvlaw.com | Jason Cooper — Trademark, Co-Chair The Sladkus Law Group jason@sladlaw.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. |
| Rachel Young Fields — Communications, Chair Hunter, Maclean, Exley & Dunn, P.C. rfields@huntermaclean.com | |
| Open — Community Outreach, Chair | |
| 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 |