Finnegan Congratulates Attorneys on Their 2017 Professional Appointments and Elections

Finnegan is proud to commend more than 15 attorneys on their election or appointment to various leadership roles in professional organizations across the legal community in 2017.  

• Laith M. Abu-Taleb (Washington, DC) - Pauline Newman IP American Inn of Court, reporting chair

• Erika H. Arner (Reston, Virginia) - PTAB Bar Association, president-elect

• Virginia L. Carron (Atlanta, Georgia) - State Bar of Georgia, Intellectual Property Section, chair-elect

• Sean D. Damon (Washington, DC) - Maryland State Bar Association, IP Specialties Group,  board member

• Rachel L. Emsley (Boston, Massachusetts) - Boston Patent Law Association, Board of Governors

• Mareesa A. Frederick (Washington, DC) - National Bar Association, Intellectual Property Committee, member of Executive Board; International Trade Commission Trial Lawyers Association, member of Executive Committee

• Doris J. Hines (Washington, DC) - American Intellectual Property Law Association, Amicus Committee, co-chair; Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims, member of Rules Advisory Committee

• Kenie Ho (Washington, DC) - The Federal Circuit Bar Association, Global Fellow 

• Jeffrey M. Jacobstein (Boston, Massachusetts) -  American Bar Association, Patents in the Chemical and Life Sciences Committee: Section of Intellectual Property Law, co-vice chair

• Clara N. Jimenez (Washington, DC) - American Intellectual Property Law Association, Public Education Committee, chair; and Diversity Outreach Subcommittee, co-chair

• Karthik Kumar (Washington, DC) - Giles S. Rich American Inn of Court, treasurer

• Esther H. Lim (Washington, DC) - D.C. Bar, president-elect;  American Bar Association, Board of Directors, FJE East Asia Limited

• Shaton C. Menzie (Atlanta, Georgia) - Georgia Association of Black Women Attorneys, Intellectual Property Law Section, co-chair; Leadership Institute for Women of Color Attorneys, Inc. Conference Planning Committee, Conference Program, co-chair

• Yelena Morozova (London, United Kingdom) - American Intellectual Property Law Association, Education Committee, chair

• Erik R. Puknys (Palo Alto, California) - Federal Circuit Bar Association, Amicus Committee, vice-chair

• Jacob A. Schroeder (Palo Alto, California) - San Francisco Bay Area Intellectual Property American Inn of Court, secretary

• Yi Sun (Boston, Massachusetts) - American Bar Association, Patents in the Chemical and Life Sciences Committee, Section of Intellectual Property Law, co-vice chair

• John M. Williamson (Washington, DC) - Pauline Newman IP American Inn of Court, president

• Naoki Yoshida (Tokyo, Japan) - Tokyo IP Inn of Court, president

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