Stamford, Connecticut, United States
Working with Professor Rocky Weitz on green hydrogen production from offshore wind and how that dovetails with maritime security challenges around the globe.
Leading a study group for adult learners called Intellectual Property, the Public Domain and the Innovation Society.
I have been Chair of the Connecticut Bar Association Sports and Entertainment Law Section since June 2020, before which I was Secretary of the Section (2019-20) and was previously an Education Liaison and longtime Executive Committee member. In my role as Chair, I convene Section meetings and Section Executive Committee meetings. I also help, in consultation with the EC, with the planning of Section programming and in monitoring and advocating for Section and CBA policy on issues of interest to the Section. The Section has grown in activity since I took over as Chair. We have now had at least four educational or social programs in the 2020-21 bar year on topics such as sportswashing, collegiate athlete compensation issues, and high school/collegiate sports during Covid. I am also proud to have started, in conjunction with the Executive Committee, a series of legal education programs on race and gender issues in sports and entertainment. Our first program in the series, on transgender athletics, is scheduled for this spring.
In my role as Legislative Liaison, I was responsible for monitoring federal and state legislation related to intellectual property, broadly defined. I would also keep Section members and Executive Committee members informed of both federal legislative and regulatory changes relating to the US Patent and Trademark Office and the US Copyright Office. I also lobbied for, and was successful in creating, the Intellectual Property Section's Legislative Committee, which I chaired from 2019-20. In that role, and in conjunction with the Vice Chair and Members, we discussed, debated and drafted policy positions on legislative issues such as the Copyright in Small Claims Enforcement Act, the STRONGER Patents Act, and a state bill on college athlete compensation for use of their name, image or likeness, among others. I remain an active member of the Section's Executive Committee, in which I am currently a member without portfolio.
I was selected for the prestigious Presidential Fellowship in the Connecticut Bar Association, being a detailed fellow for the Intellectual Property Section. In that capacity, I took part in several leadership development classes and exclusive continuing legal education seminars that honed my leadership skills and gave me insight into areas of both substantive law and day to day practice.
I have been Co-Chair of the Middle East Committee of the American Bar Association since 2019, before which I was the Committee's Vice Chair for Publications (2018-19) and Vice Chair for Policy and Senior Associate Editor of the Committee's journal, Middle East Review (2017-18). Prior to that, I was an Associate Editor of MER and an active Committee member. The Middle East Committee is the committee of the ABA which monitors, educates and advocates on legal, human rights and rule of law issues in the MENA region. In my capacity as Co-Chair, I help plan programming and supervise the conduct of that programming, I set the policy priorities for the Committee, I convene our monthly meetings and I manage the activities of our Vice Chairs.
In my position as Vice Chair, I have been the editor of the Committee's newsletter, where I would write and recruit articles for the publication. I also was responsible for bringing speakers both to the YIN monthly calls and to Section-wide non-CLE webinars and in-person CLE programs at Section conferences. In the past two years, I have worked closely with the YIN Co-Chairs to revive the Committee and make it relevant for young lawyers in the international law space.
In my position as Vice Chair of the South Asia Committee, I have worked on Committee publications where, just prior to my chairmanship, I was the South Asia co-editor of submissions for a Joint Asia Division Covid-19 Publication of legal developments related to the global pandemic in the Asia Pacific Region. The South Asia Committee had the most contributions of any of the Asia Pacific Division Committees. I am also proud to note that this publication got an Award for Best Collaborative Project from the ABA International Law Section at the Section leadership retreat in Fall 2020.