CLE
Noon CLE meetings are typically held at the Belo Mansion on the fourth Thursday of every month (with some exceptions).
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We also host periodic breakfast CLE roundtable discussions at a North Dallas location on important IP topics.
Chair
Justin Cohen
Thompson & Knight
1722 Routh St., Suite 1500
Dallas, TX 75201
Treasurer
Matt Acosta
Platt Richmond
1201 N. Riverfront Blvd. #100
Dallas, TX 75207
Past Chairs
1994-1995 Harold E. Meier
1996 Thomas R. Felger
1997 Molly Buck Richard
1998 Herbert J. Hammond
1999 W. Thomas Timmons
2000 Steven W. Smith
2001 Robert M. Chiaviello
2002 Patrick F. McGowan
2003 David L. McCombs
2004 Stanley R. Moore
2005 Elisabeth A. Evert
2006 Michael D. Pegues
2007 Kevin J. Meek
2008 John M. Cone
2009 William R. Cohrs
2010 Randall C. Brown
2011 Max Ciccarelli
2012 Hilda Galvan
2013 Sue Windham
2014 Wei Wei Jeang
2015 Scott Breedlove
2016 Bradley P. Williams
2017 Marc Hubbard
2018 Colin Cahoon
2019 Shannon Bates
2020 Scott Hemingway
2021 Robert H. Johnston, III
2022 David O. Taylor
2023 Dyan M. House
2024 Megan Hoyt
Vice Chair
John T. Tower
Hitchcock Evert
750 North St. Paul Street
Suite 1110
Dallas, Texas 75201
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Immediate Past Chair
Megan Hoyt
Senior Corporate Counsel
HomeVestors of America, Inc.
6500 Greenville Ave., Suite 400
Dallas, TX 75206
Young Lawyers Committee
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Chair:
Daniel Withers - McGuireWoods LLP
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​Vice Chair:
Jordyn Hendrix – Harper & Bates LLP
jordyn.hendrix@harperbates.com
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Treasurer:
Tucker Davison – Troutman Pepper Locke
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Secretary:
Casey Shomaker – McKool Smith
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​Community Outreach Coordinator:
Katie Eissenstat – Haynes Boone
Katie.Eissenstat@haynesboone.com
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​​Immediate Past Chair:
Bethany Salpietra - Baker Botts
Directors
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​Tim Dyll
AT&T Services, Inc.
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​Stephanie Sivinski
Haynes Boone
stephanie.sivinski@haynesboone.com
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​Craig C. Carpenter
Baker Hostetler
Ozz Siddiq
Lennox International
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Jeff Becker
Baker Botts
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​Srini Chakravarthi
Slater Matsil, LLP
schakravarthi@slatermatsil.com
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William McSpadden
Cochlear
Foley IP Law
Boston Scientific
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Baker Botts LLP
bethany.salpietra@bakerbotts.com
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Webmaster
D. Scott Hemingway
Hemingway & Hansen LLP
1700 Pacific Avenue, Suite 1820
Dallas, TX 75201
Phone: 214.292.8301
Email: shemingway@hh-iplaw.com
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Sheet music: "Beauiful Dreamer" by Stephen Foster
May 14, 2025
IP Section Meeting
(Hybrid, 1 CLE Hr.)
"Top 10 Things I Have Learned on the Bench"
Speaker:
Honorable Judge Barbara M.G. Lynn
Senior Judge for the Northern District of Texas
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