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We’re proud to honor and support veterans, both in the community and on our team. In recognition of their service, we’re featuring their stories throughout Veterans and Military Families Month. Michael Courtney, PMP, our Director of Enterprise Project Management, joined our firm last October after retiring from the Coast Guard in September 2023. On Active Duty in the Coast Guard for 20 years, Michael served four years of sea duty driving ships and conducting counter narcotics operations off the coast of South and Central America and search and rescue operations off Alaska and in the Caribbean. His last assignment was as a Deputy Commander, where he led 400+ Active Duty and Civilians conducting all Coast Guard missions across the northern Great Lakes region. Over his long career at the Coast Guard, Michael’s favorite assignment was in Talent Management, providing career guidance and issuing assignment orders for service members and their families. This job holds special importance for Michael as it gave him the opportunity to help his fellow Coasties continue to grow in their profession and, when necessary, help them address exceptional family needs. And Michael isn’t the only veteran in his family. His wife proudly served five years in the Navy and is a veteran of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Thank you both for your service.

Electricity charges in Thailand have risen due to the Ukraine conflict, yet it's driving positive change in the energy sector. David Beckstead explores the ins and outs of these changes in the November 2024 e-Bulletin of the Power Law Committee in the Legal Practice Division of the International Bar Association. #energy #renewables https://bit.ly/3OqgRdO

144 Tier 1 designations! We're thrilled to be named in the 2025 edition of Best Law Firms in 31 practice areas nationwide and 259 regions across the country. Thank you to our team and to our clients for driving our continued success. https://bit.ly/3Z5lteq

Congratulations to the NxGen COACH Network™ Governance Training Camp's inaugural class for completing an extraordinary year. Closing out the program, the cohort's grand finale included a visit to the New York Stock Exchange where the New York Giants rang the opening bell, mingling finance, history, and sports. We’d like to thank the NxGen COACH Network Governance Training Camp for partnering with Womble Bond Dickinson in an effort to increase diversity and representation in the board room. Thank you to all who helped make this program a success! James Connelly, Sam Divine, Jr.,CPA, MBA, Chris G., Doug Jackson, Archie L. Jones, Jr., CPA, NACD.DC, Daniella D. Landers, Nicole Sellers, Khwaja Shaik, Sid Shenoy, Irma Goyal Shrivastava, Malini S., Alicia Wilson, CPA, CIA, CISA, CRMA, and Mark Wilson. https://lnkd.in/gi5Tm-3d

Big win for Penn State in the courtroom. In what likely caused the trademark community to breathe a sigh of relief, a jury found that Vintage Brands willfully violated Penn State University's trademarks by selling merchandise with vintage logos. Despite Vintage's claims of non-affiliation, the jury wasn't convinced. Written by Sara Bauer https://bit.ly/3Z3lP58

November is Veterans and Military Families Month, and we’re incredibly proud to call many veterans our team members and friends. During the day today, we’ll be featuring some of the members of our firm who have made exceptional contributions not only to our team, but also to our country. An active member of the military veterans’ community, Robert “Al” Broadbent served for 23 years as an active-duty U.S. Army Judge Advocate, where he provided legal support to a variety of Army units, including Special Operations Forces, the 82nd Airborne Division, and a Special Mission Unit. Al served as the sole unit legal advisor on multiple combat deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan. Prior to retiring from active duty in 2016, he was hand selected to serve as the first active-duty Army Judge Advocate to serve as an Assistant General Counsel at NGA. Thank you for your service, Al.

Joe Whitley cohosts another episode of the JustPod alongside Nina Marino. This episode features William Hochul Jr., former U.S. Attorney. https://lnkd.in/eQGvSJzU

A new chapter begins as South Carolina's Department of Commerce opens its doors in the U.K. and Ireland, a strategic move designed to increase trade and investment in these regions. Several of our attorneys were on hand to host the opening event, including Whit McGreevy, Jonathan Blair, Nicola Giddens, Charlie Reid, James Love, and Brendan O'Dea. https://bit.ly/3CAlmjz

David Beckstead pens "Distributed energy resources in the United States" for the International Bar Association. https://lnkd.in/e--usvMG

Design patents are a world of their own, and WBD's Brendan O'Dea is set to unravel their mysteries tomorrow at a Columbia University event for undergrads interested in a career in IP. https://bit.ly/4eJjmmd