Bryan Cave Partner Elected to NAPABA Board of Directors

Oct. 26, 2011 - PRLog -- Bryan Cave Partner George Chen has been elected as Vice President for Programs and Operations of the National Asian Pacific American Bar Association (“NAPABA”) for the fiscal year 2011-2012. He will take office on November 1, 2011. Chen has been a member of NAPABA since 1999 holding various positions within the national organization including Southwest Regional Governor and Investment Committee Chairperson and Founder.

The National Asian Pacific American Bar Association is the national association of Asian Pacific American (APA) attorneys, judges, law professors and law students, providing a national network for its members and affiliates. NAPABA advocates for the legal needs and interests of the APA community and represents the interests of over 40,000 attorneys and 62 local APA bar associations, with practice settings ranging from solo practices to large firms, corporations, legal services organizations, non-profit organizations, law schools and governmental agencies.

George Chen, an attorney with Bryan Cave since 1999, partners with long-term clients to develop, protect, enforce, defend, license and commercialize intellectual property and other business assets. His practice includes litigation, licensing, counseling and prosecution of patent, trademark, copyright, trade secret, unfair competition, Internet, cybersquatting and other intellectual property matters. Chen received his B.S. in electrical engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology and his M.S.E.E. and J.D. from Arizona State University.

Bryan Cave LLP (www.bryancave.com) has a diversified international legal practice.  The firm represents a wide variety of business, financial, institutional and individual clients, including publicly held multinational corporations, large and mid-sized privately held companies, partnerships and emerging companies.  Subsidiary Bryan Cave International Consulting provides trade and customs consultancy.  Aided by extensive investments in technology, Bryan Cave’s more than 1,000 lawyers and other professionals in 25 offices across the United States, the United Kingdom, Continental Europe and Asia efficiently serve clients’ needs in the world’s key business and financial markets.

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With more than 1,000 lawyers in 25 offices, Bryan Cave has a diversified international legal practice representing a wide variety of business, financial, institutional and individual clients.