Judy Winegar Goans

Background

Goans, Judy Winegar was born on September 27, 1949 in Knoxville, Tennessee, United States. Daughter of Robert Henry and Lula Mae (Myers) Winegar.

Education

Student, Sam Houston State University, 1967-1968; Bachelor of Science in Engineering Physics, U. Tennessee, 1971; postgraduate, U. Tennessee, 1971-1974; Juris Doctor, U. Tennessee, 1978.

Career

Instructor legal rights, Knoxville Women's Center, 1977-1978; patent analyst nuclear division, Union Carbide Corporation, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, 1978-1979; patent attorney, unites states department Energy, Washington, 1979-1982; legislation and international intellectual property specialist, Patent and Trademark Office, Washington, 1982-1989; private practice law, Clinton, Tennessee, 1990-1996; consultant international intellectual property law, Clinton and Washington, since 1993. Judge Rich Moot Court competition, Washington, 1984, Knoxville, 1991. Head United States Delaware 13th session World Intellectual Property Organisation Permanent Committee for Development Cooperation Related to Intellectual Property, 1989;member hearing committee Board Responsibility of the Supreme Court Tennessee, since 1992.

Director and chief of party SIPRE Project, Cairo.

Achievements

• Judy Winegar Goans has been listed as a reputable Lawyer by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Delaware National Women's Conference, Houston, 1977. Board directors National Organisation for Women, Washington, 1977-1979, Good Shepherd Kingergarten, 1987, Knoxville Women Center 1992-1993. Legal advisory board Knoxville Rape Crisis Center, 1979.

Member American Bar Association, Tennessee Bar Association, American Intellectual Property Law Association, Govt.Patent Lawyers Association (secretary 1981-1983), Patent and Trademark Office Society (board director 1986-1988), East Tennessee Laywers Association for Women (president elect1990-1991, president 1992, board directors), Knoxville Association Women Executives (board directors), Greater Knoxville Lions Club, Tau Beta Pi (board directors Greater Smoky Mountain Alumni Chapter since 1991), Sigma Pi Sigma, (secretary U. Tennessee chapter 1970-1971).

Connections

Married Ronald Earl Goans, June 18, 1971. Children: Robert Henson, Ronald Earl Junior.

Father:

Robert Henry Winegar

Mother:

Lula Mae (Myers) Winegar

Spouse:

Ronald Earl Goans

child:

Robert Henson Goans

child:

Ronald Earl Junior Goans