Background
Bolen, M. Christopher was born on December 26, 1958 in Fort Worth, Texas, United States.
Bolen, M. Christopher was born on December 26, 1958 in Fort Worth, Texas, United States.
Southern Methodist University (Bachelor of Science Engineering Management, summa cum laude, 1981. M B A., 1985; Juris Doctor, 1985). Order of the Coif; Phi Delta Phi.
Tau Beta Pi.
Assistant Editor-in-Chief, Southwestern Law Journal, 1984-1985.
Worked at Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice (Winston-Salem, North Carolina) specializing in General Civil Practice, Trial and Appellate Litigation. Administrative, Antitrust, Aviation, Banking, Bankruptcy, Bond Financing, Civil Rights, Commercial, Consumer Lending, Corporate, Employment, Environmental, Estate Planning, Family, Health Care, Insurance, Intellectual Property, International, Labor, Municipal, Negligence, Probate, Products Liability, Real Estate, Retirement Plans and Employee Benefits, Securities, Taxation, Toxic Tort, Wills and Trusts Law. Admitted to the bar, 1985, Texas.
1988, North Carolina and United States.
District Court, Middle District of North Carolina. Order of the Coif; Phi Delta Phi.
Tau Beta Pi. Assistant Editor-in-Chief, Southwestern Law Journal, 1984-1985.
Faculty for North Carolina Bar Association Seminar at Business Law Section Annual Meeting, "Legal Potholes on the Information Superhighway: Trademark and Copyright Issues in Marketing on the Internet," February 1996 and June 1997. Faculty for North Carolina Bar Association Seminar on Intellectual Property Law.
Topic: "Copyright Law Basics," May 1994. Faculty for Computer Law Association Seminar "Representing the Technology Client," Topic: "Advanced Trademark and Trade Dress Issues in Software Distribution," February 1994.
Faculty for North Carolina Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts Seminar, Arts and the Law.
Topic: "Performing Arts Contracts," October 1993. Guest Lecturer: North Carolina School of the Arts Intensive Arts Program. Topic: "Legal Issues for the Performing Artist," December 1992.
Faculty for North Carolina Bar Foundation Seminar Intellectual Property for the Business Lawyer.
Topic: "Technology Licensing," November 1988. Board of Trustee, Lutheran Family Services in the Carolinas, Incorporated., 1994, Vice Chair of the Board, 1995-1996.
Board of Directors, Council for Entrepreneurial Development, 1993-1994. Chair, Twelfth Annual Conference on Entrepreneurship (Duke University and Council for Entrepreneurial Development, Company-Sponsors), February 1996.
Member: North Carolina (Member, Sections on: Business Law.
Intellectual Property Law) and American (Member, Sections on: Business Law. Science and Technology) Bar Associations. North Carolina State Bar.
State Bar of Texas.
Computer Law Association. International Trademark Association. Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice is a broad-based corporate and litigation-oriented law firm that delivers sophisticated and innovative legal services to a wide spectrum of clients.
The firm"s mission is to provide value to clients by combining professional skill, technology, and a thorough understanding of clients" needs to deliver high quality, cost effective and responsive services.
From its offices in Winston-Salem, Charlotte, Raleigh and Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, and Atlanta, Georgia, Womble Carlyle"s 268 attorneys and approximately 250 staff members provide legal services to a broad base of clients, ranging from Fortune 500 companies and mega-regional banks to closely held corporations and individuals.
Forsyth County, North Carolina (Member, Sections on: Business Law. Intellectual Property Law) and American (Member, Sections on: Business Law. Science and Technology) Bar Associations.
North Carolina State Bar.
State Bar of Texas; Forsyth County Young Lawyers Association. Licensing Executives Society.
Corporate, Mergers and Acquisitions, Venture Capital Financing Technology and Computer Software Licensing Trademark and Copyright.