ATLANTA (May 5) – Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton announced today that Atlanta Office Managing Partner Audra Dial was selected to participate in the 2016 Class of Leadership Atlanta.

Leadership Atlanta is the oldest continuously running training program of its type in the country. Formed in the early 1970’s, it quickly addressed the growing need for a trained cadre of leaders to move metro Atlanta towards unity and shared prosperity. More than 44 years later, Leadership Atlanta continues to educate, inspire and connect local leaders in adherence with the principles upon which it was founded.

Ms. Dial is an experienced litigator in Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP’s nationally recognized Patent Litigation and Technology Litigation Teams. She focuses her practice on complex federal court litigation involving trade secrets, patent disputes, restrictive employment covenants and complex business disputes involving intellectual property. Ms. Dial has obtained favorable verdicts in many high-profile intellectual property disputes, including on behalf of several Fortune 500 companies. She has represented companies whose intellectual property was misused both domestically and abroad.

She is the past President of the Junior League of Atlanta. Ms. Dial currently serves as a member of the Savannah College of Art and Design's Atlanta Advisory Council and the Corporate Leadership Council for Fernbank Museum. She is a former member of the Board of Directors of the Special Olympics of Georgia, Atlanta Speech School, Atlanta Children's Shelter and Trees Atlanta.

Ms. Dial is a past chair of the firm’s Women’s Initiative and serves as a member on the firm’s Hiring Committee. She is a frequent speaker on women’s leadership, patent litigation, protecting trade secrets against misuse, including through social media and corporate espionage, electronic discovery, and diversity issues.

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