Become a GIPA Founder
Any individual or organization donating more than $100 or more will receive Founder recognition, including recognition as a GIPA Founder on our website, in various email and social communications, and at our marquee events year after year. The Founding Status Tier is determined by the cumulative contribution received by GIPA, giving individuals and organizations the opportunity to increase their status year-over-year!
General Sponsorships and sponsorship of specific events also can qualify individuals and organizations as a Founder.
Once a Founder, always a Founder®
Platinum Founders
($10,000 or More)
American Transaction Processors Association | AT&T | BakerHostetler | Ballard Spahr | Cantor Colburn | Carlton Fields | Eversheds Sutherland | Founders Legal | Finnegan Henderson | Fish & Richardson | The Frank Group, Morgan Stanley | Scott & Marie Frank | Georgia Institute of Technology | Georgia State University College of Law | IP Section of the Atlanta Bar Association | Hill Kertscher & Wharton | IP Section of the State Bar of Georgia | Jones Day | Kilpatrick Townsend | Lee & Hayes | Knowles Intellectual Property Strategies | Merchant & Gould | Meunier Carlin & Curfman | Morris Manning & Martin | Murgitroyd & Company | Perception Partners | Smith Gambrell & Russell | Taylor English & Duma | Thomas Horstemeyer | Troutman Pepper | Wellborn & Wallace | Womble Bond Dickinson
Gold Founders
($5,000 to $9,999)
Alston & Bird | Amster Rothstein | AON | ATPC | Baker Donelson | Bradley | Clarivate | Derwent | GigaLaw | | JAMS | Kennesaw State University | King & Spalding | Laura Huffman | Junior | Lewis Brisbois | Lexis Nexus | McKesson | Mueller Water Products | Nova IP Solutions | Patent Designs | Quicker Law Southwire | Superior Essex | University of Georgia | Venadar | Venture Well
Silver Founders
($2,500 to $4,999)
Joseph Bankhoff | Berggren Oy | Perry Binder | Blackrock | Bodker Ramsey | Change Healthcare | Coca-Cola | Crown Jewell | Dority & Manning | Irina & Eddie Fays | Fisher Broyles | Gardner Groff & Greenwald | Georgia Chamber of Commerce | Georgia Innovation | Georgia Research Alliance | Global Prior Art | Greenberg Traurig | Greenspon | Hartman Citron | IP Investment Group | JMINIP | Kemira | Kent & Risley | Krevolin Horst | Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce | Miller & Martin | Modiano & Partners | Nelson Mullins | Perilla Knox | Osha Bergman | Polsinelli | Shaw Industries | Sladkus Law Group | Townsend Lockett | Your Attorney
Bronze Founders
($1,000 to $2,499)
Acuity Brands | Atlanta Symphony Orchestra | Arbor Pharmaceuticals | Beregen Law | Berman Fink | Boehringer Ingelheim | Clarivate | Cowan Consulting | Tom Cunningham | DBA Patents | Delta Airlines | Angelika Domschke | Derek & Jennifer Eberhart | Emory School of Law | Equifax | John Fry | Georgia Power | Carletta Gunby | HEFIP | Hexos | Home Depot | IP.com | Jones Robb | Kaye Husbands Fealing | Richard Kilpatrick | Kirkland Ellis | Gregory Kirsch | Jeff Kuester | Latham Watkins | Legal Advantage | Noble Systems | OFS | One Trust | Pabst Patent Group | Panasonic Automotive Systems | Susan & Barry Podolsky | Rick Quarles | Rothwell Figg | John Sears | Thought Horizon | Tiffany Williams | Vivid IP | Wade Walker | Michael Wright
Catalyst Founders
($500 - $999)
Luke Anderson | Anthony Askew | Atlanta Center for International Arbitration & Mediation | Avanos Medical | Benevity Community Impact Fund | Cardlytics | Cisco | Cox | GE Power & Water | Georgia Tech Venture Labs | Griff Griffin | Eric Hanson | Kimberly Clark | Lawson McKinley | Licensing Executives Society | Luke Anderson | Duane Morris | Newell | Outdoor Makeover & Construction | David Pierce | Rheem | Silver Legal | Southern Company | Truist
($200 - $499)
Ashley & Chris Cornelison | Jeff Battcher | Sander Biehn | Pete Canalichio | Roxanne & Dan Cenatempo | Clint Crosby | Josh Curry | Tamnay Dharmadhikari | Angelika Domschke | James Forbes | Kenny Franklin | Jamie Graham | Preston Heard | Brenda Holmes | Gibson Lanier | Heather McNay | Samuel Mullman | Edward Murgitroyd | Vijay Nenmeni | Nxsteps Communication | Gail Podolsky | Quantum Think | William Ragland | Meredith Ragains | Richard Rimer | Chanceity Robinson | Susan Russell | Silver Legal | Corrine Sukiennik | Wayne Thompson | Cheryl Tubach
($100 - $199)
Patricia Ades | Russell Allen | John Avery | Hubert Barnhardt | Carol Beckham | Ava Blake | Blue Dream Industries | Scott Brient | Deborah Butler | Michael Cirino | Gia Compton | Keith and Kimberly Cowan | Kevin Cranman | Craig Cupid | Bradford Czerwonky | Arleta Daniels | Braxton Davis | Corey Davis | Isaac Dolgovskij | Jerald Dotson | Allyson Eman | Ellen Frank | Brian Genco | Brian Giles | Devon Grant | John Greenwald | Michael Gross | Chris Haggerty | Shashank Hanavar | Richard Hilstead | Michael Hobbs | Susanne Hollinger | Daniel Hong | Sanaa Hooda | Jacqueline Hutter | James Johnson | Steve Justice | David Kincaid | Bob Koch | Jaime LeLiever | William Leston | Aubrey Logan-Holland | Shawn Loman | Lyco Works | Jennifer Medlin | Julio Mejia | Michael Mehrman | Michael Gross | The Nexxt Entrepreneur | PatentMates | David Reed | Kim Ribbans | Lindsay and Michael Riesen | Dean Shahriari | JoAnn Sherman | Amy Sherwood | James Shin | Suzanne Shope | Jake Sisley | Shauki Smith | Michelle Tyde | Kathryn Wade | Ryan Walsh | Clark Wilson | Sam Zellner
*Founding Level status is based on actual donations received rather than pledged. Current as of 6/30/2025