Thursday, September 24, 2015

Michael K. Kelly Appointed to Teen Addiction Anonymous’ Board of Directors


Michael K. Kelly
PHOENIX, Ariz. (September 24, 2015) – Jennings, Strouss & Salmon, P.L.C., a leading Phoenix-based law firm, is pleased to announce that Michael K. Kelly has been appointed to Teen Addiction Anonymous’ Board of Directors.
 
“Teen AA and their MPOWRD Leadership program provides a safe space for our teens to take control of their lives, and to be ambassadors for other teens in need,” stated Kelly, Chair of Jennings, Strouss & Salmon’s Intellectual Property Practice Group. “It is a privilege to witness their journey.”
 
Teen Addiction Anonymous (Teen AA) was established to help educate the youth about personal empowerment, addictive behavior, steps for healing, recovery, and leadership. The Board of Directors’ mission is to help educate and empower teens to overcome their addictive behavior through the support of their Teen AA 12 step program.
 
Kelly has over twenty-seven years of experience in all areas of intellectual property, including the procurement, enforcement, and defense of patents; trademarks, copyrights, and all aspects of trade secrets and unfair competition; international dispute resolution; Internet and new media; and related mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures, strategic alliances, and IP asset acquisitions. He is intimately familiar with the rules and procedures of U.S. patent and trademark prosecution, as well as the evolving protocols in Europe and Asia.
 
Kelly’s intellectual property transactional and litigation experience extends to a wide-range of areas and industries, including encryption, cybersecurity, medical imaging, software architecture, data cache and database systems, microprocessors, optics, semiconductor processing and wafer fabrication technologies, cloud computing, advanced weapons systems, medical devices, supersonic aircraft design, automotive systems, business methods, avionics, credit and financial services, mobile devices, smart phone applications, and consumer electronics.
 
About Jennings, Strouss & Salmon, PLC
Jennings, Strouss & Salmon, P.L.C., has been providing legal counsel for over 70 years through its offices in Phoenix and Peoria, Arizona; and Washington, D.C. The firm's primary areas of practice include agribusiness; bankruptcy, reorganization and creditors’ rights; construction; corporate and securities; employee benefits and pensions; energy; family law and domestic relations; health care; intellectual property; labor and employment; legal ethics; litigation; professional liability defense; real estate; surety and fidelity; tax; and trust and estates. For additional information please visit www.jsslaw.com and follow us on LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter.
 
The firm’s affiliate, B3 Strategies, assists clients with lobbying and public policy strategy at the local, state, and federal levels. For more information please visit www.b3strategies.com.

~JSS~

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