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William J. Mason
Partner

Bill Mason resumed the practice of law in 1993, after fifteen years of general corporate management and consulting. Immediately prior to rejoining the firm, Mr. Mason was a partner in Premier Brands Ltd., a firm which advises consumer products companies in international business development. He was also Vice President-International for Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation, with overall responsibility for the corporation's marketing and sales activities outside the United States.

Earlier, Mr. Mason was patent and trademark counsel, as well as international counsel, for Brown & Williamson, and served for five years as senior patent attorney for Hoechst Celanese Corporation. In addition to his experience as corporate in-house counsel, he was engaged in private law practice for several years, during which time he represented both large and small corporations in litigation, patent and trademark procurement, and commercialization of technological developments.

Mr. Mason is a member of the North Carolina and District of Columbia bars, and is admitted to practice before the United States Patent & Trademark Office.

He received his B. S. in chemistry from Tennessee Technological University in 1962, his Juris Doctor from the George Washington University School of Law in 1967, and graduated from the Columbia University School of Business Management in 1980.


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