Angela is a North Carolina State Bar Board Specialist in Trademark Law and a Certified Information Privacy Professional- United States (CIPP/US) who also serves as the firm's Director of Legal Innovation.
She oversees several initiatives to optimize and increase the efficiency of the firm's legal services. In addition to adopting and executing practices, such as Legal Lean Sigma, Angela is responsible for moving the firm through the implementation of process improvement, design methodologies, and innovative technology.
In her IP practice, Angela routinely counsels and assists clients with identifying, protecting, enforcing, and managing their U.S. and international IP rights; trademark and service mark selection, clearance, and registration; opposition and cancellation proceedings before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office; Internet and domain law issues; software development and licensing transactions; and negotiating the acquisition, licensing, and transfer of intellectual property rights. She has extensive experience with strategic planning and management of IP portfolios, including IP audits to assist clients with the identification of intellectual property assets and the related risks and opportunities.
In her Privacy and Data Security practice, Angela advises clients on all aspects of privacy and security regulations including evaluating and implementing compliance programs, responding to data breaches and security incidents, drafting privacy notices and policies, and negotiating consumer and vendor contracts. Her practice encompasses counsel on a wide variety of state and federal regulations such as Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH), Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA), CAN-SPAM, Children’s Online Privacy Protection Rule (COPPA), General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), and other international data transfer mechanisms.
Angela serves on the executive board of the Intellectual Property Law Section of the North Carolina Bar Association and on the North Carolina State Bar Board of Specialization Trademark Law Committee. She has White Belt and Yellow Belt certifications in Legal Lean Sigma® and Project Management from the Legal Lean Sigma Institute. She earned her CIPP/US certification from the ANSI accredited International Association of Privacy Professionals.
- E-mail: apd@wardandsmith.com
- Direct Phone Number: 252-672-5471
- Lawyer Page: https://www.wardandsmith.com/attorneys/angela-doughty
- 1001 College Court
P.O. Box 867
New Bern, NC 28563-0867
- North Carolina State University, B.S., graduated 2002
- Campbell University, M.B.A., graduated 2005
- Campbell University, J.D., graduated 2005
- North Carolina, North Carolina Bar Association, 2005
- North Carolina Bar Association's Intellectual Property Law Section - Chair
- Tryon Civitan Club - Board of directors; president-elect 2010-2011; president 2011-2012)
- North Carolina State Bar Board of Legal Specialization - Trademark Law Specialty Committee, Co-Chair
- North Carolina Bar Association - Sections: Privacy & Data Security, Vice Chair, Section Council, 2021-2024; Business Law; Intellectual Property Law (Executive Committee 2014-present; Council Member 2010 - 2015; TM/Copyrights/Trade Secrets Chair 2010-2014; IP Links co-editor 2008 - 2010)
- New Bern Area Chamber of Commerce - Member
- National Business Aviation Association - Member
- LawVision Women Leaders Boardroom - Member
- International Trademark Association (INTA) - Member
- Craven County Bar Association - President 2007-2008
- Brewers Association Associate - Member
- American Intellectual Property Law Association - Member
- International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP) - Member
- Corporate Legal Operations Consortium (CLOC) - Member
56 The Best Lawyers in America® awards
14 Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America awards
- Trademark Law
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