Current Roster of TTAB Administrative Trademark Judges

The recent appointments of Thomas Shaw and Linda A. Kuczma as Administrative Trademark Judges, and the retirement of Carlisle Walters, brings the membership of the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board to eighteen (18). Set out below is the current roster of Administrative Trademark Judges, beginning with Chief Judge Gerard F. Rogers and then proceeding alphabetically from B to Z.


Rogers, Gerard F., Chief Judge: Appointed to TTAB in 1999; Prior Professional Experience: Trademark Examining Attorney; Assistant to the Assistant Commissioner for Trademarks; TTAB Staff Attorney; Education: B.A., University of Massachusetts Amherst; J.D., magna cum laude, New England School of Law.

Bergsman, Marc A.: Appointed to TTAB in 2006; Prior Professional Experience: Trademark Examining Attorney; Trademark Managing Attorney; TTAB Interlocutory Attorney; Dickinson Wright PLLC (Washington, D.C.); Education: B.A., Miami University of Ohio; J.D., Cleveland Marshall College of Law, Cleveland State University.

Bucher, David E.: Appointed to TTAB in 1998; Prior Professional Experience: Trademark Examining Attorney; Senior Examining Attorney; Legislative Assistant, Office of U.S. Senator Paul Simon; Director, Trademark Examining Organization; Deputy Assistant Commissioner for Trademarks; Education: B.A., Eastern Mennonite University; J.D., George Washington University.

Cataldo, Peter W.: Appointed to TTAB in 2006; Prior Professional Experience: Trademark Examining Attorney; TTAB Interlocutory Attorney; Education: B.A., Canisius College; J.D., Albany Law School.

Grendel, Charles M.: Appointed to TTAB in 1999; Prior Professional Experience: Private Practice (Oregon); Trademark Examining Attorney; TTAB Interlocutory Attorney; Education: B.A., Stanford University; J.D., University of Oregon School of Law.

Holtzman, Terry E.: Appointed to TTAB in 1999; Prior Professional Experience: Trademark Examining Attorney; TTAB Interlocutory Attorney; Education: B.A. with honors, American University; J.D., George Mason University.

Kuczma, Linda A.: Appointed to TTAB in 2011; Prior Professional Experience: Banner & Witcoff (Chicago, Ill.): Education: B.S., St. Mary's University; J.D., Loyola University Chicago School of Law.

Kuhlke, Karen: Appointed to TTAB in 2005; Prior Professional Experience: Trademark Examining Attorney; TTAB Interlocutory Attorney; Steptoe & Johnson (Washington, D.C.); Education: B.A., University of Kansas; M.A., Columbia University; J.D., Georgetown University.

Lykos, Angela: Appointed to TTAB in 2010; Prior Professional Experience: Trademark Examining Attorney; TTAB Interlocutory Attorney; Private Practice; Education: B.A., M.A., Johns Hopkins University; J.D., Duke University Law School.

Mermelstein, David: Appointed to TTAB in 2006: Prior Professional Experience: TTAB Interlocutory Attorney; TTAB Supervisory Interlocutory Attorney; Trademark Examining Attorney. Education: B.A., New College, Hofstra University; J.D., American University.

Quinn, T. Jeffrey: Appointed to TTAB in 1988; Prior Professional Experience: Trademark Examining Attorney; TTAB Interlocutory Attorney; Education: B.A., Tulane University; J.D., Tulane University School of Law.

Ritchie, Lorelei: Appointed to TTAB in 2008; Prior Professional Experience: Private Practice; Arbitrator and judge pro tem, Orange and Los Angeles counties, California; Intellectual Property Manager, UCLA; Adjunct Professor of Law, Loyola Law School, Los Angeles; Assistant Professor, Florida State University School of Law; Education: A.B., Stanford University; J.D., Columbia University.

Seeherman, Ellen J.: Appointed to TTAB in 1987; Prior Professional Experience: Associate, Fross, Zelnick, Lehrman & Zissu (New York, NY); Trademark Examining Attorney; Staff Assistant, Special Assistant to the Assistant Commissioner for Trademarks; Education: A.B., Brandeis University; J.D., New York University School of Law.

Shaw, Thomas: Appointed to TTAB in 2011; Prior Professional Experience: Associate Solicitor at the USPTO; Managing Attorney; Senior Attorney; Examining Attorney; Education; B.A., George Washington University; J.D., University of Miami School of Law.

Taylor, Jyll: Appointed to TTAB in 2006; Prior Professional Experience: TTAB Interlocutory Attorney; Trademark Examining Attorney; Education: B.A., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; J.D., Howard University School of Law.

Wellington, Thomas W.: Appointed to TTAB in 2007; Prior Professional Experience: TTAB Interlocutory Attorney; Trademark Examining Attorney; Private Practice; Education: B.A., University of Maryland at College Park; J.D., American University Washington College of Law.

Wolfson, Frances S.: Appointed to TTAB in 2010; Prior Professional Experience: Trademark Examining Attorney; TTAB Interlocutory Attorney; Private Practice; Education: B.A., University of California - Santa Barbara; J.D., U.C.L.A.

Zervas, Albert: Appointed to TTAB in 2005; Prior Professional Experience: Trademark Examining Attorney; TTAB Interlocutory Attorney; Kaye Scholer (New York); Marks & Murase (Washington, D.C.); Education: B.A. and J.D., University of Virginia.

Text Copyright John L. Welch 2011.