Audra Dial is an experienced litigator in Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP’s nationally recognized Patent Litigation Team. She focuses her practice on complex federal court litigation involving trade secrets, patent disputes, restrictive employment covenants and complex business disputes involving intellectual property. Ms. Dial has obtained favorable verdicts in many high-profile intellectual property disputes, including on behalf of several Fortune 500 companies. She currently serves as President of the Junior League of Atlanta. Ms. Dial is also Secretary of the Board of Directors for Special Olympics of Georgia, as well as a Member of the Board of Directors of the Atlanta Speech School and Trees Atlanta. She was selected by the National Multiple Sclerosis Society's Georgia Chapter as a participant in its MS Leadership Class of 2012. Ms. Dial has been recognized as a 2011 POW! Award winner by Womenetics, a 2011 IMPACT Leader by Business to Business magazine, 2010 "Up and Comer" by the Atlanta Business Chronicle, Junior League Woman to Watch and for the past seven years, and a Georgia "Rising Star" by SuperLawyers magazine.

Ms. Dial is the chair of the firm’s Women’s Initiative and serves as a member of the firm’s Hiring Committee. She is a frequent speaker on women’s leadership, patent litigation, protecting trade secrets against misuse, including through social media and corporate espionage, electronic discovery, and diversity issues. In 2010, Ms. Dial served on the Board of Directors of the Atlanta Children's Shelter. From 2006-2009, she was a member of the Georgia Association of Women Lawyers’ Judicial Applicant Review Committee, and in 2007 she held the role of Vice Chair for the Atlanta Women's Foundation's Women in Law Event. She is a 2005 member of Pathbuilder’s Achieva Class and a founding member of the Atlanta Women’s Foundation Destiny Fund. Ms. Dial earned her J.D. from William and Mary School of Law. Ms. Dial is involved with the Federal Bar Association, Women in Electronic Discovery, and the National Association of Women Lawyers. Ms. Dial received her Bachelor of Arts from American University, where she graduated cum laude in Interdisciplinary Studies.

Professional & Community Activities

Special Olympics of Georgia, Board Member and Secretary

Junior League of Atlanta Board of Directors, President

Trees Atlanta, Board Member

Atlanta Speech School, Board Member

Atlanta Children's Shelter, Board Member

Women in Electronic Discovery, Member

National Association of Women Lawyers, Member

IPO Trade Secrets Committee, Member

William & Mary Law Review, Former Managing Editor

William and Mary Law School Alumni Association, Past President (2003-2004)

Education

  • William & Mary School of Law, J.D. (1998)
  • American University, B.A., Interdisciplinary Studies, emphasis on Economics and Government (1994)
    cum laude

Bar Admissions

  • District of Columbia (2000)
  • Georgia (1998)

Court Admissions

  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
  • U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia
  • U.S. District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin
  • Supreme Court of Georgia
  • Georgia Court of Appeals

Who We Are

What fully engaged means to me:

Working as a teammate with my clients to resolve their legal issues creatively and effectively.

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Experience Highlights

Verizon Services Corp. v. Cox Fibernet Va., Inc.
Trial counsel on behalf of Cox Communications, which was accused of infringing a competitor’s patents relating to voice over IP technology. We more
Nationwide action lawsuit for a specialty consumer reporting agency
Represented a specialty consumer reporting agency that collects tenant history information in a nationwide action lawsuit and negotiated a class-wide more
Trade secret misappropriation and breach of license for an aerospace manufacturing company
Trial counsel representing an aerospace products and defense parts manufacturing company, plaintiff, in a trade secret misappropriation and breach of more
Genetic Technologies Limited v. Beckman Coulter, Inc. et al.

Represented Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc. in a patent infringement action filed by Genetic Technologies Limited (“GTG”). The plaintiff sued more