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 currently serves as the Secretary of the Board of Directors for Special Olympics of Georgia and a member of the Savannah College of Art and Design's Atlanta Advisory Council. She is a former member of the Board of Directors of the Atlanta Speech School, Atlanta Children's Shelter 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. She also serves on the Trade Secrets Committee of the IPO. 

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. 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.