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Audra Dial, a partner in Kilpatrick Townsend’s nationally recognized Patent Litigation Team, balances a demanding legal career in which she has obtained favorable verdicts in high-profile intellectual property disputes with active involvement in community and firm leadership roles.  She focuses her practice on litigating patent disputes, protecting trade secrets, and enforcing restrictive employment covenants.

This year  Audra has been recognized as a 2011 POW! Award winner by Womenetics and a 2011 IMPACT Leader by Business to Business magazine.  She was also named a 2010 “Up and Comer” by the Atlanta Business Chronicle. Among her community efforts, Audra serves as President, Junior League of Atlanta (2010 – 2011), as Secretary (2011) and Board Member (since 2007) Special Olympics of Georgia, served on the Board of Trees Atlanta (2010-2011), and served on the Board of Atlanta Children’s Shelter (2010).

Here are her tips on being a transformational leader:

1.  Be passionate about what you do.  If you are enthusiastic about a cause or an issue, that enthusiasm will be contagious to others and help inspire those around you.

2.  Don’t be afraid to go outside your comfort zone.  When you go beyond what you think you can do, you can be more creative and develop innovative solutions to problems.

3.  Appreciate the diversity around you and use that understanding to build a strong team working together toward a common goal.