I am an Intellectual Property (IP) and Registered U.S. Patent Attorney, and founder of Christopher J Chan IP Law, a full-service IP law firm.

I am the son of a U.S. Air Force family and grew up living in 8 states before arriving to Atlanta to attend Georgia Tech almost 40 years ago. Since arriving at Georgia Tech, where I served as my fraternity’s Vice-President, leading our philanthropic and charity activities, I have taken a leadership role in almost every organization I have served. I am a big believer in constant and innovative change with a great respect to an organization’s history, founding principles, and past leadership. After working as a mechanical engineer, solving problems for my customers, I graduated from law school at Georgia State University, and have been in private practice as an IP lawyer for over 25 years. In the past 15 years, my non-profit involvement has focused intently on the AAPI community, where I have served on the Board of Directors for both the National and Georgia Asian Pacific American Bar Associations, and I have represented the AAPI community on numerous other charitable boards with variety of missions in the arts, domestic violence survivor support, Scouting, elementary school and higher education, and instilling professionalism in the legal community. As a graduate from both Leadership Atlanta and Buckhead Leadership, I remain committed to improving the citizens of the Greater Atlanta area with a focus on the AAPI community. My strengths are fundraising, organizational and process development, mentoring, and non-profit legal counsel and governance.