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== Current Positions ==

== Current Positions ==

Mr. Maher is a registered patent attorney who specializes in [[Intellectual Property|intellectual property]], communications and entertainment law. He is admitted to the bar in New York, Illinois, Wisconsin, and the United States Patent and Trademark Office. He is a member of the [[WIPO]] Arbitration and Mediation Center Panel of Neutrals.

Mr. Maher is a registered patent attorney who specializes in [[Intellectual Property|intellectual property]], communications and entertainment law. He is admitted to the bar in New York, Illinois, Wisconsin, and the United States Patent and Trademark Office. He is a member of the [[WIPO]] Arbitration and Mediation Center Panel of Neutrals and of ICANN's Whois Task Force 1 and 2. He is a member of the Visiting Committee to the Divinity School at the University of Chicago.<ref>[http://www.pir.org/pdf/archive/David%20W%20Maher%20Joins.pdf pir.org]</ref>

Mr. Maher also serves as the Director of Better Business Bureau of Chicago. He is a visiting professor at the Divinity School of the University of Chicago, and is a member of the American Law Institute..<ref>[http://www.circleid.com/members/1867/ circleid.com]</ref> He is also a partner in the Chicago office of Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal.

Mr. Maher also serves as the Director of Better Business Bureau of Chicago. He is a visiting professor at the Divinity School of the University of Chicago, and is a member of the American Law Institute..<ref>[http://www.circleid.com/members/1867/ circleid.com]</ref> He is also a partner in the Chicago office of Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal.

== Career History ==

== Career History ==

David Maher was one of the founders of PIR in 2002, and acted as its Founding Chairman until 2004. He was then appointed as the Senior Vice President of Law and Policy<ref>[http://www.pir.org/pdf/archive/David%20W%20Maher%20Joins.pdf pir.org]</ref> For 20 years, he worked as a General Counsel at the Better Business Bureau of Chicago and Northern Illinois Inc. He served on 11-member  [[IAHC|International Ad Hoc Committee]] in 1996. In 1997, he became chairman of the Policy Oversight Committee.<ref>[http://www.circleid.com/members/1867/ circleid.com]</ref> He has been the VP of Public Policy at [[ISOC]].<ref>[http://www.isoc.org/dotorg/10-8.shtml isoc.org]</ref>

David Maher was one of the founders of PIR in 2002, and acted as its Founding Chairman until 2004. He was then appointed as the Senior Vice President of Law and Policy<ref>[http://www.pir.org/pdf/archive/David%20W%20Maher%20Joins.pdf pir.org]</ref> For 20 years, he worked as a General Counsel at the Better Business Bureau of Chicago and Northern Illinois Inc. He served on 11-member  [[IAHC|International Ad Hoc Committee]] in 1996, this committee provided foundation for the [[UDRP]]. In 1997, he became chairman of the Policy Oversight Committee.<ref>[http://www.circleid.com/members/1867/ circleid.com]</ref> He has been the VP of Public Policy at [[ISOC]].<ref>[http://www.isoc.org/dotorg/10-8.shtml isoc.org]</ref>

In 2011, he gave a speech titled [http://pir.org/pdf/slippery_slope.pdf The Slippery Slope] at the [[ICANN Studienkreis]] #11. He was a panelist at "IP Address Allocation: Do wee need a Dual System?" panel at ICANN Studienkreis in 2005.<ref>[http://www.icann-studienkreis.net/conf/brussels2005/program.html icann-studienkreirs.net]</ref>

In 2011, he gave a speech titled [http://pir.org/pdf/slippery_slope.pdf The Slippery Slope] at the [[ICANN Studienkreis]] #11. He was a panelist at "IP Address Allocation: Do wee need a Dual System?" panel at ICANN Studienkreis in 2005.<ref>[http://www.icann-studienkreis.net/conf/brussels2005/program.html icann-studienkreirs.net]</ref>