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'''Owen Smigelski''' is an attorney with Sunrider International. Prior to his position with Sunrider, Owen was a member of several law firms, specializing in trademarks and litigation. Owen's first position after law school was with an intellectual property law firm, where he had the opportunity to work extensively in the fields of trademarks, patents, and copyrights.<ref>[http://www.smigelski.org/resume.html smigelski's resume]</ref>

'''Owen Smigelski''' was formerly the Director of Contractual Compliance at [[ICANN]]. He now works at [[Namecheap]] as Head of ICANN Compliance and Relations.<ref>[https://linkedin.com/in/owensmigelski LinkedIn - Owen Smigelski]</ref> He was previously an Attorney with Sunrider International. Prior to this, Owen was a member of several law firms, specializing in trademarks and litigation. Owen's first position after law school was with an intellectual property law firm, where he had the opportunity to work extensively in the fields of trademarks, patents, and copyrights.<ref>[http://www.smigelski.org/resume.html Smigelski's Resume]</ref>

Owen has been been a PC guru since age seven, when Mom brought home an IBM 5150. Owen has been a server admin since he became Gopher admin during his freshman year at SUNY Geneseo. Since then his passion has been computers and related technology.

Mr. Smigelski has been been a PC guru since age seven, when his mom brought home an IBM 5150; he has been a server admin since he became Gopher admin during his freshman year at SUNY Geneseo. His passions have continued to be computers and related technology.

Between his first and second year of law school, Owen had an internship with a French law firm in Paris. It was there he assisted an attorney in drafting a French legal text on the law and intellectual property (specifically trademark protection in domain names) and discovered that IP law was his passion.<ref>[http://www.smigelski.org/about_me.html smigelski.org]</ref>

Between his first and second year of law school, Smigelski had an internship with a French law firm in Paris. It was there he assisted an attorney in drafting a French legal text on the law and intellectual property, specifically trademark protection in domain names, and discovered that IP law was his calling.<ref>[http://www.smigelski.org/about_me.html Smigelski.org]</ref>

=== Education ===

== Education ==

Owen received his law degree from the University of San Diego.<ref>[http://www.linkedin.com/in/owensmigelski linkedin.com]</ref> Owen speaks French fluently, and conversational Spanish and German.

Owen attended university at State University of New York College in 1997<ref>[http://www.lawyernow.com/attorneys/owensmigelski LawyerNow.com]</ref> and received his Law degree from the University of San Diego in 2001.<ref>[http://www.linkedin.com/in/owensmigelski LinkedIn]</ref> Owen speaks French fluently, and conversational Spanish and German.

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