I joined the profession around 1982. I have worked in-house for three different firms, and for one of these I was based in California, and have worked in private practice for three different firms in the UK, having run my own practice for 26 years, and now being a partner in a law firm, Edwin Coe LLP. I was a previous past-President of CITMA, and remain active on the CITMA governing Council, as well as being on ECTA (the European Communities Trade Mark Association) Council and Committees in Europe, and am a regular attendee at INTA (the International Trade Mark Association) conferences around the world.