CeCe Ging

CeCe Ging practices in the Health and Business Affairs area.  Her practice includes advising The Texas A&M University System and its members on various matters involving patents, copyrights, trademarks, trade secrets, licensing, technology transfer, intellectual property enforcement and litigation, business transactions, commercialization issues, and system intellectual property policies and regulations.

CeCe joined the Office of General Counsel in January 2022 with more than 8 years of prior experience in higher education research and technology commercialization. Before joining OGC, she directed the intellectual property and technology transfer operation at the University of Denver where she managed the university’s intellectual property portfolio and advised on a wide range of legal matters related to intellectual property protection and enforcement, sponsored research, licensing, data privacy and university startups. In addition, prior to her time at Denver, CeCe provided legal support for the Joint Research Office for Contracts at Washington University in St. Louis where she drafted, reviewed and negotiated research related contracts and advised departments and research investigators on contract matters.  Before working in-house, CeCe was an associate at an intellectual property law firm in Tennessee, and her practice specialized in patent prosecution, intellectual property protection, enforcement, and due diligence assessment.

Education
J.D., University of Tennessee College of Law, 2013
B.S. in Chemistry with Biochemistry Concentration, Washington University in St. Louis, 2009

Professional Affiliations
National Association of College and University Attorneys
Association of University Technology Managers
Order of Barristers

Admissions
Tennessee
Registered Patent Attorney with the United States Patent and Trademark Office