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  • Meredith Ragains, Esq.
    Executive Director
    Meredith Ragains, Esq.
  • Kelly Bray, Esq.
    Director of Legal Services
    Kelly Bray, Esq.
  • Jayma Leath, Esq.
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  • Shayla Jordan
    Shayla Jordan
Meredith Ragains, Esq.

Meredith Ragains, Esq.

Executive Director
About Meredith
Since 2013, Meredith Ragains has served as the Executive Director of Georgia Lawyers for the Arts. Meredith oversees legal services, education programs, and community relations for the statewide organization. Her duties also include long-range planning, budgetary controls, fundraising, and personnel supervision.

Prior to her work at GLA, Meredith was a litigator for 12 years at Robins Kaplan where she was in the Commercial Litigation practice group. In 2009, the State Bar of Georgia awarded Meredith its Pro Bono Project Award for her outstanding work with pro bono clients.

Meredith graduated from Emory University and Mercer Law School. After law school, Meredith clerked for the Honorable G. Ernest Tidwell of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia. In addition to her work at GLA, Meredith is an adjunct professor at Emory Law School where she teaches contract drafting, and she regularly guest lectures at the Georgia State University College of Law on intellectual property-related topics.

Kelly Bray, Esq.

Kelly Bray, Esq.

Director of Legal Services
About Kelly

Kelly oversees the Georgia and Tennessee PATENTS program and manages GLA services. Kelly obtained her LLM from Vanderbilt Law School in 2016 and was the recipient of the Scholastic Excellence Award in Copyright Law. In 2016, she also attended the 17th International Copyright Law Summer Course at University of Amsterdam, Institute for Information Law. Kelly received her JD from Dalhousie University and her MBA from the University of Toronto.

Kelly has over 10 years’ experience in the film and television industry having worked for producers and international distributors of live action and animated productions. She has independently produced two feature films, both of which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival. Her experience also includes six years with a boutique branding, research and valuation company.

Jayma Leath, Esq.

Jayma Leath, Esq.

Staff Attorney
About Jayma
Jayma was born and raised in Rochester, NY. She then moved to Charleston, SC where she graduated from the College of Charleston with a degree in Business Administration. She co-owned and operated several businesses before attending Thomas M. Cooley Law School where she received her JD and LL.M. in Intellectual Property Law. After law school, Jayma relocated to Atlanta to focus on trademark and copyright law. She has enjoyed meeting and working with GLA’s creative clients to help them protect their intellectual property. In her free time, Jayma enjoys cooking with her family, playing tennis, and spending time with her newly-adopted cat, “Batman.”
Shayla Jordan

Shayla Jordan

About Shayla
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    Patents Extern
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    Patents Extern
    David Rutz
Stephen Kotter

Stephen Kotter

Patents Extern
About Stephen
David Rutz

David Rutz

Patents Extern
About David
David is an extern from Emory University where he focuses on patent law. Before law school, he worked part-time as a wedding singer and full-time as an engineer in thermo and fluid dynamics. David has a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering and a Bachelor of Arts in German from the Ohio State University. In his free time, he likes playing board games and singing in the law school band.
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