William G Pagan | Jonathan M. Bogues

NCCU Law Alum 2019 recipient of the North Carolina Bar Association Intellectual Property Law Section’s Outstanding Achievement Pro Bono Award

William G. Pagán of Coats Bennett, PLLC in Cary was honored on April 4. Pagan is a graduate of the Evening Program.

The award was presented in April, in conjunction with the section’s annual meeting and CLE in Charlotte. Pagán is a remarkably accomplished attorney whose achievements belie the fact that he is only 40 years of age.

He is an award-winning patent attorney who has been credited as a named inventor on more than 130 patent applications, earning him the title of Master Inventor over the course of 15 years of developing patentable technologies for IBM.

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CHARLOTTE, NC Hosted by Robinson Bradshaw Law Firm.

2ALEXANDRIA, VA From the Investiture of 82 Grad Rossi David Alston Jr., for the Federal District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia.

To Be Young, Gifted and Black

Jonathan was awarded the North Carolina Bar Association’s Young Lawyers Division Robinson O. Everett Professionalism Award on June 20, 2019. Jonathan received the award at the Bar Association’s Annual Meeting, Awards & Recognitions Dinner at the Biltmore Estate in Asheville, NC.

In June of 2010, the Young Lawyers Division decided to honor recently deceased Robinson O. Everett by naming a special “Professionalism” Award for him. The award is given to an attorney whose commitment of time to be active in civic, bar law school education and community service activities inspire others and exemplify enthusiasm for achievement and excellence in the betterment for all.

Jonathan Bogues is an associate attorney with Moore & Alphin, PLLC in Raleigh, North Carolina. Jonathan was born and raised in Durham, North Carolina. Jonathan is a graduate of North Carolina State University and North Carolina Central University School of Law. Jonathan was a member of the North Carolina Bar Association Leadership Academy Class of 2017. He currently served as Membership Chair to the Wake County Bar Association Young Lawyers Division. In addition, Jonathan is Co-Chair of the Wake County Bar Association Young Lawyers Division Summer Clerks Orientation. He has served as Co-Chair of the North Carolina Bar Association Young Lawyers Division’s Communications Committee and Young Lawyers Division Liaison to the Real Property Section of the North Carolina Bar Association.

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NEW YORK, NY

Hosted by Milton Tingling and Atiba Adams on July 22nd, 2019 at Coogan’s.

4WASHINGTON, DC Appreciation luncheon with alumni.

5RALEIGH, NC Hosted by Attorney Leonard T. Jernigan Jr. at the Governor’s Mansion.