Honorable Gerard Rogers was appointed Chief Administrative Trademark Judge for the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board in November 2010, after a year's service as Acting Chief Judge.  He joined the Board in 1992 as an interlocutory attorney and was appointed as a trademark judge in July 1999. Before joining the Board, Chief Judge Rogers was a staff attorney for the Assistant Commissioner for Trademarks and, earlier, a trademark examining attorney.  He earned his J.D. from New England School of Law and his B.A. from the University of Massachusetts/Amherst.