North Carolina Secretary Of State Receives U.S. Chamber Of Commerce’s Distinguished Service As A State Government Official Award

RALEIGH, N.C. – North Carolina Secretary of State Elaine Marshall (www.sosnc.com) has received the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s Distinguished Service as a State Government Official Award in recognition of her national leadership in the fight against counterfeit and bootleg products. Marshall was one of only two individuals and the only state official to be recognized by the Chamber at its fourth annual Anti-Counterfeiting and Piracy Summit, which took place October 2-3 in Washington, D.C. She has established a task force to seek out counterfeiters and pirates in North Carolina, and she spoke at the summit about the need to prosecute those individuals on both the state and federal level.

Elaine Marshall has served as N.C. Secretary of State since 1997 when she became the first woman ever elected to statewide executive office. She has since made substantial strides in modernizing government record keeping, in order to make public records accessible, researchable and transparent in North Carolina.

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News Facts:

• North Carolina Secretary of State Elaine Marshall (www.sosnc.com) has received the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s Distinguished Service as a State Government Official Award in recognition of her national leadership in the fight against counterfeit and bootleg products.
• Marshall was one of only two individuals and the only state official to be recognized by the Chamber at its fourth annual Anti-Counterfeiting and Piracy Summit, which took place October 2-3 in Washington, D.C.
• She has established a task force to seek out counterfeiters and pirates in North Carolina, and she spoke at the summit about the need to prosecute those individuals on both the state and federal level.

Quotes:

“It was a great honor for our department to be recognized this way,” said Secretary Marshall. “I don’t know if people in North Carolina quite realize this, but nationally, our State is considered to be the role model of how to build a successful state law enforcement program against product counterfeiters and pirates.”

"Elaine Marshall is a true leader on this issue,” said Tom Donohue, U.S. Chamber of Commerce president and CEO. “She has established a task force that seeks out counterfeiters and pirates which steal North Carolina jobs and North Carolina tax revenue, and threaten the lives of North Carolina citizens. She has made intellectual property one of her top priorities and we wish every state had a leader as passionate about fighting counterfeiting and piracy as she is."

About N.C. Secretary of State Elaine F. Marshall:
Elaine Marshall has served as N.C. Secretary of State since 1997 when she became the first woman ever elected to statewide executive office. She has since made substantial strides in modernizing government record keeping, in order to make public records accessible, researchable and transparent in North Carolina. Prior to becoming Secretary of State, Marshall served on the N.C. Senate and was a partner with the law firm of Marshall & Marshall, where she earned a reputation for standing up for citizens’ consumer rights and women’s rights. She has previously served as Senator representing the 15th District of North Carolina and is an active member of the N.C. State Bar, the N.C. Bar Association, the N.C. Association of Women Attorneys, and the Delta Theta Phi legal fraternity. For more information, visit www.sosnc.com.

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