Henry Kopf, III and Jon Sink join Shanahan Law Group, PLLC

RALEIGH, N.C. – Henry Kopf, III and Jon Sink have joined Shanahan Law Group as associates, the firm announced last week. Kopf and Sink will join the firm’s growing business litigation practice.

“Henry Kopf and Jon Sink will be valuable additions to our growing legal team,” says Kieran Shanahan, principal and founder of Shanahan Law Group. “Their problem-solving skills and business and non-profit experience will strengthen our firm’s ability to serve our expanding base of business clients.”

Kopf concentrates his practice in the area of business litigation, business advisement, administrative law and technology law. Additionally, he also works on constitutional takings issues. Prior to his legal career, Kopf was an entrepreneur, co-founding and growing businesses focused on development and commercialization of technology used for the purification and separations of liquids for biotechnology and pharmaceutical applications.

Kopf received a Bachelor of Arts and a Masters Degree both in Economics from Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, VA. He received his Juris Doctor degree, cum laude, from Campbell University School of Law in 2013. While at Campbell Law, Kopf was named to Who’s Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges and served as a staff member for Campbell Law Review. He received the Book Award for: Contracts I, Administrative Law, Intellectual Property Licensing Transactions, Constitutional Law–First Amendment, International Business Transactions, Law Practice Management, Corporate Finance, and Pre-trial Litigation. Kopf has been awarded four U.S. patents and corresponding international patents on the processing of biological fluids, improved infant formula, and optimization of filtration processes (7,544,296; 6,875,459; 6,852,352; 6,827,960).

Sink concentrates his practice in the area of civil litigation. His work involves a wide range of subjects, including complex business litigation, constitutional law, contract disputes, property rights, and technology law. In 2006, he received a Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Administration from Kenan-Flagler Business School at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. After graduating, Sink worked as a grants officer in the Raleigh area, helping manage the grant portfolio of a major Raleigh donor, distributing support to various public policy organizations and charitable nonprofits across the state. He received his Juris Doctor degree, with High Honors, from UNC School of Law in 2013. While at Carolina Law, Sink served as a staff member on Vol. 90 of the North Carolina Law Review. Sink has also accepted an offer to clerk for Judge Jennifer Elrod on the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in Houston, TX and will begin work in fall 2014.