August22025
Ep5 Tim’s Travails: Meet Chun T. Wright, law firm owner and former Assistant U.S. Attorney in the District of Columbia
September 2025 — This month on IP attorney and author Timothy Trainer’s podcast/video show we meet Chun T. Wright, law firm owner and former Assistant U.S. Attorney in the District of Columbia
This month’s topic: The adventure of travel law
Tim asks Chunnie:
- You’ve built a legal practice that covers copyright, trademark, technology and even something called “adventure travel law.” How did you create such a unique mix and what is the common thread
- You have traveled to over 60 countries, how did that happen?
- Out of all those adventures, what are one or two trips that really stand out as unusual, challenging or unforgettable?
- Did your travel and outdoor activities lead you into Adventure Travel?
- What is Adventure Travel law?
- For entrepreneurs and companies listening—whether they’re building cutting-edge tech or leading people up mountains—what’s one piece of legal advice you wish everyone knew?
About our guest: Chun (Chunnie) Wright is the owner of the Law Office of Chun T. Wright, a Washington, DC-based boutique law firm. The firm’s practice areas include intellectual property protection and enforcement (trademark and copyright), technology law, and adventure travel law.
Chunnie has been a litigator at major law firms in San Francisco and the Silicon Valley, a federal prosecutor in Washington, DC, and vice president of anti-piracy legal affairs at the Entertainment Software Association, which is the trade association for the video game industry. Chunnie is the Vice Chair and incoming Chair of the International Trademark Association’s Enforcement Committee. Chunnie is also on the Executive Committee of the AUSA Association-DC and on various boards, including the Adventure Travel Trade Association, BirdNote, and the Reef Environmental Education Foundation.
She received her BBA from the University of Texas at Austin and her JD from the University of California Berkeley School of Law. She is an avid scuba diver and traveler who has visited over 60 countries. Learn more here: ctwrightlaw.com
Photos of Tim by AnnaGibbs.com
About Tim’s Travails: In this podcast/video sereis, IP attorney and author Tim Trainer introduce us to experts around the country who have insight into the law, international trade, and more, to help us better understand our world in 2025 and beyond.
Tim, himself, fits the bill for he worked for three decades for the US government and private law firms focusing on international trade, and has developed a deep understanding of global economics and politics.
Writing books is his passion. The author of seven books as of 2025, he has penned several non-fiction tomes, including his first book, Customs Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights; the 15th edition was published in 2020. Thomson Reuters’ Aspatore Books published Tim’s next title in 2015, Potato Chips to Computer Chips: The War on Fake Stuff. Fiction was a genre he always wanted to try. In 2017, Pendulum Over the Pacific was released by Joshua Tree Publishing. “This political intrigue story is set in Tokyo and Washington, D.C., and centers on trade tensions between the U.S. and Japan in the late 1980s,” Tim explains. In 2023, his first series hit bookstores: The China Connection. In December 2024, he followed it with The China Factor.
Stay tuned for more episodes on InkandescentRadio.com and Inkandescent.tv, and of course, log in regularly for new blog entries and other information on Tim’s website, www.TimothyTrainer.com.
