Terrica Carrington

Terrica Carrington is Vice President, Law, Policy & International at the Motion Picture Association (MPA). In her dual legal and policy role at MPA, she focuses on copyright and other IP policy issues in support of the film and television industries—including written and oral advocacy before Congress, the U.S Copyright Office, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, and other executive branch agencies, as well as helping to manage MPA’s amicus brief program. Prior to joining MPA, Terrica was Vice President, Legal Policy and Copyright Counsel at the Copyright Alliance, where she worked on legal and policy issues, including the Copyright Alternative in Small-Claims Enforcement Act (CASE Act), U.S. Copyright Office modernization, the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), and other copyright-related matters. Her previous experience also includes teaching and assisting as Supervising Attorney in her role as an adjunct professor with the George Mason Arts & Entertainment Advocacy Clinic.

Terrica is a Practitioner in Residence at IPPI: The IP Policy Institute with The University of Akron School of Law and serves on the Board of Directors for the Washington Area Lawyers for the Arts (WALA). She is also an active member of the Copyright Society, serving on its Engagement & Inclusion Committee, and previously serving on its Board of Trustees and Executive Board. Terrica earned her J.D. with a concentration in intellectual property law from George Mason University School of Law and her B.A. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.