Marissa Lambert Email and Phone Number

Represented a wide variety of clients in both litigation and advisory matters in the securities, M&A, insurance, investigations, intellectual property, and general commercial fields. - Researched legal issues and drafted pleadings and substantive briefs in federal and state courts including complaints, answers, memoranda of law, motions to dismiss, and motions. Appeared in court on behalf of client at status conferences and hearings. - Coordinated both offensive and defensive discovery including fact and expert deposition preparation; second chairing numerous depositions; drafting interrogatories, document requests, and requests for admission; drafting responses to discovery requests; and overseeing large-scale document review.- Liaised with large JDGs in multi-year phased trials.- Responded to multiple shareholder demand letters.- Advised multiple clients on intellectual property disputes.- Filed, opposed, and responded to oppositions to trademark applications with the USPTO.- Advised multiple clients, including major PE firms, on pre- and post-merger disputes.- Conducted due diligence specializing in litigation and intellectual property for M&A, capitalmarkets, and credit deals.- Reviewed and negotiated IP- or litigation-based portions of purchase agreements, offering memoranda, and credit agreements.- Drafted IP and transition services licenses.- Reviewed, analyzed, and filed ownership and collateral documentation with the USPTO and USCO.- Lead and participated in pro bono projects in IP, immigration, family law, criminal law, and impact litigation.

Volunteer for local public library.

RA for Professor Peter Carfagna to update and edit the book "Negotiating and Drafting Sports Venue Agreements," focusing on contracts involving state-owned enterprises.

TF for Professor Peter Carfagna's Sports Law: Advanced Contract Drafting Course. Help students with drafting assignments; critique, and correct the results with students; administrative help with course website, emails, and facilitating guest speaker presentations.

Official note taker for law school classes on behalf of Accessibility Services in the Dean of Students' Office.

RA for Prof. Jack Goldsmith

Research assistant for Susannah Barton Tobin and the first year Legal Research and Writing Program.

Litigation, corporate, capital markets, executive compensation and employee benefits, and intellectual property practice groups.

Public Contracts and Construction TeamDrafted and reviewed public contracts; wrote brief for multiparty contract litigation; negotiated on behalf of San Francisco Public Library; reviewed City ordinances; drafted responses to bid protests; gained substantive familiarity with Administrative Code; attended depositions; performed legal research; and wrote memoranda.

I ran the Class Gift Campaign, known as Dooley's Philanthropists-At-Large, to engage students in philanthropy at and towards Emory. With a student advisory board, we established the program from the ground up, recruiting members, earning an official Student Government Association charter, managing social media outreach, and developing programming to educate the student body. Dooley's PAL partners with Emory College's Office of Development and Alumni Relations and its development officers to coordinate giving priorities and train students for a lifetime as engaged alumni.I also worked on the Alumni Relations side by planning and coordinating extended campus visits for donors, prospective students, and special guests, including individualized tours, class visits, and meetings with faculty and staff.

Official note taker for several classes on behalf of the Emory Office of Disability Services. I took notes, ensured their correctness, and copied and delivered them to the office to be given to classmates who had registered with ODS as needing help with notetaking for one or more reasons.

Worked as a professional and freelance model in the San Francisco Bay Area and helped with administrative and teaching work with Fuse. Past modeling clients have included: Macy's, Gap/Old Navy, MSN, Chadwick's of London, Mervyn's, Wedding Wearhouse, Sole Desire, and others.